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LDC reshuffles senior team with six promotions
Grove, Souillard, Lyndon, Hurley, Bell and Gould will all take on new responsibilities
Clearwater hires Weavers as partner
After more than a decade as a director with Rothschild in Manchester, David Weavers leaves for Clearwater International
Natixis hires two in Milan
Investment bank boosts its coverage and M&A branch in Milan with two senior appointments
Freshfields poaches five Paris-based partners from Ashurst
Guy Benda, Nicolas Barberis, Yann Gozal, Laurent Mabilat and Stéphanie Corbière leave Ashurst
Arle Capital to close in Q1 2017
Fund manager of listed LP Candover Investments recently divested stakes in two listed portfolio companies
BGF appoints EY's Skade
BGF expands its team in the south-west England region
Catalyst hires Silk and Cox
London-based corporate finance outfit adds Alex Silk and Shannon Cox to its team as principals
Bruno leaves Clessidra after eight years
Departure follows the recent depearture of the GP's former chairperson, Francesco Trapani
MBO Partenaires appoints Xavier de Prévoisin to partner
De Prévoisin becomes the French buyout firm's sixth partner
Lonsdale promotes Evans to partner
Ben Evans becomes a partner after eight years at the PE firm
Keensight hires Cohen as partner and COO
Arnaud Cohen joins the French outfit after a long stint in EY's transaction advisory services team
Cubera promotes Haukås and Nord to partner
Merete HaukУЅs and Johan Nord join the rank of partners at Norway-based Cubera Private Equity
21 Centrale organises succession with Barbier promotion
Founding managing partner Gérard Pluvinet will step down to join the supervisory board in 2019
Draper Esprit bolsters Dublin office with McClafferty
Venture firm hires Irish online entrepreneur Nicola McClafferty as investment director
Paine & Partners rebrands as Paine Schwartz Partners
US agriculture-focused GP has promoted its founding partner and president, Kevin Schwartz, to CEO
United Ventures hires Pirovano and Pasin
Fabio Pirovano will join the GP as investment manager and Alessandro Pasin as chief financial officer
BC launches credit arm to be led by Apollo's Goldthorpe
Firm has also appointed Wingspan's Ederer and Stonerise's Wang to the new credit team
Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office
Argos Soditic, Main Capital and BlackFin Capital Partners are among the firms to have also increased their German activity recently
Partech appoints Noël as new general partner
Karen Noël leaves the role of partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
CPPIB appoints Jackson as MD in London
Derek Jackson joins the North American pension fund as managing director
Lindsay Goldberg Vogel hires Unger as managing partner
Thomas Unger leaves Constantia Flexibles to become managing partner
Silicon Valley Bank hires Rees as market manager
Gavin Rees joins the US-based high-tech-focused commercial bankтs UK office
Idinvest appoints Wyniecki as investment director
Alban Wyniecki leaves Partech Ventures to join Idinvest
BGF hires Lloyds' Gibson
Fiona Gibson joins the Business Growth Fund as a portfolio specialist