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Black Pearls hires Pągowski as venture partner
VC hopes the appointment will strenghten its potential in the IT projects field
TCA appoints Fickling as portfolio manager
New recruit will work on small-cap senior secured debt investments in European and US private equity
Eaton hires D'Angelo as head of Europe
New managing director is based at Eaton Partners' London office
Damien Lestang joins BlackFin as managing director
BlackFin recently launched its first VC fund with a €120m target
Mobeus appoints Garland as investment manager
Danielle Garland joins UK mid-market firm to strengthen its buyout team
Iris Capital appoints Pesqué and Nitlech as partners
Parisian VC hires Pesqué as partner and promotes Julien-David Nitlech from within
21 Centrale promotes Voituron and Vigneron to partners
Paris-based 21 Centrale has promoted Fabrice Voituron and Antoine Vigneron to partner
HIG promotes Mundassery to head of European direct lending
Promotion comes seven years after Mundassery joined the firm from Highland Capital Management
Apax France promotes three, appoints senior associate
Promotions are aimed at reinforcing the technology, media and telecoms team
Eight Roads hires Virgin's Moorhead as chief operating officer
Moorhead joins from Virgin Group where he worked as chief financial officer
Houlihan Lokey hires van Asselt in Amsterdam
Van Asselt will support the firm's power, environmental and infrastructure efforts in Benelux
L Catterton hires Barade as partner
L Catterton has appointed Jean-Philippe Barade as a partner and head of its London office
SEP promotes Robison and Davidson to partner
Growth capital investor has also recruited Roughead as director and Rathgeber as principal
McDonald joins Taylor Wessing from Olswang
Duncan McDonald joins the law firm’s private equity practice in London as a partner
Cavendish appoints EY's Hay as partner
New recruit leaves his role at EY after just one year on the capital and debt advisory team
Dentons hires Abbas as partner for Rome office
Appointment follows the opening of the firm's Rome office in July 2016
LPEQ appoints Mark Florman as chair
Mark Florman is the former CEO of BVCA and the founder of private equity firm 8 Miles
NorthEdge hires Clearwater's Hales as head of origination
New recruit joins the firm's newly formed deal origination team after seven years with Clearwater
Arnulf Keese joins E.Ventures as partner
New partner is a former PayPal executive and was hired for his fintech expertise
Advent appoints Sébastien Veil as director
Veil joins from PAI Partners, where he served as principal for eight years
Inflexion promotes Williams to partner
VC simultaneously announces the appointment of Octopus's Neville as assistant director
Thiermann joins Noerr from P+P Pöllath
Thiermann joined the firm's private equity team in Munich on 1 September
BlackFin hires Creuzé and Mandin to head fintech fund
BlackFin Capital Partners hopes to raise €120m for its maiden fintech vehicle
Gilde promotes van de Paer to head of investor relations
Van de Paer will also be in charge of the firm’s portfolio enhancement programme