people moves
DLA Piper overhauls Paris office's tax team
Paris office hires nine lawyers, including three tax-focused partners and a corporate law partner
Livingbridge appoints Jones
Jones joins the firm's value strategy group and will focus on insight and analytics
Cairngorm promotes two
Bayliss and Naylor-Leyland are both founding members of Cairngorm's investment team
Petroleum hires Contego's Sandhu, promotes two
Sandhu will lead the companyтs finance function as well as managing portfolio companies
Phoenix promotes Sargeant and Skinner to partner
Sargeant has been working with the firm since 2007, while Skinner joined in 2015
Invitalia appoints DeA Capital's Sergio Buonanno as CEO
Buonanno will replace former CEO Salvo Mizzi, who announced in November that he was standing down
Pantheon appoints two new principals in Europe and US
Justin Mallis will join in London and Michael Hutten will join the US team in Raleigh, North Carolina
Capnamic promotes Knott to partner, hires two
Knott will be responsible for deal sourcing and execution, as well as portfolio management
KCP hires Deloitte's Tice
In his new role, Matt Tice will work alongside partners James Hall and Owen Trotter
Ardian opens Tokyo office, hires HarbourVest's Takenaka
New office is the GP's third Asian base as it looks to bolster Japanese fundraising and deal-making
Hg promotes five to partner
Batchelor is also promoted to COO while GSK's Ruter is hired as head of responsible investing
HQ Capital appoints four to advisory board
Advisory board is set to meet twice a year and will advise the executive board of the buyout firm
Altamar appoints Caturla as managing director
In his new role, Caturla will be responsible for coordinating investment management products
Landmark promotes four to partner
Eddie Keith and Charlie Tingue are promoted to partner in the PE teams in New York and London
Activa Capital promotes France to associate
Emma France will have a specific focus on ESG and digital transformation for portfolio companies
Ropes & Gray promotes Rosen and Sanderson
Ropes & Gray worked on high profile PE transactions across all continents in 2017
Downing hires seven for investment team
New appointments join the energy and property sector investment team
Apax France hires Onno Sloterdijk
Apax France accelerates its development in the Netherlands with the appointment
KKR appoints Veyrat as senior adviser
Veyrat will work with Henry Kravis, Johannes Huth and the wider EMEA leadership team
Innogest Capital appoints Leo as partner
Giovanni Leo leaves the position of vice-president at St June Medical to join Innogest
Mid Europa Partners promotes Babache
Andrej Babache becomes a partner at the CEE-focused firm, which he joined in 2006
UBS hires Wursdorfer as EMEA head of private funds group
Marc Wursdorfer leaves Credit Suisse after 16 years at the bank to join UBS
Hayfin launches PE strategy
Hayfin will make primary and secondary investments in European mid-market buyout funds
Summit Partners promotes two in London office
Vice-presidents Johannes Grefe and Steffan Peyer become principals in the GP's London office