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Ropes & Gray adds partner, counsel to private funds team
Emily Brown joins the law firm as partner, while Chris Townsend is hired as counsel
Majority of LPs happy to commit without in-person meeting – survey
Cebile Capital survey finds that 51% of respondents expect to increase PE commitments in 2021
Cadence Growth Capital hires Kamphans
Niko Kamphans is to join the B2B technology-focused GP as an investment professional
Alantra buys 40% stake in MCH Investment Strategies
Through this partnership, Alantra expects to expand its financial service offering and enlarge its investor base
Iron Wolf Capital eyes €30m-plus fund launch after 2023
Baltic venture capital investor raised €21m for its first fund in 2019
Summa-backed Olink files for US IPO
Olink has been backed by Summa Equity since March 2019 and increased its revenues by 16.7% in 2020
Ergon forms SPV for fire protection business SVT
GP's €270m fund will invest only in the fire protection company, which Ergon bought from IK in 2017
Investcorp appoints Kohli as head of European IR management
In his new role, Kohli will be responsible for Investcorp’s investor relationship management, execution and strategy
FRP buys Spectrum Corporate Finance
All 27 Spectrum employees will join FRP following the £9.4m deal
Virgin wines prices IPO, set for £110m float
Selling shareholders, including Mobeus and Connection Capital, will reap £35m
August Equity hires Walsh, Stevens and Coates
UK-based PE firm August Equity hires Greg Walsh, Mark Stevens and Michael Coates
QPE hires three
Queen's Park Equity has hired Alison Price, Valentina Matheus and Prudence Jones
Kempen appoints Willigers
Jorrit Willigers is to join Kepmen's private markets team as a director on 1 March 2021
17Capital hires Chatin as IR and fundraising director
Chatin will manage European investors, with an emphasis on French-speaking countries
The Deals Pipeline
A highlight of deal processes underway and involving PE, either on the buy- or sell-side, across Europe
Cipio Partners eyes March first close for eighth fund
Technology-focused investor's predecessor vehicle held a final close in July 2017 on €174m
3i invests in US-based WilsonHCG
Equity investment of $120m follows previous backing from Frontier Capital and CIP Capital
HQ Capital registers HQ Capital IV GP
Luxembourg-domiciled legal structure will allow HQ Capital to launch its next funds in 2021 and 2022
Sherpa appoints Retana as investment director
Retana has more than 10 years of experience in investment banking and private equity
Secondary pricing flies high for infra funds; venture sees big jump
Across all strategies, highest prices are paid for 2016-2018 vintages, Setter Capital research shows
Passion Capital closes venture secondaries deal
Fund closed in 2011 on £37.5m but now boasts a NAV north of £100m
Verdane-backed e-retailer Desenio to list in Q1
Private placement will give the company a valuation of around €1.1bn
Addleshaw Goddard hires Bourgeois as partner
Nadine Bourgeois joins the firm's banking and finance team in Germany from Luther Rechtsanwälte
Piper promotes Stern
Stern led on the recent sale of Proper and on investments such as Neom and Wattbike
