News/GPs
Advent International announces $25m Covid-19 relief fund
Senior members of the private equity firm personally contributed to the fund
Searchlight appoints Crowston as special adviser
Searchlight is currently raising for its third fund, which held a close on $2.75bn in July 2019
Clearwater makes eight hires in the UK
Dyke and Grassby have been promoted to the position of partner and director, respectively
August promotes Muckle to investment director
Muckle joined August Equity in 2017 and most recently co-led their investment in AirIT
TPA appoints Williams as investment associate
UK-based TPA Capital is an equity investor that provides equity cheques of £5-50m
Deimel joins YielCo from SwanCap
Manuel Deimel will take on the role of head of co-investments, having spent six years at SwanCap
BaltCap appoints three in investment team
BaltCap unites 32 professionals in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Helsinki and Stockholm offices
Tenzing hires Elliott
Elliott will continue to lead Tenzing's Entrepreneurs Panel, which he has been doing since 2017
Caledonia Private Capital hires Lazard's Corner
Corner joins Caledonia from Lazard's corporate finance division, where he worked for 16 years
ECI Partners boosts investment team with two hires
Ip becomes a member of the firm's commercial team, while Evans is appointed as head of marketing
Tikehau sets sights on €35bn AUM, plans to launch new funds
GP intends to launch a direct lending fund, a private debt secondary fund and a private debt impact fund
LDC announces senior promotions
Current head of new business Andy Grove is promoted to a newly formed role of CIO
FundRock launches French arm dedicated to PE, real estate
Based in Paris, the new entity is an alternative investment fund manager
Eurazeo signs France Invest gender diversity charter
GP also plans to appoint women to 50% of its junior investment team roles
Hannover Finanz appoints Pauli as partner in Germany
Robert Pauli previously spent nearly two decades at Nord Holding
Draper Esprit hires investment director in London
Hornung will focus on consumer internet, financial services and online marketplaces
Livingbridge appoints four in investment team
Announcement follows the recent appointment of two partners and seven investment professionals
Advent hires new lead for European consumer team
Chavanne joins from TowerBrook, where he most recently served as a managing director
IK appoints Salmon as partner in small-cap team
Tom Salmon will primarily focus on the origination of investment opportunities in the UK
Palatine promotes six
Firm has promoted James Gregson, Kieran Lawton and James Winterbottom to senior investment director
France's Apax Partners hires new IR professional
Josephine Loreal will be head of third-party distribution and report to Guillaume Cousseran
Dunedin appoints Blackhall and Morrison
Claire Blackhall and James Morrison joined the company in 2019
Heal Capital names Weber as managing partner
Eckhardt Weber will manage the firm along with managing director Christian Weiß
Sofinnova hires Carroll as head of investor relations
Robert Carroll previously worked at PwC and Mercury, as well as several pharmaceutical companies
