News/GPs
Ambienta hires seven
Sustainability-focused GP has made a number of hires in its Italian and German offices
PE professionals struggling to meet higher GP commitments - survey
Trend is driven partly by an increase in fund size, but also LPs demanding more skin in the game
Synova hires Sovereign's Jain, appoints two more
Jain joins as an investment director, while the GP also hires Alantra's Mullally and HSBC's Bullman
Storebrand buys Cubera Private Equity
Purchase price may increase in connection with the raising of capital for new funds
Endless adds new associate director to Manchester team
James Warburton spent eight years in the Manchester restructuring team at Deloitte
Avedon promotes two in Amsterdam office
In addition to these promotions, Avedon plans to hire more professionals to expand the team
Silverfleet appoints Quadriga's Sommer in Munich
Sommer joins from Quadriga Capital, where he was a director for buyout investments in the DACH region
Altor launches DACH office
Altor recently held the final close of its Altor Fund V on its hard-cap of €2.5bn
Ardian hires Friedrich to join buyout team
Alexander Friedrich joins from Quadriga Capital, where he led the services and software sector teams
Ex-AP6 exec Erik Nobel launches LLCP Stockholm office
Erik Nobel is in charge of establishing and managing the newly established office in Stockholm
Advent hires former TPG partner Taylor as head of tech
Taylor previously co-founded Symphony Technology Group and was a consultant at Bain & Company
Tenzing recruits Inflexion's Healy, makes two further hires
GP has hired former Inflexion TMT partner Healy, as well as Phoenix's Sims and Deloitte's Nicholson
HIG hires Pamplona's Noé-Nordberg as MD
New recruit will head up the firm's recently launched European mid-market division
Eurazeo sells stake in Capzanine to Axa in €82m deal
Axa France recommits having backed Capzanine since 2015; Axa IM is a new backer
Palamon promotes Arbour to partner
Arbour is promoted from associate partner, having joined the firm in 2013 as a managing director
Equistone makes new hire and seven promotions
Promotions and appointments take place across offices in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK
Apax hires new healthcare partner
Marc Benatar joins Apax France as a partner in the healthcare team after a stint at Kharis
Aliter promotes three
UK-based firm fills the positions of head of legal, investment manager and investment director
WestBridge promotes Whittard to director
Company also promotes Minton to investment manager after joining nine months previously
Bowmark hires LDC's Adcock
Adcock will be responsible for developing the portfolio management and value creation functions
Partners Group private equity AUM hits €36bn
Across all the private markets the GP secured €13.3bn in new money, resulting in AUM of €72.8bn
Inflexion opens Boston office
GP chooses the same city as its rival UK mid-market player Livingbridge for its US base
Keensight Capital hires de Tinguy and Kinsky
Senior director de Tinguy joins from BNP Paribas CIB’ s TMT investment banking team
Waterland promotes Hengst in Munich
In addition to his responsibilities in Germany, Hengst will also head Waterland's Zurich office
