News/GPs
Silver Investment Partners appoints two partners
Promotion of Matthias Loos and Daniel Schmitz brings the Germany-based GP's partner team to five
EQT warns of "longer" fundraising for flagship vehicle
GP states it is currently focusing on developing existing portfolio companies until market recovery
Hg promotes Sanow to partner
Sanow has been involved in the Hg 6, Hg 7, Hg 8, Saturn, Mercury 1 and Mercury 2 fundraisings
CVC attracts big LP tickets for new flagship fund
GP is aiming to raise €17.5bn by a June deadline and is already raking in large commitments
Oakley hires Kienwald on legal team
Kienwald joins Oakley's legal team from his position as associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
BC Partners hires Adia's Heberling
Heberling joins from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where he was a senior member of the private equity team
Houlihan Lokey launches new GP advisory practice
New head Joseph Lombardo has previously worked at Stonyrock, Carlyle, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley
SHS appoints Sascha Alilovic as managing partner
Alilovic has been a partner at SHS since 2018 and will succeed SHS founder Reinhilde Spatscheck
Essling refocuses on co-invest and LBO, as co-founder departs
Michele Mezzarobba leaves the firm having co-founded it in 2017
KKR expects lower valuations for its portfolios due to Covid-19
GP forecasts that emergency restrictions will challenge its ability to market new funds and strategies
Capital Constellation enters partnership with Pollen Street
Capital Constellation will provide capital in a bid to support the continued growth of Pollen Street
Eurazeo to set up €10m Covid-19 solidarity fund
GP wants to suspend its 2019 dividend, and senior execs will contribute 10% of their bonuses to the fund
Inflexion donates £2.5m to support Coronavirus relief
GP launched its foundation in 2018 and donates 1% of its profits from funds to the organisation
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
