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GERMANY - TVM Capital promotes principal
TVM Capital has promoted Dr Peter Neubeck to principal.
FRANCE - Close Brothers strengthen team
David Benin has been appointed managing director of Close Brothers' Paris office.
SWITZERLAND - Ventizz founds management consulting company
German venture investor Ventizz Capital Partners has established a new management consulting unit in Switzerland, Ventizz Management Consulting AG, which will be led by Guido Bollue and will focus exclusively on the firm's portfolio companies.
UK - Phoenix appoints two to management committee
Phoenix Equity Partners has appointed partners David Burns and Richard Dew to its Management Committee.
UK - Cogent promotes managing director and appoints associate
Secondaries advisory specialist Cogent Partners has announced the promotion of Bernhard Engelien to managing director and the appointment of Briac Houtteville as associate in its London office.
GLOBAL - CalPERS hires investment chief
US pension fund CalPERS has appointed Joseph Dear, the head of the Washington state fund, as its new chief investment officer following a nine-month search.
SWEDEN/UK - EQT appoints partner
EQT has appointed Mikael Dahl as partner in its London office.
FRANCE - Abénext boosts team
Abénext Capital has recruited Emmanuel Herbinet as a director.
ITALY - Linklaters appoints three
Law firm Linklaters has appointed three new associates to its Italian practice.
FRANCE/UK - Cognetas promotes two
Cognetas has promoted Cédric Rays, based in France, and Simon Cottle, based in London, to partner and investment manager respectively.
UK - Carlyle appoints director of distressed investments
The Carlyle Group has hired Ian Jackson as director of Carlyle Strategic Partners (CSP), its global distressed and corporate opportunities group that invests in debt and equity of financially distressed companies.
GERMANY - K&L Gates opens in Frankfurt
K & L Gates has established its second office in Germany and the firm's 29th worldwide with the opening of a Frankfurt location, which includes the addition of partners Dr Mathias Schulze Steinen and Dr Frank Thomas.
SWITZERLAND/GERMANY - Ventizz boosts St Gallen team
Ventizz Capital Partners has hired Christian Sarwa as investment professional for its St Gallen-based team. This brings the group's combined headcount of its Duesseldorf and St Gallen offices to 13.
UK - Paul Hastings appoints seven partners to London office
Law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has hired seven partners in its London office.
FINLAND/SWEDEN - Roschier appoints new managing partner
Ulf-Henrik Kull succeeds Lennart Simonsen as new managing partner of Nordic law firm Roschier. Axel Calissendorff has been appointed co-senior partner.
DACH - Sal Oppenheim Private Equity Partners strengthens sales team
Sal Oppenheim Private Equity Partners, a merger of CAM Private Equity, VCM Capital Management and the alternative investment division of the Sal Oppenheim Group, has expanded its sales force with the addition of Jan Graf von Bassewitz and Sabine Rummel.
SWEDEN - Doughthy Hanson appoints head of Nordic team
Doughty Hanson has appointed Anders Tägt as principal.
UK/CIS - Magisters opens office in London
CIS-based law firm Magisters will open an representative office in London.
UK - Hammonds elects new Leeds head
Hammonds has appointed is head of private equity Johnathan Jones to lead the firm's office in Leeds.
GERMANY - 3i to cut Frankfurt staff
According to reports, 3i has undertaken measures to cut staff in its Frankfurt office.
FRANCE - Tocqueville Finance strengthens fund team
Tocqueville Finance has hired Pascale Noguera as president to its investment committee. The appointment completes the investment team for the fund Tocqueville Investissement Privés (TIP) comprised of Benoit Panhard and Vincent Foucart.
FRANCE - Advent International names new director
Damien Lestang has been promoted director at Advent International.
GLOBAL - Advent International promotes 18
Advent International has promoted 18 members of its global investment team.
EUROPE - Credit Suisse sets up restructuring advisory division
It is understood that Credit Suisse has established a new division to provide restructuring advice to companies and private equity firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).