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UK - SJ Berwin lawyer departs
Bruce Gardner has left SJ Berwin to join US law firm Sidley Austin. He worked in the financial services department.
GERMANY - Leadership change at Dresdner Kleinwort Leverage Finance
Marcel Herter has left Dresdner Kleinwort and been replaced by Kai Gebauer as head of leverage finance, Germany. Gebauer joined Dresdner Kleinwort last September as head of mid-cap leverage finance. He will be based in Frankfurt and will report to Brian...
UK - Graphite recruits new partner
Graphite Capital has hired Dana Haimoff as partner.
CEE - Darby Overseas recruits Sean Glodek in Warsaw
Darby Overseas Investments has recruited Sean Glodek as senior president in its Warsaw office.
EMERGING MARKETS – Actis appoints former Barcap leveraged finance founder
Actis, a prolific investor in emerging markets private equity, has appointed Chris Coles to assist with the firm’s risk management, deal sourcing, financing and portfolio management.
FINLAND - Sunstone Capital recruits new partner
Sunstone Capital has recruited Pekka Vartiainen, former head of Nokia Mobile Phones Americas in the US, as partner. He will become part of Sunstone’s technology team and will be based in Finland.
UK - Apposite hires new investor relations manager
Apposite Capital has appointed Valerie Auffray as investor relations manager.
UK - August Equity promotes two
August Equity has promoted Aatif Hassan and Keith Davidson to investment directors.
UK - Accel hires new partner
Accel Partners has hired Sonali De Rycker as partner. She will join Accel's team in London.
UK - Bridgepoint makes two appointments
Bridgepoint has appointed Barbara Kux and Dr Hubertus Erlen to its European advisory committee.
UK - Octopus hires new investment manager
Octopus Private Equity has hired Mark Fowler, a former KPMG corporate finance adviser, as investment director.
CEE - EnerCap recruits Miroslav Antalik
EnerCap Capital Partners has recruited Miroslav Antalik as investment manager. He will be responsible for structuring and negotiation of senior debt and mezzanine financing of investments in renewable energy projects made by EnerCap Power fund I.
DENMARK - EQT recruits new Danish head
EQT has appointed Peter Korsholm to lead the firm's Danish operations from the 1st of May, replacing Ole Andersen who is stepping down.
UK - Octopus hires new investment director
Octopus Ventures has hired Paul Humphries as investment director.
CEE - Morgan Stanley opens in Kiev
Morgan Stanley has appointed Ihor Mitiukov as head of the newly-opened office in Kiev. He will work closely with Pavel Fedorov, head of investment banking, to develop Morgan Stanley's business in the region.
FRANCE – Crédit Agricole recruit Sophie Dano
Sophie Dano has joined Crédit Agricole’s Idia team as head of investments and marketing. She joins Crédit Agricole from IDI where she was marketing manager in charge of origination. Dano started her career at Crédit chimique.
UK - Emap gets new chief executive
Apax and Guardian Media Group have appointed David Gilbertson as the new chief executive of recently acquired Emap.
UK - Addleshaw beefs up funds practice
Law firm Addleshaw Goddard has made two appointments to its London funds team.
FINLAND - EQT recruits new partner and Finland head
Thomas Ramsay has been appointed partner in the equity business line and head of EQT Partners in Finland.
UK - David Ward joins South Yorkshire Investment Fund
David Ward has been appointed as investment manager at South Yorkshire Investment Fund (SYIF).
FRANCE – Crédit Argicole strengthens team
Crédit Argicole Private Equity has strengthened its team by recruiting Frantz Paulus as investment director in their co-investment team.
NORWAY - Nordic Capital recruits new Norwegian partner
Tom Vidar Rygh has joined Nordic Capital as a partner. He will be responsible for Nordic Capital’s focus in Norway where the GP is looking to source more deals going forward.
SPAIN – Proa pulls out of bid; recruits new partner
Proa Capital, yet to officially open its doors, has decided to pull out of the auction for biscuit manufacturer Marbú Dorada y Chiquilín, currently owned by US multinational Kraft.
FRANCE – Advent International grows team
Advent International has recruited Alice Escoffier as assistant director. Escoffier joined Advent from 3i where she worked for four years in the buyouts team.