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UK - Private Advisors hires three
Private equity and hedge fund investment firm Private Advisors has appointed Matthew Baker, Jennifer Buckley and Rickard Fischerstrom as managing directors in its London office.
TURKEY - Blackstone appoints new senior advisor
Blackstone has recruited Kemal Kaya as senior advisor. He will be based in Turkey and will seek investment opportunities for the firm in Turkey.
FRANCE – Bridgepoint promotes two to associate
Bridgepoint Capital has named Xavier Robert and Vincent Briancon as associates. Robert started his career at Ernst & Young Audit before moving to Bridgepoint in 1998. He was named director in 2005 and had been working in the London office for the past...
FINLAND - Borenius & Kemppinen gets new managing director
Borenius & Kemppinen has appointed Jari Vikiö as managing director. Vikiö succeeds Jyrki Tähtinen, who takes up the position of senior partner. Vikiö has been a partner at the law firm since 2001, heading its transactions practice group.
UK - Octopus appoints rising star
Octopus Ventures has appointed Alliott Cole as an investment manager. Cole, 29, joins Octopus Ventures following four years at international law firm Ashurst.
LUXEMBOURG – Partners Group opens in Luxembourg
Switzerland-based Partners Group has opened an office in Luxembourg led by Jerry Ludig.
FRANCE - Butler Capital Partners recruits two
Lionel Mestre has joined Butler Capital Partners as a director. Previously Mestre spent three years with PricewaterhouseCoopers and ten years with PAI.
UK - Peter Linthwaite joins CT Investment Partners
CT Investment Partners LLP has hired former BVCA chief executive Peter Linthwaite as managing partner.
UK - Hammonds promotes Bray
Hammonds has promoted Robert Bray to partner in the private equity team. Bray has worked in the private equity team since joining Hammonds in 2000.
UK - Pamplona hires Thompson
Paul Thompson has joined Pamplona Capital Management as a partner. He will lead the firm’s push into the British financial services market.
ITALY – Simmons poaches Lovells partner
Lovells' Italian private equity head Andrea Accornero will leave the firm at the end of the month to join Simmons & Simmons' Milan office.
GERMANY - Mayer Brown bolsters private equity team
Mayer Brown has bolstered its private equity team. Dr Benedikt Weiser has joined as partner in the Frankfurt office of the law firm.
WORLD - Covington & Burling appoint two
Covington & Burling LLP has appointed Timothy Clark and Loretta Shaw-Lorello as partners in the firm's corporate practice in New York. Clark will co-chair the firm's private equity practice.
FRANCE - Daphné Dussauge joins BNP Paribas Private Equity
BNP Paribas Private Equity has appointed Daphné Dussauge as head of corporate development. Daphné Dussauge joined BNP Paribas Group in 2006 as a fund manager in BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management.
EUROPE - EIF makes two appointments
The European Investment Fund (EIF) has appointed Richard Pelly as chief executive officer and Jean-Marie Magnette as deputy chief executive. Richard Pelly succeeds Francis Carpenter, whose term of office ended in February.
World - Capital Dynamics promotes Cynthia Duda
Capital Dynamics has promoted Cynthia Duda to managing director. Duda has over 20 years of private equity experience.
PORTUGAL – APCRI names new president
The Portuguese Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, APCRI, has named Afonso Barros as its new president. Barros is executive manager of Inter-Risco, the private equity arm of bank.
UK - Finance Wales appoints new chairman
Finance Wales has appointed Ian Johnson as the new chairman.
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.