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UK - Noble Fund Managers appoints new head of unquoted investments
Noble Fund Managers has announced the appointment of Paul Toon as head of unquoted investments, responsible for overseeing investments in private companies across Noble's range of venture capital and private equity vehicles.
UK - HgCapital stengthens consumer and leisure team with two appointments
HgCapital has stengthened its consumer and leisure sector team with the appointment of Jason Khaksar and Sophie Albizua.
SPAIN - Rodés & Sala strenghtens private equity team
Carlos de Cárdenas and Victor Domenech have joined the private equity division of Catalonian law firm Rodés & Sala.
UK/GERMANY - Hawkpoint announces three new appointments
Corporate advisory firm Hawkpoint has announced three appointments, strengthening its team in the key areas of debt advisory, media advisory and its German activities.
UK - Paul Hastings poach Kirkland partner
US law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker has appointed Michelle English as a partner in its London private equity practice.
GERMANY/AUSTRIA - Carlyle appoints new managing director
The Carlyle Group has announced the appointment of Norbert Reis as managing director of its European buyout team, primarily focusing on transactions in Germany and Austria.
UK - BLP strengthens corporate team
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has announced the appointment of James Klein as a partner in its corporate finance team.
FRANCE - DLA Piper hires new partners for Paris office
Global legal services company DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Véronique Collin and Clotilde Dirnat as partners in its finance and projects practice group in Paris.
FRANCE - TCR Capital makes two new appointments
French independent mid-cap private equity firm TCR Capital has appointed Roberta Nataf as general secretary in charge of fund management and investor relations, and David Robin as partner. It is understood that TCR is looking to substantially expand its...
UK - Howarth Clark Whitehall appoints new partner
Accountancy firm Howarth Clark Whitehall has announced the appointment of Geert Struyven as a corporate finance partner in its Kent office, taking the number of corporate finance partners based in the South East to four.
UK - ICG appoints new head of CDO and institutional mandate team
Intermediate Capital Group Plc, a fund manager with £10bn funds under management, has appointed Dagmar Kent Kershaw to head its CDO and institutional mandate team.
UK - DLA Piper hires new US corporate partner
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Sarah Cebik as a partner in its London corporate group.
UK - Noble Group appoints new directors
Independant UK Investment bank Noble Group has announced the appointment of Stephen Curran and Keith Jones to the board as non-executive directors.
SWEDEN - Arthur D Little makes new appointment
Arthur D Little has appointed Petter Kilefors as global head of strategy & organisation. During his time with Arthur D Little, Kilefors has worked with some 65 clients, advising on strategy, organisation, change management, M&A, post-merger integration...
UK - 3i appoints Ipreo chairman as senior adviser
3i has announced the appointment of Rosalyn Wilton, chairman of Ipreo LLP, as a senior adviser to its media team.
UK - Ernst & Young appoints Gary Davison to lead new debt advisory business
Ernst & Young has hired Gary Davison to head the launch of its new specialist debt advisory business in Manchester.
UK - Denton Wilde Sapte hires leveraged finance specialist Martin Brown
Denton Wilde Sapte has hired leveraged finance specialist, Martin Brown. The appointment brings the practice's partner headcount to five. Brown joins from White & Case, where he spent two years working with a number of international banks. Previously,...
POLAND - Carlyle expands CEE team with three new hires
Carlyle has expanded its Central and Eastern European team in Poland hiring three private equity professionals. Janusz R. Guy, managing director, Aleksander Kacprzyk, director, and Piotr Nocen, director, are to join the team.
UK - Senior ICG manager to retire
ICG has announced that Sara Halbard, senior portfolio manager at ICG's fund management subsidiary ISML, will retire in June 2008.
FRANCE - Fondinvest hires two investment directors
Fund-of-funds and secondaries specialist Fondinvest has appointed Thomas de Cagny and Declan Feeney as investment directors.
UK - Craig Armour joins LDC's new Scotland office from Penta
LDC has opened its first office in Scotland. The office, located in Edinburgh, will be headed up by Craig Armour. Armour previously spent seven years as a partner at Penta Capital, where he led buyouts in the consumer and business services sectors throughout...
ITALY - Former Capitalia CEO in private equity fund launch
Capitalia's former chief executive Matteo Arpe has returned to Milan's financial scene after announcing the launch of Sator, a new house which will focus on private equity investments as well as asset management. Arpe will own around 50% of the shares...
UK - Darryl Cooke leaves DLA for Hill Dickinson
Darryl Cooke has left DLA Piper to join Manchester law firm Hill Dickinson. Cooke has been at DLA for three years, heading up its private equity team for the latter part of his time there. Prior to that he spent over ten years at Addleshaw Goddard establishing...
ITALY - Morgan Stanley nominates new country head
Morgan Stanley has appointed Domenico Siniscalco as the country head and chief executive of its Italian business, reporting to Walid Chammah, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, with effect from 1st December.