News/France
Alpha Associés appoints Rossignol as partner and head of France
Rossignol is joining from his previous role at 21 Centrale Partners, where he became partner in 2014
Antoine Papiernik appointed chair of Sofinnova Partners
Denis Lucquin will continue to be part of Sofinnova, staying on as managing partner
Céréa promotes two in debt and mezzanine teams
Marjorie Manet is promoted to director and Alexandre Durst to investment director
Lonsdale-backed portfolio companies bolt on two firms
Global Yachting Group and Avalon acquire ACA Marine and Plan My Funeral
OGF looks for €1bn refinancing as part of OTPP takeover
Teachers' Private Capital had already secured a minority stake in the French funeral services group in 2015
Bridgepoint looking to raise further capital for Special Opportunities strategy
The capital pool would be deployed in France-based SMEs in challenging financial situations
Tikehau lists on Euronext Paris with €1.5bn market cap
French investment fund Fonds Stratégique de Participations is also joining Tikehau's shareholder base
Kima-backed startup Heetch in limbo following court verdict
Ride-sharing app is deemed to be enabling unlicensed taxi operation by its users
Freshfields poaches five Paris-based partners from Ashurst
Guy Benda, Nicolas Barberis, Yann Gozal, Laurent Mabilat and Stéphanie Corbière leave Ashurst
MBO Partenaires appoints Xavier de Prévoisin to partner
De Prévoisin becomes the French buyout firm's sixth partner
Keensight hires Cohen as partner and COO
Arnaud Cohen joins the French outfit after a long stint in EY's transaction advisory services team
HgCapital raises £3.1bn in double fund close
GP successfully closes HgCapital 8 and Mercury 2 on £2.5bn and £575m respectively
Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office
Argos Soditic, Main Capital and BlackFin Capital Partners are among the firms to have also increased their German activity recently
Partech appoints Noël as new general partner
Karen Noël leaves the role of partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
Idinvest appoints Wyniecki as investment director
Alban Wyniecki leaves Partech Ventures to join Idinvest
Osmozis prices IPO at €10.5 per share
Capital increase may be increased to €9.4m in the event of full exercise of the overallotment option
Omnes Capital promotes partners, expands teams
Eric Rey, Camille Delibes and Laurent Espic promoted; Fabien Collangettes, Corentin Defond, Pierre-Axel Botuha and Etienne Chemel hired
BPI, Sofinnova, Novo Nordisk-backed Lysogene launches IPO
Sofinnova entered the group in 2014, leading a €16.5m round for the group
Keensight hires LBO France's de Bonnefon as IR head
New recruit leaves her role as director at LBO France after five years with the firm
3i appoints ING's Chiche as director in Paris office
New recruit joins GP after a year in its London office, while the firm also announces three additional European hires
Access Capital awarded private equity mandate by ERAFP
Mandate will target mid-sized EU-based companies
Cinven promotes three to partner
Promotions of Europe-based team members come six months after the GP closed its sixth fund
Goodwin Procter appoints two partners to Paris office
Hires announced alongside firm's appointment of 26 London-based KWM lawyers
AFIC reinforces team with three promotions
Paul Perpère, France Vassaux and Antoinette Darpy will help promote France's private equity market