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Palatine promotes six
Firm has promoted James Gregson, Kieran Lawton and James Winterbottom to senior investment director
McDermott hires Gallagher as corporate partner
Fergus Gallagher joins from Hogan Lovells and worked at Morgan Stanley and Jefferies on secondment
Pantheon on road for next credit secondaries fund
First fund closed on €250m in February, with commitments from German LPs only
Dunedin appoints Blackhall and Morrison
Claire Blackhall and James Morrison joined the company in 2019
Cheyne leads Addison Lee recapitalisation, Carlyle exits
Addison Lee's US business has also been acquired by RMA Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation
LPeC appoints Botwood Smith as CEO
UK-based Listed Private Capital (LPeC) has appointed Deborah Botwood Smith as its chief executive
Simpson joins Campbell Lutyens as general counsel
Kate Simpson has previous experience with Proskauer Rose and was also a partner at Kirkland & Ellis
Angel CoFund appoints Octopus's Whitehead and Cole
Alliott Cole of Octopus Venture will retain his role as CEO of the venture capital firm
Bayside promotes Scotland to co-head of special situations debt
Andrew Scotland will take his position alongside HIG Bayside co-head and managing director Duncan Priston
Squire Patton Boggs hires three in PE team
Squire Patton Boggs' UK private equity team is led by corporate partner Paul Mann
GreyBella Capital to launch new fund by mid-2020
Fund targets series-A and -B rounds in companies operating in life sciences and complex technologies
KKR-backed Calisen to raise $1.87bn via IPO
Calisen indicated it plans to float nearly 25% of the business at a price of 225-265 pence per share
Merino-backed Hawkin's Bazaar appoints administrators
Company reported a loss of almost £1m on £15.3m in sales in 2018 and employs 177 people
CMS's Grimwood joins Goodwin
Goodwin Procter employs around 60 corporate, fund formation and PE-focused tax lawyers in London
Permira sells Duff & Phelps for $4.2bn
New York-based Duff & Phelps is a business service that employs 3,500 people globally
Stafford launches €750m infra secondaries fund
Fourth core infrastructure secondaries fund is set to be twice the size of its predecessor
USS opens up DC section to PE investments
Move comes as funds invested in DC have exceeded £1bn, but exposure to private markets assets was already available to DB members
Hamilton Lane announce leadership changes
Before joining Hamilton Lane, Strang was a partner at private equity firm Dunedin
Mayfair hires Price from Lloyds Bank
Price led the strategic debt finance and capital structure advisory teams at Lloyds
Pantheon Global Secondary Fund VI to close in 2020
Pantheon's latest vehicle, Global Secondary Fund VI, is expected to hold a final close in 2020, Unquote understands.
Pantheon promotes Wong and Vainio to partner
Pantheon offers regional primary fund programmes, secondaries, and co-investment
Atomico promotes Haivas to partner
VC is currently investing from Atomico IV, which closed on $765m in February 2017
Blake joins Herbert Smith Freehills funds practice
Jonathan Blake joins as head of international private funds strategy
Montagu acquires RTI OEM business for $490m
Headquartered in Florida, the business has four manufacturing sites in the US and in Germany