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PE-backed Varo shelves IPO
Fuel supply company, backed by Carlyle, announced its intention to float in March
DLA Piper hires Vandenbussche and Pinkham
Law firm hires partner Vandenbussche and senior counsel Pinkham to strengthen PE arm
C5 appoints Cooke as managing partner
In his new role, Cooke will take responsibility for all aspects of fundraising and IR
Apax opens Milan office, appoints Revel-Sillamoni as head
Francesco Revel-Sillamoni will lead the new office with the support of senior adviser Francesco Panfilo
PE-backed Sok readies for Istanbul IPO
Trading on the Instanbul stock exchange is expected to commence in May 2018
Oxatis announces intention to float
Oxatis, a French PE-backed e-commerce SaaS developer, will float on 24 April
Bregal prepares second DACH fund
Bregal Unternehmerkapital’s first fund was a €550m vehicle with Bregal Investments as its sole LP
EdRip completes spinout from Edmond de Rothschild
Fully independent French firm with €2bn in AUM will operate under the name Andera Partners
Ontario Teachers' chief investment officer Graven Larsen resigns
Graven Larsen joined Ontario Teachers' in February 2016 and led the fund's global investment programme
Iris hires Capnamic principal to expand Berlin team
Berlin team expansion will continue with further appointments in the coming months
GCP promotes Shaw to partner
Shaw joined GCP in April 2012 and was previously an investment director at the firm
BC's Bott to retire
Charlie Bott joined the GP in 2009 and recently oversaw the raise of BC European Capital X
Highland Europe hires Tardy-Joubert as advisory partner
Tardy-Joubert was previously founder and head of Qatalyst Partners' European practice
Point Nine hires in-house general counsel
Hire will allow Point Nine to execute faster on investments and save money on external legal costs
Eversheds hires Karwacki from Squire Patton Boggs
Michal Karwacki will be working as a partner in the law firm’s corporate practice group
US pension fund seeks manager for $120m mandate
City of Fresno Retirement Systems, a $3bn pension fund, will invest $120m over three to four years
Baird hires Goldman’s von Selzam
Von Selzam will be responsible for expanding the bank’s coverage in the DACH region
Triton appoints Watters to debt opportunities team
In his new role, Gordon Watters will provide operational scrutiny for investments
Fund administrator JTC hires Dominion's Jennings
Jonathan Jennings will be responsible for generating new institutional business in the UK
Nystrs searching for PE consultant
$115bn public pension fund has active private equity commitments of $19.5bn with 92 sponsors
Carlyle to list Hunkemöller in Q2
Listing on Euronext Amsterdam is expected to take place in May or June at around €1bn EV
Capzanine promotes two in investment team
Clément Colin becomes principal and Emmanuel Fournial is promoted to senior associate
CalSTRS seeks PE fee consultant
Consultant will be required to validate investment management fees, expenses and carried interest
Nordic Capital appoints Johansson as general counsel
Currently a partner at Mannheimer Swartling, Johansson will join Nordic Capital later this year