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Landmark promotes four to partner
Eddie Keith and Charlie Tingue are promoted to partner in the PE teams in New York and London
Eurazeo buys Idinvest in €310m deal
Eurazeo becomes majority shareholder of French asset manager Idinvest, taking over from IDI
8GT launches £110m Sino-British venture fund
Government-formed fund will partner with Chinese institutes to invest in UK tech companies
Future Planet to launch Sino-British venture fund
Asian asset manager TW & Partners will commit up to $200m to the life sciences and technology fund
GPs bid for AkzoNobel's chemicals arm
GPs are in the auction process for the carve-out, said to be valued in the region of €10bn
CapMan rolls out incentive plan for top team
Performance will be determined based on personal records and company returns, commencing 1 April
Olivier Sarkozy's Further Global launches $1.25bn PE fund
Vehicle is registered in the Cayman Islands, with Park Hill listed as the placement agent
Activa Capital promotes France to associate
Emma France will have a specific focus on ESG and digital transformation for portfolio companies
Ardian adds four to executive committee
Ardian France president Dominique Gaillard has now withdrawn from the committee
Ropes & Gray promotes Rosen and Sanderson
Ropes & Gray worked on high profile PE transactions across all continents in 2017
Downing hires seven for investment team
New appointments join the energy and property sector investment team
Apax France hires Onno Sloterdijk
Apax France accelerates its development in the Netherlands with the appointment
Ecofi Investissements buys Esfin Gestion
Asset manager Ecofi and general partner Esfin are both subsidiaries of French bank Crédit Coopératif
KKR appoints Veyrat as senior adviser
Veyrat will work with Henry Kravis, Johannes Huth and the wider EMEA leadership team
Eurazeo reportedly in second round for Hg's Trace One
Hg has looked to sell the French retail and private-label goods SaaS platform since October
Innogest Capital appoints Leo as partner
Giovanni Leo leaves the position of vice-president at St June Medical to join Innogest
Mid Europa Partners promotes Babache
Andrej Babache becomes a partner at the CEE-focused firm, which he joined in 2006
UBS hires Wursdorfer as EMEA head of private funds group
Marc Wursdorfer leaves Credit Suisse after 16 years at the bank to join UBS
Hayfin launches PE strategy
Hayfin will make primary and secondary investments in European mid-market buyout funds
Ace Management to raise cybersecurity fund
GP aims to hold a first close for its €150m-target Brienne III fund in March 2018
Summit Partners promotes two in London office
Vice-presidents Johannes Grefe and Steffan Peyer become principals in the GP's London office
Nordic Capital in talks to acquire Oaktree's Hesira
Value of the European dental business could near €480m, according to reports
Conor to raise third technology fund
Target size of the latest vehicle is around double the amount raised by its predecessor
Clearwater promotes Eden to COO
Eden joined the business in 2014 following roles at Lloyds Bank, Close Brothers and Experian