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General Atlantic hires Axa veteran de Castries as Europe chair
De Castries joins General Atlantic from Axa Group, where he worked as chair and CEO for 27 years
Portobello promotes Dolz to partner
Announcement follows the first deal for the GP's €600m fourth fund, Portobello Capital Fondo IV
Sanne appoints Morris as head of private equity
While at KPMG, Morris completed a two-year secondment providing technical support to BVCA
Bridgepoint registers sixth flagship fund for 2018 launch
Development comes two and a half years after the GP held a тЌ4bn final close for its predecessor
EQT to launch eighth fund, said to target €8bn
GP will formally start raising the fund, its largest to date, in the second half of 2017
L Catterton to invest in craft brewer Innis & Gunn
Company statement indicates an equity investment in the region of ТЃ14m by the GP
Silverfleet promotes three in London, Munich and Paris
Firm promotes Piasecki to head of financial services, and Maurer and ChУЂtillon to partners
Newcomer Essling poaches Amundi funds-of-funds team
Having recruited the four-strong team, Essling will launch its first fund-of-funds within the next few weeks
Bain, Cinven yield to Elliott's Stada share price demands
Elliott announced last week that it would not support the Stada bid for less than €74.4 per share
General Atlantic promotes Goldman to head of financial services
Aaron Goldman relocates to the firm's London office, having joined the business in 2007
Beechbrook appoints Petty to Manchester team
Petty was previously in Deloitte's debt advisory team
Ogier appoints Bermingham in Luxembourg
New recruit focuses on fund structuring, formation, regualtion, operation and tax issues
FPE Capital appoints Kay as investment manager
New recruit will be responsible for sourcing and executing UK investment opportunities
Waterland opens office in Copenhagen
GP appoints Kaspar Kristiansen as managing director and is hiring 5-8 more staff
Dentons hires three new partners
New hires will strengthen the firm's corporate M&A practice in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Kirkland hires Damodaran from Ropes & Gray
Damodaran will be advising clients on the formation of private investment funds
CapMan appoints Joakim Frimodig as CEO
Joakim Frimodig has been responsible for strategic growth initiatives at CapMan since April 2016
Fundraising – North America weekly edition
A roundup of the latest fundraises in North American PE, courtesy of unquote" sister publication Mergermarket
Turkven to float Medical Park after three-year holding
GP is likely to float the Turkish hospital group on the Istanbul stock exchange in Q1 2018
Trilantic's Gamenet files for IPO in Milan
Company aims to list on Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA), part of the Milan stock exchange
Bridgepoint in running for 5àSec deal
If it goes ahead, the deal would mark the fifth PE ownership change for the dry cleaning business
Elliott demands €74.4 per share to support Stada takeover
Hedge fund Elliott Management held a stake of 11.43% in the company as of 28 August
Banca Intermobiliare attracts PE offers
Warburg Pincus and JC Flowers filed binding offers for the Italian bank's 74% stake
Maven appointed to manage £90m MEIF debt funds
GP will oversee deployments of ТЃ100,000-1.5m for SMEs in West Midlands, East Midlands and the area to the immediate south