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Oakley Capital appoints Schremper as new partner
GP aims to bolster its presence across the DACH region with the hire of a new partner
Rede appoints Barbour-Smith to chief of staff
Mark Barbour-Smith leaves Credit Suisse after nine years to join the placement agent
Livingbridge hires two
GP boosts its team with two senior hires, investment director Paul Landsman and head of talent Ruby Biring
Beechbrook backs Plan.com and Infomedia
Investor provided a unitranche loan to finance the buyout of a minority shareholder in Infomedia
Bowmark promotes three to partner, investment director
Antonia Cheong and Guy Yarrow become investment director, while Stephen Delaney is promoted to partner
New LP Essling Capital spins out from Massena Partners
PE-focused entity manages €1bn across primaries, secondaries, co-investments, real estate and debt
Quadrivio appoints new chair and CEO
Alessandro Binello and Walter Ricciotti, former chairperson and CEO respectively, step down from their roles
Tikehau appoints Cirenza as London office head
Peter Cirenza leaves his teaching role at the London School of Economics to join Tikehau
Cairngorm hires Thaper as investment director
Amit Thaper leaves the position of vice-president at HIG Capital to join UK-based Cairngorm
August hires Mike Biddulph as partner
Biddulph had already been part of August's predecessor, Kleinwort Capital, between 1998-2005
Macquarie acquires Green Investment Bank for £2.3bn
Transaction will see the firm take control of £4bn of funds and launch three new vehicles
Schroders acquires Adveq
Deal is the latest in a series of consolidation plays within the European LP landscape
Ardian strikes $2.5bn secondary/primary transaction with Mubadala
Ardian takes majority stake in an existing PE portfolio and becomes lead investor in a new $1.5bn fund
Eaton launches direct investment team
Placement agent will work alongside GPs and management to raise capital for investments of $50m and above
Blackstone to hand Jack Wolfskin to lenders in debt-for-equity swap
Coordinating committee has agreed to write off €80m of debt, reducing outstanding liabilities to €210m
Phoenix hires Neale as partner
Chris Neale leaves his position as investment director at LDC to join Phoenix Equity Partners
HQ Capital appoints Dimmerling as COO
HQ Capital has appointed Triton's Heiko Dimmerling as its chief operating officer
Sovereign hires Hay as partner
Alex Hay leaves a similar position at RJD Partners to join Sovereign Capital
Campbell Lutyens appoints Bajnai as chair
Former Hungarian PM takes on role after sitting on the advisory board in a part-time role since 2011
IK Investment Partners opens Amsterdam office
Local team will consist of a mid-cap and a small-cap team, to be headed by partner Remko Hilhorst
Keensight promotes Svensson to partner
Magdalena Svensson becomes partner at Keensight after three years with the company
PAI offer rejected by Refresco
Soft drink and fruit juice bottling company rejects the private equity firm's takeover offer
NorthEdge completes Fine Industries trade sale, scores 2.5x return
NorthEdge secures a 2.5x return on the chemicals business after a three-year holding period
Cinven backed Synlab raises €250m via capital increase
Cinven will remain the majority shareholder of Synlab and other LP will retain its current stake