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MBO Partenaires appoints Xavier de Prévoisin to partner
De Prévoisin becomes the French buyout firm's sixth partner
KKR acquires 40% stake in Telefonica's Telxius
Infrastructure deal comes after the mobile operator decided against pursuing an IPO for its infrastructure arm
Lonsdale promotes Evans to partner
Ben Evans becomes a partner after eight years at the PE firm
Keensight hires Cohen as partner and COO
Arnaud Cohen joins the French outfit after a long stint in EY's transaction advisory services team
Cubera promotes Haukås and Nord to partner
Merete HaukУЅs and Johan Nord join the rank of partners at Norway-based Cubera Private Equity
HgCapital raises £3.1bn in double fund close
GP successfully closes HgCapital 8 and Mercury 2 on ТЃ2.5bn and ТЃ575m respectively
21 Centrale organises succession with Barbier promotion
Founding managing partner Gérard Pluvinet will step down to join the supervisory board in 2019
Draper Esprit bolsters Dublin office with McClafferty
Venture firm hires Irish online entrepreneur Nicola McClafferty as investment director
Paine & Partners rebrands as Paine Schwartz Partners
US agriculture-focused GP has promoted its founding partner and president, Kevin Schwartz, to CEO
United Ventures hires Pirovano and Pasin
Fabio Pirovano will join the GP as investment manager and Alessandro Pasin as chief financial officer
BC launches credit arm to be led by Apollo's Goldthorpe
Firm has also appointed Wingspan's Ederer and Stonerise's Wang to the new credit team
Idinvest Partners opens Frankfurt office
Argos Soditic, Main Capital and BlackFin Capital Partners are among the firms to have also increased their German activity recently
SL Capital hits £516m final close for maiden infrastructure fund
Fund launched in June 2014 with a ТЃ400m target and already has four portfolio companies
Unigestion acquires Akina in $6bn AUM merger
Merged group will have $6bn in assets under management and will trade under the Unigestion brand
Partech appoints Noël as new general partner
Karen Noël leaves the role of partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel
CPPIB appoints Jackson as MD in London
Derek Jackson joins the North American pension fund as managing director
Lindsay Goldberg Vogel hires Unger as managing partner
Thomas Unger leaves Constantia Flexibles to become managing partner
Silicon Valley Bank hires Rees as market manager
Gavin Rees joins the US-based high-tech-focused commercial bankтs UK office
Idinvest appoints Wyniecki as investment director
Alban Wyniecki leaves Partech Ventures to join Idinvest
BGF hires Lloyds' Gibson
Fiona Gibson joins the Business Growth Fund as a portfolio specialist
Core Equity launches €1bn long-term fund
Firm was founded by former Bain Capital senior team members Sarkis, de Waen, Stoessel and Valentiny
Waterland opens UK office to capitalise on Brexit
Dutch GP will look to expand UK companies into Europe as part of a currency-related investment thesis
Placement agent Amala Partners to close later this year
Industry veteran Ian Simpson, who founded the firm in 2008, points to Brexit regulatory uncertainty as a factor in the decision to close shop
Patron, Heineken set for £1.8bn Punch Taverns take-private
Private equity house will join trade investor Heineken to acquire the pub business, which will be divided between the parties