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Capstone Partners appoints new Principal

Capstone Partners, a specialist independent global placement agent, has appointed Lars Lindqvist as a Principal. Based in Europe, Lindqvist will be responsible for fundraising and client origination in the Nordics, UK and the Middle East.  

“We are delighted to welcome Lars to Capstone Partners. He has 12 years of fundraising and secondaries experience with European and Middle Eastern LPs and as a Swede brings local talent to our Nordic coverage,” says Lucien Cipollone, Associate Partner at Capstone Partners.  

“As we continue to grow, Lars’ wealth of knowledge and expertise is a valuable asset in the prevailing times.” 

Prior to Capstone, Lindqvist was Founder/Owner of Cattegatt Capital Ltd, a secondaries broker and fund placement agency for private equity and hedge funds. The firm was a pioneer in the secondaries market for hedge fund side pockets with approximately USD600 million in closed transactions, and later active in the private equity markets in secondaries and select fundraising mandates.  

Previously, Lindqvist was a Director at Trafalgar Capital, where he focused on deal flow origination and fundraising. Earlier in his career, Lindqvist was a Vice President at Eaton Partners, where he worked in origination and fundraising for private equity and hedge funds. Lars began his career in Equity Sales at Merrill Lynch and investment banks Dresdner Kleinwort and Handelsbanken in London, Stockholm and Frankfurt. Lindqvist holds a Bachelor Business Administration degree from the European University and earned his MBA from EADA. 

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