Boston-based law firm Goodwin Procter has announced it will open an office in Hong Kong, focusing on private equity, venture capital, technology companies and fund formation.

Schulte Roth & Zabel International has announced that fund and structured finance lawyer Nick Terras has joined the firm in London as a partner in the investment management group, from

South Africa-based Standard Bank says the long-term fundamentals of emerging markets private equity remain strong, offering tremendous growth prospects generally, and specifically a real p

Cognetas, an independent mid-market European private equity firm that spun out from Electra Partners in 2005, has announced the appointment of David Pusinelli as a senior adviser specialis

The Carlyle Group has closed its second European technology fund, Carlyle Europe Technology Partners II, at EUR530m, beating its initial target of EUR500m, and the new fund has completed i

Omaha, Nebraska-based Tenaska Capital Management has announced the final closing of Tenaska Power Fund II, the follow-on fund to the USD838m Tenaska Power Fund that closed in 2005, with mo

Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, has announced that its Indian private equity affiliate, Darby Asia Investors (India) and Franklin Temp

The Blackstone Group has completed its acquisition of the Apria Healthcare Group for a total of some USD1.7bn, inclusive of retired debt and associated transaction costs.