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NorthEdge appoints investment banker Phil Frame

Northern-based mid-market private equity firm NorthEdge Capital has appointed Phil Frame as senior investment executive based at the company’s Manchester office. Frame (pictured) was most recently assistant director at Altium Capital for three years and previously spent four years at KPMG after graduating from The University of Manchester. He will

Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive of Guernsey Finance

Guernsey sees Far East promise

Recognition of Guernsey’s expertise as a finance centre continues to build in the Far East, according to Fiona Le Poidevin, chief executive of Guernsey Finance, the promotional agency for the island’s finance industry.  Le Poidevin (pictured) was speaking at the culmination of a week-long trip to Hong Kong that saw

Greenpark Capital appoints Daniel Green as chief investment officer

Greenpark Capital has appointed Daniel Green as chief investment officer. The appointment marks the latest stage in Greenpark’s development as a mid-market secondaries firm. Greenpark last year won a mandate from the International Finance Corporation to collaborate on a new initiative focusing on private equity secondaries in emerging markets –

ADIA appoints Lanigan as head of principal investments in PE department

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has appointed Colm Lanigan as head of principal investments in its private equities department, effective immediately.  In this new role, Lanigan will be responsible, alongside senior management, for developing strategy and overseeing the execution and management of principal investments, in which ADIA acquires equity

CVC Capital Partners to lead recapitalisation of Cunningham Lindsey

Loss adjusting and claims management firm Cunningham Lindsey Group and a CVC Capital Partners-led investor group including Allied World Financial Services have agreed to a recapitalisation by which funds affiliated with CVC will acquire majority ownership of Cunningham Lindsey.  Founded more than 100 years ago, Cunningham Lindsey has grown organically

Quilvest-backed restaurant chain Tortilla secures new bank financing

Mexcian restaurant group Tortilla, which is backed by private equity firm Quilvest, has secured GBP2.25m in new bank financing from Santander Corporate Banking to fund expansion. The new credit facilities will further enhance Quilvest’s original GBP3.5m investment in Tortilla in December 2011. The financing comes as Tortilla secures three additional

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Avalon Lake Partners expands compliance offering

Avalon Lake Partners has appointed Harris Bogner, an attorney and compliance expert, to head its compliance services group. Bogner’s role at Avalon Lake Partners will be to work directly with clients to ensure they develop a strong understanding of their compliance obligations while providing them with practical, cost-effective solutions. Avalon

Valerie Georges-Thomas, Bedell Cristin

Bedell Cristin makes senior hire to strengthen BVI expertise

Bedell Cristin has appointed Valerie Georges-Thomas to head up the firm’s British Virgin Islands office. Georges-Thomas (pictured) was previously a partner at Appleby in the firm’s corporate and commercial practice group. Her appointment follows on from Bedell opening an office in Singapore in July, headed by BVI lawyer Stephen Adams.

The Sterling Group to acquire Dexter Axle from Tomkins Industries

Middle market private equity firm The Sterling Group’s affiliated investment fund, Sterling Group Partners III, is to acquire all of the equity interests that comprise the Dexter Axle business from Tomkins Industries, a subsidiary of Pinafore Holdings. The Dexter Axle business manufactures trailer axle, brake and suspension assemblies and related

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