Law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has expanded its private equity capacity by hiring a seven-strong private equity/corporate team, including three partners. The team comprises key members of the “flying squad” that handled CEE/emerging market cross-border private equity backed M&A transactions in the region for Linklaters until 2007. The team is

Venture capital firm Accel Partners has hired Adam Valkin in its London office.  Valkin joins Accel Partners from Endemol Group, a provider of entertainment programming and the world’s largest independent production company, where he was the global head of digital media and new business.  Prior to that he had nine

Providence Equity Partners, a private equity investment firm specialising in media, entertainment, communications and information companies, has appointed Charles E. Gottdiener as a managing director focused on the firm’s portfolio management activities. Gottdiener joins Providence from Dun & Bradstreet, a source of commercial information and insight on businesses, where he

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named A.G. Lafley, the former chief executive of Procter & Gamble, as a special partner. Lafley (pictured) has joined Clayton, Dubilier & Rice less than two months after retiring from the consumer products company after more than 32 years. Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private

Moelis Capital Partners, the private equity business of Moelis & Company, has appointed Ted Yun as a managing partner. Yun, who will be based in New York, brings 20 years of investment experience and expertise in building and managing private equity firms. Yun has particular experience in the healthcare services,