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Apollo names new legal chief

Apollo Global Management Inc has appointed Whitney Chatterjee, a partner at New York Law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, as general counsel, effective 3 April. She will then transition to the role of chief legal officer in January 2024, succeeding John Suydam who has served as Apollo’s legal chief since 2006.

RealBlocks launches private fund liquidity solution

RealBlocks, a technology platform for alternative investments that provides an end-to-end digital investing process and secondary trading, has launched Queue Protection, a new solution to help relieve mounting pressure for private funds hitting redemption limits or being gated.  Within 60 days, RealBlocks says it can set up a white-label solution

UK energy firm rejects Apollo bids

US-based global private equity investor Apollo Global Management has had three approaches to acquire UK energy services and consulting firm John Wood Group rejected by the Aberdeen-based company, according to a report by The Guardian.

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Bundesliga rights sale piques PE interest

Deutsche Fussball Liga the governing body of German football, is planning to kick off the sale of a stake in the Bundesliga’s media rights business next month, with several private equity firms including Blackstone and Advent interested in bidding, according to a report by Reuters.

Coller launches private wealth secondaries business

Coller Capital has created a new global Private Wealth Secondaries Solutions business led by Jake Elmhirst, who joined the firm in 2022 as a partner in the investor relations team, to provide high-net-worth individuals with access to private capital markets.

Probitas names global secondaries head

Nick Hatch has rejoined Probitas Partners, an independent, global placement advisory firm, as managing director and global head of secondaries. The firm’s secondaries platform advises across the full range of LP and GP-led secondaries transactions globally.

Sidley adds M&A partner in New York

Sidley has appointed Germaine Nicole Gurr as an M&A and private equity partner in the firm’s New York office. Gurr, who comes to Sidley from White & Case’s M&A practice in New York, has past experience as both a global corporate lawyer and a former executive at Schneider Electric, a

Levine Leichtman sells school test firm

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, is to sell its portfolio company GL Education to Renaissance, a portfolio company of Blackstone Group and Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

ArcLight sells US hydro

ArcLight Capital Partners, a middle market infrastructure investor, has sold Great River Hydro, a US renewable energy infrastructure platform and the largest conventional hydroelectric portfolio in New England, to affiliates of Hydro-Québec for a value of approximately $2 billion.

Associated British Ports

ADIA circles UK ports

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is one of several investors considering making a bid to acquire a 34% stake in the UK’s largest port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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