Idinvest Partners, an investor in SMEs across Europe, has appointed Nicolas Debock as Investment Director in the firm’s Venture Capital team. In this position, Debock will be involved in sourcing, analysing and executing investments for the Venture Capital team, both in France and in Europe. Debock joins Idinvest Partners
Kai Wilhelm Franzmeyer has been appointed Managing Director with the European private equity specialist BlackFin Capital Partners. In September he will become Head of BlackFin in Germany, where he will have responsibility for the activities of BlackFin in the financial services markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH). Paul
Actis has appointed Ellen Li as Managing Director, Head of Asia of the Investor Development Group (IDG). Li will report to Neil Brown, partner and global head of the IDG, and will be based in Hong Kong. Li has extensive experience in institutional sales, having spent the last nine years
Alternative investment management software and solutions provider eFront has appointed John Legrand as Managing Director and Senior Vice President Sales for the Asia Pacific region (APAC). Legrand will directly lead the APAC sales team, coordinate the overall regional organisation, and represent eFront in the region. John comes to eFront with
King & Spalding has appointed Erik Andersen, Elizabeth Gable and Jared Zaben as partners in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. The team has joined the firm’s New York office and advises financial institutions, alternative capital and debt funds, private equity funds, family offices and other money sources
Sweetwater Capital Partners (SWCP), a boutique private equity secondaries firm, has named Gregg Parise a Managing Partner. Parise brings over 25 years of portfolio management and principal investment experience to the firm. He will principally focus on sourcing and underwriting secondary and direct opportunities in private, high-growth companies. Since 2016,
Accountancy and business advisory firm BDO has promoted 14 new partners across its tax, audit and advisory teams. The promotions, which are effective as of 30 June 2018, take BDO’s intake of new partners to 66 in the last two years. BDO promoted seven people in its audit practice: Joe
K&L Gates has appointed Jae W Park as a partner in the firm’s private equity practice, effective from 1 June 2018. Park is based in the firm’s New York office. He advises and counsels public companies and financial sponsors on a wide variety of US and cross border transactions,
GCM Grosvenor, a global alternative asset management firm with more than USD50 billion of assets under management, has appointed Matthew Rinklin as Managing Director. Rinklin joins GCM Grosvenor from Oaktree Capital Management and will be responsible for executing the firm’s Labour Impact Infrastructure investing strategy. Labour Impact Infrastructure investing is investment
Regulatory compliance firm Optima Partners has appointed former Bain Capital chief compliance office Alan K Halfenger as a Partner at the firm. In his role at Optima, Halfenger (pictured) will focus on the regulatory and compliance needs of private equity managers, hedge funds, broker-dealers and global financial services firms. Optima
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