International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is to add two partners to its London funds practice. Tim Pearce and Ian Meade will join the firm from Simmons & Simmons. Their arrival at Akin Gump will significantly expand the firm’s London practice which advises leading funds and
The middle-market, private equity buyout fund, GenNx360 Capital Partners, has added Jerod A Pierce to its Management Company’s operating team. Pierce will focus on operational value creation, operational due diligence and will work hand-in-hand with portfolio management to both identify operational value creation opportunities and to implement them. He will
Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and the University of Maine, has hired John Voltz as its Executive Director. A resident of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Voltz joins the initiative from Jane Capital Partners, a San Francisco-based corporate advisory
Global private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has named nine professionals as new managing directors, including the promotion of seven principals and the hiring of two new professionals. These individuals work in various offices around the world in the areas of Capital Markets, Consumer, Industrial and Services (CIS), Energy, Fundraising/Investor Relations,
The European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) has appointed Emma Thorpe as Head of Communications. Thorpe is responsible for the EVCA’s public relations and membership communications and will be based in Brussels and London. During 2011, Thrope advised the EVCA on strategic communications and issues management. Additional clients
Former Skandia and Cofunds CEO, Brett Williams (pictured), has joined a newly established private equity firm as a Founder Partner. The entrepreneurial hub, Lime Tree Investment Partners LLP (Lime Tree), invests in and facilitates the development of fast growth companies across the financial services, clean technology, real estate, biotechnology and
AnaCap Financial Partners has promoted Justin Sulger and Fabrizio Cesario, Head of Credit Opportunities and Mergers & Acquisitions respectively, to Partner. Justin joined AnaCap in July 2006, shortly after inception, as part of the Business Services team, before building out the firm’s Risk & Liability Management function and launching AnaCap’s
Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C. today announced that Kelly E Zelezen and Euchung Ung have been named members of Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen firm, effective 1 January, 2012. “Kelly and Euchung are tremendous assets to our firm and our clients,” says Andy Chonoles, Kleinberg Kaplan’s managing partner. “Their
Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Dr Hans-Joachim Körber to its Board of Advisors. Dr Körber has had a long and highly distinguished business career including serving as the former President and CEO of METRO AG, one of the largest retailers in the world. He is currently
Brian McMahon, Managing Director, Business Development Executive, has been appointed as BNY Mellon’s senior alternative industry facing executive in Luxembourg. McMahon has particular expertise in private equity and real estate and is also being asked to develop business and relationships for EMEA in PE/RE. He previously held roles at Citi
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