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Attract Capital expands into the UK

Mezzanine finance specialist Attract Capital is expanding to the UK. The firm was founded in New York in the year 2000 to provide middle market companies direct access to the mezzanine lending market.    According to founder David Barnitt, the UK is an under-served mezzanine market, particularly in the lower

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Private equity partner to join Ropes & Gray in London

Phil Sanderson, the former head of Travers Smith’s London private equity team, is joining Ropes & Gray as a partner in the firm’s London office. Sanderson has established himself as one of the top private equity lawyers in the UK market over his 20-year career, and he has consistently ranked

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bfinance strengthens Middle East presence

bfinance, an independently owned investment consultancy, has added to its service and advisory capabilities in the Middle East with the hire of a senior consultant. Navneet Maheshwari joins from Nasdaq Dubai and will be responsible for local market client relations for bfinance across the Middle East as well as the

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Prudential Capital Group appoints head of London office

Prudential Capital Group has appointed Michael Berry as a managing director and head of its London office. Prudential Capital Group, a provider of private capital, is an asset management business of Prudential Financial.   Berry’s appointment is effective immediately. He reports to Marie Fioramonti, managing director and head of Pricoa

KKR strengthens Southeast Asia team with new hires

KKR has appointed Jaka Prasetya, former managing partner and founder of Leafgreen Capital Partners, as managing director to lead the firm’s Indonesia efforts as well as credit and special situations initiatives in Southeast Asia. Also joining KKR in the role of director are Rahul Bhargava and Allan So, both formerly

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Mike Dauber joins Amplify Partners as general partner

Early-stage venture capital firm Amplify Partners has appointed Mike Dauber as general partner. He joins from Battery Ventures, where he spent over six years driving investments in enterprise infrastructure and applications.   In his new role, Dauber will continue to fund and support the next generation of enterprise technology entrepreneurs.

PE lawyer Jason D Osborn joins Jenner & Block

Jason D Osborn has joined Jenner & Block’s private equity and mergers and acquisitions practices as a corporate partner in the Chicago office.  An experienced private equity lawyer, Osborn will focus on representing private equity funds and public and private company clients in complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged

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Jim Murray joins Vector Capital as chief financial officer

Private equity firm Vector Capital has appointed Jim Murray as chief financial officer. Murray joins Vector after 14 years at Blum Capital, where he was the chief financial officer and chief administrative officer.   Prior to that he worked at California Federal Bank, Coopers & Lybrand, and Kenneth Leventhal &

GridGain adds VC veteran Sonja Hoel Perkins to advisory board

Venture capital veteran Sonja Hoel Perkins has joined the advisory board of GridGain Systems, a provider of an open-source, in-memory computing (IMC) platform. Perkins (pictured) brings over two decades of leadership and investment expertise in the high-tech industry, and currently serves as managing director of Menlo Ventures and founder of

SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services consolidates Asian operation

SuMi TRUST Global Asset Services, a provider of operational and administration support services to institutional asset managers, has completed the enhancement of its Asian business. SuMi TRUST has strengthened its operational and client service teams in all three centres with all asset servicing and client relationship activity for Japanese and

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