Blackstone has appointed Joe Baratta as head of global private equity. Baratta (pictured) currently heads the private equity team in Europe and is a member of the firm’s executive committee. He will also join the firm’s management committee. Baratta will be based in New York from September. Tony James, Blackstone’s
Mid-market private equity firm Gresham is moving from its current offices in One South Place, EC2 to a new location at 1 Bartholomew Lane, EC2, just opposite the Bank of England. The move to the newly renovated building, which is behind a listed façade, is planned for early September.
Law firm Seyfarth Shaw has hired A. Donald Lepore in its corporate department as a partner in New York. Lepore joins from RNK Capital, a private investment firm specialising in the environmental, clean technology and renewable energy sectors, where he served as general counsel for the past four years. At
New York Life Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of New York Life Investments, has named senior managing principal Steven M. Benevento as chief investment officer. Currently, Benevento is involved in all of the firm’s investment activities, and will continue in that role while also assuming the responsibilities of chief
Mid-market private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners has appointed Michael Beetz as an associate principal. Beetz, a German national, joins Palamon from Coller Capital where he was a senior associate in its London based investment team. Prior to this he was an associate at UBS Investment Bank in its London
Macquarie Group has appointed James F. Frawley as a senior managing director and US head of mergers and acquisitions. Frawley will join Macquarie from FBR, where he served as head of mergers and acquisitions and head of FBR’s New York investment banking office. “I am delighted to welcome Jim to
Law firm Loeb & Loeb has hired Allen Z. Sussman in its Los Angeles office as a partner in the capital markets and corporate practice groups. He was previously a partner in the corporate and securities practice at Reed Smith in Los Angeles. Sussman focuses his practice on corporate and
DCG in Jersey has appointed Paul Perris to a senior role designed to help further develop the firm’s funds business and to expand its service capabilities globally. Perris (pictured) has more than 20 years’ experience in the establishment and administration of a wide range of multi jurisdictional corporate, real estate
iCON Infrastructure, an investment firm focused on investments in core infrastructure in Europe and North America, has hired four to its executive team. Daniel Hales has joined the iCON team as director of finance, with responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the financial and operational management of iCON and its
Lightyear Capital, a private equity firm focused on financial services, has appointed Jerry W. Miller, former president and chief executive of Van Kampen Investments, as senior adviser on behalf of its affiliated funds. Miller will draw upon his more than two decades of leadership experience in asset management and wealth
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