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Global law Firm Paul Hastings has appointed Dr Nikolaos Paschos as a Partner and Chair of the German M&A practice in its Frankfurt office, as part of the firm’s expansion of its cross-border M&A and private equity capabilities.
Investor services group IQ-EQ has promoted Joanne McEnteggart, most recently Global Head of Corporate and Loan Servicing, as its new Global Head of Debt, Capital Markets & Corporate (DCMC), based in Dublin.
LPs will be sharing their top tips for some of the world’s most established GPs attending Private Equity Wire’s annual Leadership Summit later this month (28 February), in London. The highly anticipated event will conclude with a panel on investor sentiment, covering new LP markets, investor relations strategies and evolving expectations.
Rise Growth Partners, a capital financing platform for registered investment advisors founded by Joe Duran, former CEO of United Capital, has secured a $250m investment commitment from Charlesbank Capital Partners, a middle-market private investment firm with offices in Boston and New York.
Funds advised by global private equity advisory business Apax Partners have completed the previously announced acquisition of WGSN, Ascential’s subsidiary data business unit focused on consumer trend forecasting.
Global law firm White & Case is expanding its global debt finance practice and has appointed Lauren Winter, who has joined from Shearman & Sterling where she was Counsel, as a Partner in London.
West Monroe, an adviser to private equity firms and strategic buyers on their M&A transactions and execution of value creation strategies, has promoted Keith Campbell as its new Global Mergers & Acquisitions Leader.
As investor demand for private debt and direct lending investments grows, Silverview Credit Partners has adopted global fintech Broadridge Financial Solutions’s Sentry Portfolio Management solution.
Zurich-based Julius Baer will exit the private debt market and is preparing to write off its CHF606mn ($700mn) exposure to Signa, the now-collapsed luxury developer owned by René Benko whose portfolio included German department store KaDeWe and the Chrysler Building in New York. The private bank’s CEO, Philipp Rickenbacher, has also resigned.
Littlejohn & Co, a Connecticut-based investment firm specialising in private equity and debt investments in middle market companies with $8bn in AUM, has entered into an agreement to sell Dana Kepner Company, a Colorado-based supplier of water works material and services, to Core & Main, a specialised distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products and services.
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