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Pan-African private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI) has appointed Takudzwa Mutasa as Principal.
As a deal lead, Mutasa will work with the team to source and manage investment opportunities and partnerships across the continent, as well as work with existing portfolio investments.
Mutasa will rejoin DPI from KKR and has over a decade of investment experience of which the majority has been in African Private Equity.
Mutasa’s private equity experience, outside of DPI, has been gained at firms including KKR and Helios Investment Partners where he was involved in sourcing, analysing and executing private equity investments across
Redpoint Capital Group, an alternative credit manager focused on providing financing solutions to companies across an array of industries, has expanded its investment team with the appointment of Spring Hollis as a Portfolio Manager.
Hollis, together with Dan Adashek, will be responsible for managing Redpoint’s investments and structuring future transactions.
“We are thrilled to add Spring to the Redpoint team. Her experience on Wall Street investing in and financing multiple asset classes is exactly what we were looking for as we continue to grow our portfolio,” says Alex Dunev, Managing Partner of Redpoint. “The addition of Spring emphasises our
UK lower mid-market investor, Tenzing, has appointed John Messer and Mike Reynolds to its investment team.
Messer has joined Tenzing from Alchemy Partners. He began his career as a consultant at AT Kearney undertaking due diligence and merger integration projects before studying for an MBA at London Business School, interning at Goldman Sachs and Inflexion Private Equity, prior to joining Alchemy.
Mike Reynolds joins the Tenzing team from Rutland Partners, where he spent over five years gaining investment experience in the industrials, financial services and consumer sectors. Prior to this he worked in mid-market M&A advisory at Hawkpoint, now
PPB Capital Partners, a designer and administrator of alternative investment funds for the wealth management industry, has appointed Frank Burke as chief investment strategist.
Burke (pictured), will advise PPB Capital’s network of investment advisors on selecting best-of-class alternative investment products for its clients.
“We are pleased to welcome Frank to our growing team,” says Brendan Lake, chief executive officer of PPB Capital Partners. “Frank’s deep knowledge of alternative asset classes will provide our platform of private investments services increased breadth and depth. As one of the lead portfolio managers of Hatteras Funds, Frank brings a wealth of experience sourcing
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has appointed Jeremy Kenley and Sandy Bhogal as partners in the firm’s London office.
At Gibson Dunn, Kenley will continue his real estate private equity practice, and Bhogal will continue his corporate tax practice. Both will join the firm from Mayer Brown International.
“We welcome Jeremy and Sandy to the firm,” says Ken Doran, Chairman and Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. “Building out our transactional practice in London has been a strategic priority for the firm, and the office has developed a broad capability in public and private M&A, private equity, equity capital markets, real estate, and
Dave Edwards, Nick Grainger and Andy Dimmock, Partners at FRP Advisory specialising in debt advisory services, are now operating as FRP Debt Advisory as part of the full integration of Litmus Advisory within the FRP Advisory partnership of business advisory services.
The launch of FRP Debt Advisory coincides with the appointment of Andy Pickford to the team as a Director based in the firm’s Manchester office, as a response to client demand for debt advisory services from companies and private equity groups both in Manchester and across the wider North-West and North of England regions.
The formation of FRP Debt
LightBay Capital, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on middle-market opportunities, has appointed David Burcham as a Principal.
Burcham will be responsible for sourcing, analysing new investments, due diligence, deal process execution, and portfolio company management and monitoring.
Burcham brings a decade of direct investing and transaction experience to LightBay. Prior to joining the firm, Burcham spent more than eight years at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), where he most recently served as a Managing Director and led private equity and credit investments across several industries and in a variety of transaction types. He served on the boards
Law firm Paul Hastings has added restructuring partner David Manson to the team based in the firm’s London office. Manson joins from White & Case where he was a partner.
“David’s expertise and relationships will be an asset to our growing London restructuring practice,” says Seth Zachary, chair of Paul Hastings. “He has played a major role on some of the most challenging global cross-border restructurings and our lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic are looking forward to working with him.”
Manson regularly advises banks, noteholders, funds, insolvency practitioners, and companies on all aspects of domestic and cross-border
International law firm Proskauer has promoted 23 lawyers, 14 to partner and nine to senior counsel, including three partners promotions in the private investment funds and private equity teams in London.
“We are pleased to promote this outstanding group to our ranks as partner and senior counsel,” says Proskauer Chairman Joe Leccese. “We applaud them on achieving this significant milestone in their careers and are confident that they will continue to make remarkable contributions to our clients in the years ahead.”
Edward Lee advises fund managers and institutional investors on a broad range of matters relating to private funds,
Lodbrok Capital, an investment manager focused on the European credit market, has appointed Adam Sorab as Partner. This follows a period of organic growth and the successful launch of the Lodbrok European Credit Opportunities Fund in May 2017.
Sorab (pictured), joins from hedge fund CQS, where he spent the last 13 years and where he held various senior roles including Head of Investor Relations.
Lodbrok Capital has hired Sorab to lead the company’s investor relations with responsibility for managing client relationships. Sorab brings over 30 years’ investment industry experience to the firm. Prior to CQS, Sorab was Head of
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