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EFG Fund Services has been appointed full service provider to Index Ventures’ latest fund, Index Ventures Growth III, a Jersey domiciled growth capital fund which has raisedEUR 650m in commitments from international investors to make equity and equity-related investments in growth companies in the technology field.
EFG Fund Services’ has a fifteen year relationship with Index Ventures and this appointment is the eighth Index fund to which EFG Fund Services has been appointed.
Index Ventures Growth III is a Jersey Expert Fund which closed earlier this year and is now commencing its investment activity. The Fund was oversubscribed, evidencing
AnaCap Financial Partners has promoted Michael Edwards and Amber Hilkene, to Partner in their roles as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Investor Relations and Communications, respectively.
Hilkene joined AnaCap in 2006 as the fifth member shortly before the final closing of its EUR300m maiden fund and drives the firm’s investor relations, fundraising and public relations activities. She has led the development of relationships with global institutional investors, building AnaCap’s assets under management to EUR2.9 billion including blind pools and co-invest.
Hilkene says: “I am delighted to have received the promotion to Partner at AnaCap. It has been a
Edmée van Dijk is joining Bluebee company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). VanDijk jopins the company from shareholder Delft University of Technology, where she was responsible for the investment portfolio of the university.
In this role, Edmée was a member of the board of directors of numerous spin-outs, including Bluebee. Prior to that she worked in Venture Capital firm TIIN Capital and she currently also advises the Dutch government in matters of early stage financing.
Van Dijk holds a degree in biotechnology, combined with a MSc in Management from Nyenrode and a Postdoc in Business Valuation at the Rotterdam
Law form Sidley Austin has elected 24 new partners, effective 1 January, 2016.
“Our new partners share a strong dedication to the core values of our firm and exemplify Sidley’s commitment to excellent client service, integrity, diversity and collegiality,” says Larry Barden, chair of Sidley’s Management Committee. “These emerging leaders are an integral part of the future of this firm and we are incredibly proud to welcome them into the partnership.”
“These very talented young lawyers are embarking on an exciting phase of their careers and we congratulate each of them on achieving this well-deserved milestone,” says Carter Phillips,
Schulte Roth & Zabel has appointed Jason L Behrens as special counsel in the firm’s New York office. He centers his practice on the structuring, formation and negotiation of private equity and hedge funds.
Behrens previously served as an associate at the firm and re-joins after having served as general counsel at ACE Portal, Inc.
Behrens has represented a wide variety of fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors in all stages of private equity funds, real estate funds, secondaries funds, funds of funds and other alternative asset classes, both domestically and internationally. He deals regularly with issues relating
Maranon Capita has added Kyle Lindsay to the firm’s investment team. As an Associate, Lindsay will be responsible for evaluating new transaction opportunities, investment underwriting, and portfolio management.
Prior to joining Maranon, KyleLindsaywas an Analyst in the investment banking division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he focused on food and consumer products businesses. He began his career in the transaction services group at KMPG. Kyle is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a CPA.
Backstop Solutions Group, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, family offices, pensions and endowments, has appointed Michael Neuman as Vice President, Information Security.
In this newly created role, Neuman will oversee Backstop’s data and information systems security, and continue to advance the company’s policies and procedures.
“Protecting our clients’ data is our top priority,” said CEO Clint Coghill. “With threats from cybercriminals continuing to rise, we are investing to ensure we maintain the highest data security standards.”
Backstop takes pride in engineering safe and secure software-as-a-service solutions for the alternative asset
Bravia Capital is to open a new office in Seoul, South Korea headed by Tony Chang, who has joined the firm as Vice President and Global Head of Strategic Relations to focus on the firm’s strategic partnerships globally.
Chang has 8 years of experience in fixed income and private equity investments, investment advisory and capital raising.
Established in 2000, Bravia Capital leads investment opportunities and offers co-investment opportunities to third parties with significant value-add transaction services and support. Bravia Capital specialises in transportation, logistics, infrastructure and financial services sectors and has successfully invested in transactions with a total enterprise value
SL Capital Partners is expanding its capabilities with a senior hire, appointing John Seal as Head of Private Junior Debt.
Seal has significant experience in the European direct and syndicated leveraged loan markets through his time as founder and Managing Partner at New Amsterdam Capital, a specialist debt investment firm based in London, and as a Director in high yield capital markets at Barclays Capital. Prior to this he held a number of roles in leveraged finance, based in New York.
Seal says: “I’m very excited to be joining the SL Capital team as they continuously expand their reach
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is to open a new office in São Paulo, Brazil in early 2016, to cover Latin America, extending the firm’s global network to 24 offices.
Jean-Marc Etlin, a leading banker in the region with more than 30 years of experience, will join the firm in January as Head of Latin America.
Etlin joins CVC Capital Partners from Itaú BBA, the largest corporate investment bank in Brazil, where as a member of the Management Committee since 2005, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Itaú BBA Investment Bank and was also responsible for the
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