Redbox founder and former CEO and former Coinstar President and COO Gregg Kaplan has joined Pritzker Group Private Capital as its operating partner for the services team. Kaplan will be based in Chicago, where he and investment partner David Rosen will lead the services investment and operations team. Rosen and Kaplan will source, invest in and oversee a group of services companies for Pritzker Group Private Capital. Pritzker Group Private Capital’s services companies today include PECO Pallet and Entertainment Cruises.   Kaplan, 45, has spent his career building and operating high-growth businesses. Kaplan founded Redbox, the ubiquitous movie-rental kiosk network,

Private equity firm TA Associates has appointed Daisy Cai as a director in the firm’s Hong Kong office, where she will focus on investments in growth companies in China. Cai joined TA Associates from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners in Hong Kong where she has been leading deal sourcing, due diligence, transaction execution and portfolio management for growth capital investments in the TMT, consumer and education sectors in Greater China. She was previously with Deutsche Bank Principal Investments in Hong Kong where she participated in deal sourcing and execution for growth equity investments and private investments in public equity in Greater

Law firm Paul Hastings has added Douglas Freeman and Victor Chen as partners in the corporate practice in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Freeman and Chen both join from Fried Frank, where they were private equity and M&A partners, and Freeman was head of the Asia practice.   “Doug and Victor’s addition highlights the firm’s strategy to continue to strengthen and broaden the reach of our Asia Corporate practice and our focus on key growth markets across our global network,” says Elizabeth Noe, chair of the Corporate practice at Paul Hastings. “Along with their former colleague David Shine, who recently

LIFE, the worldwide membership organisation of Lebanese financiers, has introduced four new members to its Advisory Board.  Maroun Edde is the Chief Executive of Murex, a leading technology vendor for capital markets.   Fadi Ghandour is the Founder and Vice Chairman of Aramex, one of the world's leading global logistics and transportation companies, Executive Chairman of Wamda Capital and Managing Partner of MENA Venture Investments.   Charif Souki is Chairman and CEO of Cheniere Energy Inc, a Houston-based energy company primarily engaged in LNG-related businesses. Tony Tamer is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of HIG Capital, a leading global private

iCapital Network, an online marketplace providing qualified investors and their advisors with access to private equity fund managers, has expanded its business development team, hiring Michael Mastey as Senior Vice President, Investor Network with responsibility for the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, and Melissa Iagulli as Senior Vice President, Investor Network covering the West Coast. A veteran of the asset management industry, Michael Mastey brings more than 30 years of experience leading both institutional and retail channel business development efforts in the asset management industry. He joins iCapital from PNC Capital Advisors where he led the retail distribution team and, prior

Goodwin Procter has expanded its market-leading Private Equity Group with the addition of Richard Lever as a partner in the firm’s London office.  Lever will join Goodwin from King & Wood Mallesons, where he co-led the corporate group with his own focus on middle market private equity transactions and portfolio company work, following completion of his notice period.   Goodwin’s London-based private equity practice aims to leverage and replicate the success of the firm’s U.S. team, a nationally recognised private equity legal services powerhouse. The expansion of the practice in Europe through the addition of Lever also builds on the

International investment bank Altium has bolstered its London team with the addition of three new Associates across its corporate finance and debt divisions. Arthur Callaghan joins as an Associate working in both the corporate finance and debt teams. He moves from Moelis & Company, where he advised on M&A deals across a range of sectors including healthcare and industrials. Arthur has over four years’ experience in the corporate arena, previously working at Deloitte, covering both debt advisory and restructuring services.   Altium continues to expand its debt team following its successful launch last year with the addition of Paul Simkin

TIAA-CREF has opened a new distribution office for TIAA-CREF Asset Management in Sydney, Australia, led by Andrew Kleinig, who will direct distribution strategy in Australia and Asia while providing a local point of contact for TIAA-CREF investment capabilities and products for existing clients in the region. Speaking ahead of the TIAA-CREF Asset Management Real Assets and Responsible Investing Roundtable in Sydney today, TIAA-CREF Asset Management’s head of business development, John Panagakis, said the new office was the next step in the firm’s eight-year history in the Australian market, which has to-date focused on agriculture, and more recently, real estate.