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European mid-market specialist BLM Partners has appointed Jeffrey Iverson as general counsel and a principal.
In addition to his responsibility for all legal and compliance matters, Iverson will work closely with the founding partners to continue to develop BLM’s investment offering and deliver its strategy.
Iverson joins BLM from Nomura International, where he was an executive director in the M&A advisory and merchant banking legal department. In that role, he advised on the integration of certain businesses acquired from Lehman Brothers as well as providing legal and regulatory advice to the European and Middle East M&A and merchant banking groups.
Mid Europa Partners, a private equity firm focused on buyouts in Central Europe, has promoted Nikolaus Bethlen and Stefan Tzvetkov to director level.
Pawel Padusinski (pictured) and Cezary Pietrasik have been promoted to the associate director level, and Tomasz Blicharski and Vladislav Ratajac to senior associate.
Thierry Baudon, Mid Europa’s managing partner, says: “I am delighted to announce the 2010 promotions within the Mid Europa team. The new level of responsibility accorded to the team members recognises their considerable contributions to the Partnership to date and we look forward to their continued commitment to the growth and success of Mid
Raphael Kassin, a specialist in emerging market bonds, has joined the Geneva-based group Reyl & Cie as head of emerging markets and debt.
Kassin, who took up his new position on 1 January, left Credit Suisse Asset Management, where he was head of emerging markets fixed income, in June 2009 after the company’s asset management business to Aberdeen Asset Management.
During his two years with Credit Suisse he managed the Credit Suisse Bond Fund Emerging Markets.
Prior to that, he spent nine years managing the ABN Amro Global Emerging Markets Bond Fund.
“Raphael Kassin’s track record and reputation are exemplary”,
Perceva Capital, a Paris-based independent investment company, has added Christophe Ambrosi to its team.
Ambrosi began his career in 1996 with Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman).
In 2001 he joined the LBO firm Astorg Partners, and from 2005 to 2008 he worked at Butler Capital Partners.
In 2009, he worked with Maître Regis Valliot, out-of-court receiver, on more than ten special situations, before joining Perceva.
Perceva Capital now has six investment professionals.
Private equity firm The Carlyle Group has promoted 33 professionals to senior positions.
Seven people have been promoted to managing director and 26 to principal/director.
The individuals work in Carlyle’s offices around the globe conducting buyout, venture and growth capital, real estate and leveraged finance transactions, as well as accounting, communication, human resources, and legal and compliance activities.
The new managing directors are Anand Balasubrahmanyan, Asia buyout, Singapore; Pam Bentley, accounting (corporate), Washington DC; Oussama Daher, Europe real estate, London; Shary Moalemzadeh, global distressed and corporate opportunities, New York; Chris Ullman, communications, Washington DC; Stephen Wise, US buyout, New York;
Institutional Venture Partners, a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm in the US, has promoted Jules Maltz to the position of principal.
As a principal, Maltz (pictured) will continue to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in rapidly-growing internet and software companies.
"We are grateful for Jules’ contribution to the IVP team. Since joining IVP in August 2008 as a vice president, Jules has been actively involved in several key investments such as Spiceworks, Twitter and Yext," says Sandy Miller, general partner.
"I am excited to be a part of the IVP team. It is an amazing time to be
Private equity firm Elevation Partners has appointed Avadis “Avie” Tevanian as a managing director.
Tevanian (pictured) brings to Elevation more than two decades of operational and software expertise in consumer and technology businesses.
Most recently, Tevanian was chief software technology officer at Apple and a member of the company’s senior management team, where he led Apple’s software strategy and development.
Fred Anderson, managing director and co-founder of Elevation, says: "Avie and I worked closely together at Apple for many years and I have always admired his engineering talent and leadership, his strategic vision for how software can transform businesses and
New York Life Capital Partners, the private equity arm of New York Life Investments, has appointed Robert M. Barrack as managing director and chief operating officer.
In this newly created position, Barrack will manage the firm’s business administration, accounting and investor relation efforts.
He will report directly to Thomas Haubenstricker, chief executive officer of New York Life Capital Partners.
Barrack joins from The Blackstone Group, where during his 12 year tenure he served as managing director and chief financial officer of the firm’s private equity group and most recently as managing director in the firm’s investor relations and business development
Greylock Partners, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, has promoted Isaac Fehrenbach and David Thacker to the position of associate partner.
“David and Isaac have become trusted advisers to a number of Greylock-supported companies. They have shown tremendous potential and I am enthusiastic about what they can achieve in the future,” says Greylock partner David Sze.
“In their new roles David and Isaac will invest in promising startups and growth stage tech ventures and draw from their operating experience to help entrepreneurs build great companies.”
Fehrenbach (pictured) leads Greylock’s cleantech efforts. He invests in early stage companies that operate at
The Riverside Company, a private equity firm investing in companies with enterprise values of under EUR150m, has promoted Karsten Langer and Juan Barnechea within its European organisation.
Langer, who joined Riverside in 2006, will become the transacting partner for Benelux and France.
Previously, Langer served as origination partner with Riverside for three years, where he was responsible for the creation and leadership of a pan-European origination team overseeing more than 1,200 deals annually.
In addition, Langer has played a critical role in the development of Riverside’s European team and the spread of the Riverside brand across Europe.
Barnechea will now
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