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Global buyout giant Blackstone has hired Ryusuke Shigetomi from Morgan Stanley to succeed Katsuyuki Kuki as chairman in overseeing the firm’s business in Japan. Kuki will stay with the firm as an executive advisor. The
Seattle-based Goldfinch Partners has hired Matthew Herman from international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as partner and general counsel. The post Goldfinch hires long-time advisor Matthew Herman as partner and general counsel first appeared on
Mid-market buyout house Astara Capital Partners has hired former Gamut Capital CFO Athos Zakou as CFO and COO to oversee all finance, accounting, tax, technology and operational areas in the firm. The post Astara Capital
Washington DC-based private equity firm The Halifax Group has hired Charles Alutto from Stericycle as operating executive in the investment team. Alutto will evaluate the firm’s specific investment opportunities and assist in validating its investment
Global buyout giant KKR has hired Ian Williamson from BlackRock as managing director and head of core plus real estate in Europe, to oversee the formation and lead KKR Real Estate’s pan-European core plus focused
Tech investor DFJ Growth has closed DFJ Growth IV with close to $1bn of investments. The post DFJ Growth closes $1bn growth fund, hires Justin Kao as partner first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.
Venture Capital firm Sapphire has hired Ralph DeBernardo from mid-market private investment firm Peak Rock Capital in its newly created head of investor relations role. The post Sapphire hires Ralph DeBernardo in new head of
Global buyout giant Blackstone has hired Amisha Parekh from Bloomberg as global head of ESG for private equity. The firm said Parekh will be a managing director within the firm’s portfolio operations group leading ESG
Northern European focused buyout house Verdane has promoted Daniel Ahlstrand, pictured, to partner and made three new hires across its investment and investor relations teams. The post Verdane promotes Daniel Ahlstrand to partner, makes three
European buyout house EQT has hired Tetsuro Onitsuka as head of EQT private equity and Masahiko Kato as head of EQT Infrastructure in the newly-established Japan office. The pair will build the team with both local and
London-headquartered Tenzing has announced that it intends to increase its investment activity in the Nordic region, hiring Magnus Gottås to head the expansion.
Italian life sciences investor Panakès Partners has hired Rob Woodman as partner to lead the firm’s newly created biotech investment team. The post Italy’s Panakès Partners hires industry veteran Rob Woodman to lead new biotech
Global buyout giant Apollo has promoted senior partner Matt Michelini to head of Asia-Pacific, to oversee the firm’s investment and non-investment activities and external relationships in the region. He will continue in his role as
Ara Partners, a specialist buyout firm focuses on industrial decarbonization investments has closed Ara Fund II with $1.1bn of investments, almost triple the size of its $400m predecessor Fund I. The oversubscribed fund is also
Stirling Square Capital Partners has made two senior appointments, hiring Toni Gillespie as chief of talent and Elisabetta Ricci as chief of staff.
Berenberg's hiring spree in equity capital markets continues as the German bank seeks to grab market share in Continental Europe
