Private Equity
Latham & Watkins LLP hired Rainer Traugott as a partner in its Munich office to focus on large German corporates and private equity firms on mergers and acquisitions and a range of corporate issues. Traugott was previously a partner at Linklaters, where he led the law firm’s private equity practice in Germany.
3 min read · 27 January 2016
The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) named Mike Sommers its president and chief executive officer. Sommers previously worked as chief of staff to former House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner.
1 min read · 27 January 2016
The Private Equity Growth Capital Council has named Mike Sommers president and CEO of the private equity trade association. Sommers will begin his new job in early February. Previously, Sommers was the chief of staff to former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representives John Boehner.
3 min read · 27 January 2016
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has hired Norm Champ as a partner in the law firm's private funds group. The former director of the SEC's investment management division, Champ's appointment becomes effective February 1, 2016.
3 min read · 27 January 2016
Cybersecurity company SignalSense has hired Kurt Kokko as chief technology officer. Previously, Kokko worked at the Walt Disney Company. SignalSense backers include Trilogy Equity Partners.
3 min read · 27 January 2016
Euclid Analytics, which provides customer location analytics, has named Brennan O'Donnell as senior vice president of sales and business development. Previously, O'Donnell worked at SurveyMonkey where he was the vice president of sales and customer success. Euclid is backed by Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Cox Enterprises and Groupe Arnault.
3 min read · 27 January 2016
San Diego-based HCAP Partners promoted Hope Mago to principal. Mago joined the firm, formerly named Huntington Capital, in 2009 from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
2 min read · 26 January 2016
Shawna Kaufman has joined the The Institutional Limited Partners Association as a managing director of membership and events. Previously, Kaufman was a leader of Monitor Deloitte’s customer and marketing strategy practice in Canada. The ILPA is a membership organization focused on serving the interests of private equity LPs.
2 min read · 26 January 2016
Pine Brook has promoted Annie Sloyer to chief financial officer and Claire Harvey to principal on the energy investment team. Sloyer joined the firm in 2010 while Harvey came on board in 2014. In addition to these promotions, Pine Brook has named Julie Hart and Thomas Nielsen as vice presidents to its investor relations team. Prior to joining the firm, Hart worked at HarbourVest Partners and Nielsen was at UBP Asset Management.
3 min read · 26 January 2016
Antares Capital has made a number of hires to its loan syndication, sales and trading team. Kevin Burke, who is joining Antares from GE Capital, will lead the team that includes managing directors Anthony Diaz, Mark Familo, Erica Frontiero, Peter Nolan, John Timoney and Patrick Wallace. Also, Kristin Condon, a managing director from RBC Capital Markets and Todd Davis, an associate from Capital One, will be joining the team.
2 min read · 26 January 2016
