Private Equity
Loton Corp, which is backed by Trinad Capital, has tapped Jason Port to head its advisory board. Port is a founding investor at Quirk.com and was an early employee at Sportsline.com. Loton operates London-based live music venue KOKO.
2 min read · 10 March 2015
Ironwood Capital said Monday it made the following senior level promotions: Alex Levental to MD, Zachary Luce to CFO and Paul Witinksi to director. Avon, Connecticut-based Ironwood makes non-control growth investments in middle market companies.
3 min read · 10 March 2015
Peter J. Solomon Company said Monday it named Juan Mejia an MD in the firm’s Media, Entertainment, Communications and Technology Group. Mejia joined Solomon in 2009.
3 min read · 10 March 2015
MOFCOM’s draft version of a new foreign investment law aims to overhaul current regulation by removing current roadblocks and redefining foreign investors
2 min read · 10 March 2015
The London-based firm has offloaded the Irish business for between €30m and €40m
2 min read · 10 March 2015
This week's job opportunities include VP spots at Goldman Sachs, State Street and Piper Jaffray. Also up for grabs are associate positions at OMERS Private Equity and Black River Asset Management.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has named Jillian Griffiths as chief operating officer. The appointment became effective March 4. Griffiths is a former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Jaguar Growth Partners has hired Quyen Tran as a principal. In her new position at Jaguar, Tran will lead the firm's fundraising and investor relations. Previously, Tran worked at Perella Weinberg Partners where she served as director of marketing.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
Blackstone has named Harish Manwani as a global executive advisor. Manwani is a former chief operating officer at Unilever.
2 min read · 09 March 2015
The appointment comes as CD&R is currently investing its $6.4bn Fund IX, which closed last May
2 min read · 09 March 2015