Private Equity
Venture capital fund formation luminaries Jonathan Axelrad and Robert Fore have left Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for Goodwin Procter.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Former H&Q Asia Pacific managing director Andrew Kuo has joined The Blackstone Group’s growing Hong Kong staff as a managing director for greater China.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
Upon his arrival to testify in a trial regarding portfolio company Korea Exchange Bank, Lone Star chairman John Grayken has reportedly been detained and banned from travel for 10 days.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Arsenal Capital Partners is the latest private equity shop to open an Asian office. It is the firm’s first office abroad.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
SVG Capital, the UK fund of funds, has hired James Witter (pictured) and Sharad Rathke as directors after making a trio of appointments last month.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
TPG has hired Southeast Asia banking vet Jerry Ng to lead its Indonesia business, as the firm looks to strengthen its position in that country’s financial services sector.
1 min read · 04 January 2013
General Atlantic, the global growth equity firm, has continued its Asia push with three promotions to managing director in the region while also advancing staff in its US and Europe offices.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Ned Kelly will leave Carlyle to become president of Citi Alternative Investments, a division CEO Vikram Pandit has worked to build up since he took control of the bank in November.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
Helix Associates, the private equity placement agent division of Jefferies Investment Bank, has hired the former co-head of Credit Suisse’s Private Fund Group, Robert Rivett, as well as Stephen Gray, former managing director at corporate advisory firm Henniker River Advisors.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
The Chicago-based firm and media intellectual property investors Eric Ellenbogen and John Engelman will invest $200 million to acquire, manage and exploit entertainment copyrights.
2 min read · 04 January 2013
