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Goldman names Hui head of Asia Pacific ex-Japan merchant banking
Stephanie Hui has been named head of Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking operations for Asia Pacific ex-Japan as part of a management reshuffle following the departure of three senior partners from the firm. She will report to Andrew Wolff, who is moving...
Serasi's Veronica John joins Mekong Capital
Veronica John, founder of Serasi Capital and formerly CEO of IDFC Capital, has joined Mekong Capital as a senior advisor. She is responsible for various aspects of the Vietnam-focused GP’s operations, including investments, fundraising and private equity...
Boris Bong leaves Squadron Capital for J.P. Morgan
Boris Bong, a managing director at Hong Kong-based fund-of-funds Squadron Capital, has left the company. He is joining J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s private equity group, also as a managing director.
Blackrock hires Asia Pacific vice-chair
BlackRock has hired Philipp Hildebrand as vice chairman for Asia Pacific and EMEA. He will oversee the firm’s largest institutional client relationships in these regions.
Schwartz rejoins Goldman Sachs to head Asia Pacific
Mark Schwartz, co-founder of Asia-focused New Silk Route and chairman of investment firm MissionPoint Capital Partners, has been appointed head of Goldman Sachs' Asia Pacific. He is returning to the bank after a hiatus of 11 years.
Lefei Liu resigns as chairman of CITIC Private Equity
Lefei Liu has resigned as chairman of CITIC Private Equity, although he will remain as CEO of the company, a person familiar with the development told AVCJ. The change is expected to have minimal impact on the day-to-day operations of the PE firm.
Landman to head up BlackRock's Australia alternatives unit
Andrew Landman, CEO of Ascalon Capital, will join BlackRock as head of alternatives in Australia.
Paul Weiss hires Spencer Park for Asia PE, M&A practice
Paul Weiss has appointed Spencer Park as counsel to its private equity and M&A practice in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, he will work on private equity, credit and real estate transactions across the region.
VIDEO: Creador's Brahmal Vasudevan
Brahmal Vasudevan first wanted to invest in Indonesia six years ago when he was with India-focused GP ChrysCapital. Now, as CEO of Creador, the private equity firm he set up last year, Vasudevan has his wish. Creador is seeking to raise around $350 million...
Ex-Apax India head to join Carlyle – report
Neeraj Bharadwaj, former India head of Apax Partners, is tipped to become The Carlyle Group’s newest managing director. The appointment would fill a vacancy created last year by the departure of Rajeev Gupta, head of the private equity firm’s India buyout...
Temasek names Promeet Ghosh India MD
Temasek Holdings has appointed Promeet Ghosh as its first managing director level appointment in India. He will report to Singapore-based Rohit Sipahimalani and Lee Then Kiat who share responsibility for investments in the country.
Cooley hires two in Shanghai office
US-based Cooley announced on Wednesday the additions to its Shanghai office of Christina Zhang and Benjamin Qiu as partner and associate respectively, in a move to expand the law firm’s footprint into China.
Orrick adds two partners to M&A and PE practice
Is the Chinese economy headed for a slowdown or will there be a quick recovery for the world’s second largest economy? Whatever the outcome, it seems like it is business as usual at legal adviser Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, which recently hired two...
CIC loses two more executives
China Investment Corp. (CIC), the $400 billion sovereign wealth fund, continues to see team volatility with the resignation of two more executives in recent weeks.
Actis loses Southeast Asia head
Gary Addison, head of Actis’ Singapore office, has reportedly resigned after four-and-a-half years with the firm. Formerly a partner with 3i Group in London, he moved to Singapore in 2009 to lead Actis’ Southeast Asia operations, replacing Alun Branigan....
Profile: Dominic Scriven of Dragon Capital
Dragon Capital’s Dominic Scriven settled in his adopted country of Vietnam when it was still a frontier market. Twenty years on, he remains active in the country’s private equity and cultural communities
Jie Huang to join Cadwalader's Beijing office
Cadwalader has hired Jie Huang as special counsel in its Beijing office. Huang joins from Telstra Corp, where she was general counsel to the Australian company's China business unit.
VIDEO: Advent Private Capital's Rupert Harrington
Western Australia is the country's fourth-largest state by population but the richest by natural resources and this has seen it emerge as the primary source of economic growth. This shift in momentum from east coast to west – coupled with the cyclical...
Paul Hastings hires Shanghai partner
Paul Hastings has hired Sean Tai as a partner in its corporate department in Shanghai. He joins from O’Melveny & Myers.
Paul Wang joins Dechert as corporate partner in Beijing
International law firm Dechert has announced that Paul Weidong Wang has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in Beijing.
David Johnson to head OMM in Hong Kong
Law firm O’Melveny & Myers (OMM) has promoted its senior capital markets partner, David Johnson, to head its Hong Kong office.
3i to appoint Simon Borrows as new chief executive
3i is set to appoint Simon Borrows as its new chief executive this week, replacing Michael Queen, who announced his resignation in March after spending three years as head of the company.
Harvest Capital Partners CEO resigns
Hong Kong-based real estate investment firm Harvest Capital Partners faces a change of management, after CEO Rong Ren announced his resignation after seven years at the company.
Ropes & Gray hires two in Hong Kong
US-based law firm Ropes & Gray has appointed two partners in Hong Kong, and announced plans to double its number of Asia-based partners by the end of 2012.