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L Capital hires Uday Mehra as MD
L Capital, the private equity arm of luxury goods giant LVMH, has hired Uday Mehra, a former Asia-Pacific operations executive for Tommy Hilfiger, as a managing director.
ASK Pravi Capital appoints operating adviser
India’s ASK Pravi Capital Advisors has hired Naveen Kshatriya as an operating advisor to its private equity fund.
Cadwalader poaches three lawyers from Jones Day
Cadwalader's Hong Kong office has poached three lawyers - Joseph Lee, Jeffrey Maddox and David Neuville – directly from rival Jones Day.
Squire Sanders expands Greater China corporate team
Squire Sanders has hired corporate law specialists Jenny Liu and Xudong Ni as partners in its Beijing and Shanghai offices, while Sin Kiu Ng has joined the law firm in Hong Kong.
DLA Piper promotes four to partner in Asia
DLA Piper has promoted four of the Greater China-based lawyers in its corporate practice group to partner level.
VIDEO: HarbourVest Partners' Sebastiaan van den Berg
It is a well established trend that Australian LPs are increasingly looking to internationalize their private equity exposure, arguably at the expense of domestic GPs. Foreign investors looking to enter Australia are not deterred. Sebastiaan van den Berg,...
CITIC Capital hires Robert Lie for real estate group
CITIC Capital has appointed Robert Lie as managing director of its Hong Kong-based real estate group. He joins from Redevco Asia and will bring colleagues Jan Willem De Hek, Dennis Fung and Chenxia Yu with him.
Intel Capital's Kuppam adds Taiwan, Korea to his Asia portfolio
Intel Capital’s Asia Pacific Managing Director Sudheer Kuppam will assume responsibility for investment activity in Taiwan and Korea, adding to his existing coverage of India, Japan and Southeast Asia. Based in India, he will oversee a team of investment...
Cleary Gottlieb adds Ling Huang as partner in Beijing office
Global law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton announced Ling Huang will join the firm as a partner in its Beijing office.
Franklin names Robinson-Kok as Asia alternatives head
Franklin Templeton Investments has appointed Gregory Robinson-Kok as head of its alternative investments business in Asia. He is based in Singapore and reports to Kent Strazza, managing director of the alternative strategies group.
Partners Group adds to India direct investment capabilities
Partners Group has appointed Cyrus Driver as a managing director with the brief to strengthen the company’s direct investment activities in India. The move comes as Partners Group seeks to ramp up its direct investment capabilities across the region....
DLA Piper appoints Bob Charlton as head of Asia Pacific
DLA Piper has appointed Bob Charlton as managing director for Asia Pacific. He is replacing Alastair Da Costa, who is returning to the UK after five years heading up the law firm’s business in the region. Charlton will start his new role on May 1 and...
Alvarez & Marsal hires Harvey Packham as director
Advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal has taken on Harvey Packham as a director with its global forensic and dispute services (GFD) business in Beijing.
ADIA hires Axa executive for emerging markets PE
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has poached Axa Private Equity COO Christophe Florin to head up its emerging markets private equity team. He led Axa’s Asian operations between 2005 and 2008.
VIDEO: Ancora International's Veronica Lukito
Foreign direct investment in Indonesia reached a record $20 billion in 2011 and M&A transactions came in at $9 billion for the 12 months to January 31. The country’s stock market has gained close to 200% since 2009. The influx of capital has yet to be...
IVCA chief joins Avigo Capital - report
The president of the Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA), Mahendra Swarup, has joined SME-focused mid-market firm Avigo Capital as a partner.
UK's Inflexion sets up portfolio teams in China, India
Inflexion Private Equity and MBO Partenaires have become the latest European PE players to set up teams in China and India to support the expansion of their portfolio companies.
Profile: Vickers Capital's Finian Tan
One of the men who bet on Baidu before anyone knew what it was, Vickers Capital founder Finian Tan worked as a counselor, university don, oil trader and politician before settling on venture capital
Global Environment Fund hires ex-IDFC PE chief Luis Miranda
Luis Miranda, founder of Infrastructure Development Finance Co’s (IDFC) private equity business, has joined Global Environment Fund (GEF) as a senior advisor. Based in Mumbai, Miranda will contribute to GEF’s private equity investments in India and South...
HarbourVest to open Beijing office
HarbourVest Partners plans to open a Beijing office and has appointed Sally Shan to lead its operations in mainland China. Shan, who previously served as managing director and head of Asia technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan Securities Asia Pacific,...
China's Fangda poaches Freshfields partner to lead HK office
Chinese law firm Fangda Partners has hired Freshfields litigation partner Peter Yuen to head up its new office in Hong Kong, which is set to open in June. This will be the firm's first location outside of mainland China.
Citi hires Abraaj executive to steer Pakistan business
Abraaj Capital’s Nadeem Lodhi has been appointed as head of Citigroup’s operations in Pakistan. Lodhi was previously a principal at Dubai-based Abraaj, taking responsibility for the firm’s sub-Saharan Africa business.
Blackpeak appoints ex-Control Risks executive in Shanghai
Risk advisory firm Blackpeak Group has opened an office in Shanghai and appointed Max Hirsch to head up its operations in the city. Formerly a member of Control Risks’ corporate investigation practice, Hirsch will work with Nick Blank and Jack Clode,...
China's private equity talent war
The pace of growth in China’s private equity industry hasn’t been matched by the development of a pool of qualified local investment professionals. Firms are busy building from the bottom and poaching at the top