Fund Formation

Ropes & Gray will welcome 20 new partners in the U.S. and U.K. on Nov. 1; many of them represent alts stakeholders across private equity, credit, real estate and other asset classes.

Private Equity Paul Zuber joined Hg as operating partner, North American lead. Zuber, who served most recently as head of the Thoma Bravo technology group, brings 25 years of experience in launching and growing global tech enterprises. The move follows the ...

Dechert has hired veteran private equity fund lawyer Sam Kay as a partner in its financial services and investment management practice in London.

Yasho Lahiri has joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel as a partner in the firm’s New York-based investment management group, with a focus on private fund formation.

Briarcliffe may not even be two years old yet, but its team is at the heart of one of the biggest investment opportunities being embraced by institutional investors today. Robert Molina at Briarcliffe (provided) To date, Robert Molina, Briarcliffe’s head ...

Dechert LLP announced this week the addition of an experienced private equity mergers-and-acquisitions attorney as a partner in its San Francisco corporate and securities group. The new partner, Nicole Macarchuk, is the former general counsel and chief operating officer of ...

San Francisco fintech Sydecar raised $8.3 million in seed capital from a number of venture capital firms and high-profile angel investors as the platform seeks to streamline the venture capital process. The investment round was led by Deciens Capital, with ...

Schulte Roth & Zabel has added three new partners to its Investment Management and M&A Practices in its New York office. Joining are Peter Greene, Benjamin Kozinn and Eileen Overbaugh, who are each known to represent some of the most ...

Global law firm Ropes & Gray named Vincent Ip, an asset management partner, as the new managing partner of its Hong Kong office, effective April 1. Ip succeeds Dan Anderson in this position. Anderson has been managing partner for five ...

Great Hill Partners closed its eighth growth buyout fund with $4.65 billion in investor commitments, including capital from the GP. Great Hill Equity Partners VIII was launched last September and exceeded its target of $3.5 billion, and the Boston-based firm ...