Nicholas Donato

Laurence Garrett has joined Highland Capital as general partner to help drive the firm’s expansion strategy for Europe.

Boston-based Advent International has recruited former Samsonite boss, Marcello Bottoli, to join the firm’s operating partner programme.

Edinburgh-based SL Capital Partners has reached a final close of €700m for its fifteenth fund of funds, smashing its original €500 million target.

CVC’s purchase of the Swiss telecoms company provides a partial exit for Blackstone, KKR, Permira and Providence.

The industry must band together to counter negative perceptions, Vincenzo Morelli told delegates at PEI’s CFO and COO conference in London.

Doughty Hanson’s €350m purchase of a business services company marks the first sale of Candover assets since the beleaguered firm revealed it would wind down.

Bayside Capital's latest debt vehicle has exceeded its target, just two years after closing a $3bn distressed debt fund.

James Fenner replaces James Greco as head of the firm’s European leverage finance division.

The directive – which could drastically impact non-EU managers – is in final stages of negotiations, according to the EU's markets commissioner.

Former Bain Capital finance director Michael Colato will replace Cinven's interim finance chief Manoj Khosla.