Yolanda Bobeldijk

The UK-headquartered firm has promoted Mark Piasecki (pictured) to a principal while Robert Knight and Cyril Bourdarot have been made investment executives.

The London-based law firm has restructured its private equity team following the departure of two senior executives. James Grimwood has been appointed as head of the PE sector team.

The Paris-based firm has already made three investments from its new buyout fund, which has so far collected about €1.1bn from investors.

European buyout returns continue to outperform the Stoxx 600 Index, seeing positive returns in the first half year of this year, in all the different deal size categories, according to a study.

Terra Firma has agreed to buy a housing business the team first bought in 1996 when they were still at Nomura, and have managed ever since.

London-listed 3i Group plans to raise a $500m Brazil-focused fund in the second half of next year. It is also reviewing executive compensation as it continues restructuring.

The oil and gas strategic partnership struck with LLOG is said to be the largest such private equity financing executed in the region.

Partners Group, which opened an office in Brazil in early 2011, aims to benefit from a growing middle class in the Latin American market.

The London-based firm, which is currently raising a €750 million fund, has hired John David from Allstate Investments.

The Paris-based firm, which invested $10m in Vessix Vascular in June 2011, has exited the business, generating an initial 3.5x return multiple that could increase up to 10x in the next three years.