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| 21.11.2023 | PAI Partners raises €7.1 billion for eighth flagship fund | PAI Partners (“PAI” or “the Firm”) today announces the successful final close of its latest Flagship Fund, PAI Partners VIII (“Fund VIII” or “the Fund”). Fund VIII surpassed its fundraising target, securing €7.1 billion in total capital com... |
| 27.10.2023 | Biodiversity in private equity | Unprecedented biodiversity loss has brought about risk to lives, economies, and our climate. With over 50% of global GDP dependent on natural capital, it is imperative to consider biodiversity risks in the ways we evaluate and manage busine... |
| 07.09.2023 | PAI Partners to acquire Alphia | Headquartered in Denver, Alphia is a leading national manufacturer of pet food in the U.S., manufacturing more than one billion pounds of dry pet food and treats annually on behalf of leading pet food brands and retailers. Alphia also provi... |
| 06.07.2023 | PAI Partners to acquire majority stake in Infra Group | Headquartered in Belgium, Infra Group offers a one-stop-shop range of services from design, engineering and installation to maintenance of essential infrastructure in electricity, water & sewage, telecoms, gas & district heating and... |
| 22.06.2023 | PAI Partners in final negotiations to acquire the ECF Group from Naxicap Partners | Headquartered in Grigny, France, ECF’s well-known partner- and private-label brands offer over 50,000 products sourced from more than 700 suppliers globally. The majority of sales comprise small equipment and consumables, as well as hygiene... |
| 22.06.2023 | Azets Group secures investment from PAI Partners to join Hg and support next phase of growth | Azets was formed by Hg six years ago, in response to the growing digitalisation of financial compliance processes for SMEs. Since then, the Group has grown significantly to become one of the largest tech-enabled providers of professional ad... |
| 10.05.2023 | PAI Partners in final negotiations to acquire The Looping Group from Mubadala Capital | Headquartered in Paris, Looping owns and operates 18 high-quality, local and regional leisure parks, including theme parks, waterparks, wildlife parks and aquariums, attracting over six million visitors a year. The group’s parks span eight ... |
| 30.04.2023 | Nestlé and PAI to create joint venture for frozen pizza in Europe | Nestlé’s pizza business spans several countries across Europe, with an annual turnover of around CHF 400 million. The pizzas are currently distributed under the Wagner, Buitoni and Garden Gourmet brands, including in Germany, Italy, France,... |
| 25.02.2023 | PAI Partners to acquire La Compagnie des Desserts from Argos Wityu | Headquartered in France, LCDD creates, produces, sells and distributes artisanal ice cream and premium frozen pastries to more than 23,000 food service clients across Europe, mainly in France, Spain and the UK. The Company operates seven ma... |
| 13.01.2023 | PAI Partners announces strategic minority investment by Blue Owl’s Dyal Capital | PAI invests in leading businesses in Europe and North America to create true long-term value. The investment from Blue Owl’s Dyal will provide PAI with balance sheet capital to strengthen its alignment with its limited partners and invest f... |
| 13.01.2023 | PAI Partners agrees to acquire Savory Solutions Group from IFF | Savory Solutions Group provides a range of value-add savoury ingredients and blends, most notably under the Wiberg and Piasa brands. The solutions are used by food manufacturers, butchers and food service players to improve texture and tast... |
| 27.10.2022 | PAI Partners appoints Denise Odaro as Head of ESG and Sustainability | Denise brings over two decades of experience as a leader in ESG and sustainable finance. Most recently, she served as Head of Investor Relations and Sustainable Finance Coordination at the International Finance Corporation, the private sect... |
| 21.08.2022 | PAI Partners-backed European Camping Group to acquire Vacanceselect from Permira | Headquartered in Montpellier, France, Vacanceselect is present in over 270 campsites, located across attractive holiday-making European destinations such as France, Italy, Spain and Croatia. The Company operates 22,000 mobile-homes under th... |
| 19.05.2022 | PAI Partners agrees sale of Perstorp to Petronas Chemicals Group | Established in Sweden more than 141 years ago, Perstorp is a leading specialty chemicals player that develops sustainable solutions for the resins and coatings, engineered fluids, and animal nutrition end-markets. With seven state-of-the-ar... |
| 05.05.2022 | PAI Partners acquires HKA from Bridgepoint | Headquartered in the United Kingdom, HKA provides a comprehensive set of specialist offerings, including Expert, Claims and Advisory services for the capital projects and infrastructure sector. The Company has over 130 partners and more tha... |
| 07.04.2022 | A consortium of Carlyle and PAI Partners to acquire Theramex from CVC | London, UK, 28 March 2022 – Global investment firms PAI Partners and Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announce that they have agreed to acquire Theramex, the leading global specialty pharmaceuticals company focused on women’s health, from CVC Cap... |
| 24.02.2022 | KKR to Acquire Majority Stake in Refresco
Investment to grow critical infrastructure of leading global beverage solutions provider | Rotterdam, The Netherlands and New York – February 22, 2022 – Refresco Group B.V. (“Refresco” or “the Company”), one of the largest independent beverage contract manufacturers in the world, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today a... |
| 12.01.2022 | ESG Lab | The Catch-22 of the Just Transition | It’s the fundamental challenge that society faces as we decarbonise the global economy: how can we transition away from fossil fuels and carbon-intensive activities without creating unmanageable social impacts? Many millions of people aroun... |
| 24.12.2021 | PAI Partners invests in Uvesco to support its growth plans | PAI Partners (“PAI”), a pre-eminent private equity firm, through its fund dedicated to mid-market opportunities, PAI Mid-Market Fund (“PAI MMF”), has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Uvesco, a leading food retailer in the ... |
| 18.12.2021 | PAI Partners enters into exclusive discussions to sell Asmodee to Embracer Group | PAI Partners (“PAI”), a pre-eminent private equity firm, today announces that it has reached an agreement to sell Asmodee, a leading board game publisher and distributor, to Embracer Group (“Embracer”), a global public video game company. T... |
| 04.12.2021 | PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers’ agree to acquire Veonet from Nordic Capital | PAI Partners and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’) have agreed to acquire Veonet, a leading pan-European network of ophthalmological clinics from Nordic Capital IX. The financial terms of the transaction were not disc... |
| 25.11.2021 | Armacell video | - |
| 25.11.2021 | PAI Partners agrees sale of Atos Medical to Coloplast | Founded in Sweden in 1986, Atos Medical was born out of a desire to make life easier for people living with a laryngectomy by providing personalised care and innovative solutions for restoring speaking ability after surgical removal of a pa... |
| 25.11.2021 | PAI Partners acquires European Camping Group | Headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, ECG operates a fleet of over 22,000 units (mostly mobile homes) across more than 310 premium campsites located in attractive destinations such as France, Italy, Spain and Croatia. The Company levera... |
| 03.08.2021 | PAI Partners agrees to acquire Tropicana, Naked and other select juice brands from PepsiCo | PAI, a leading private equity firm with strong experience in the food and beverage space, will be the majority shareholder of the transferred business, with PepsiCo retaining exclusive U.S. distribution rights to the portfolio of brands in ... |
| 02.08.2021 | PAI Partners to acquire Scrigno from Clessidra Private Equity | Headquartered in Sant’Ermete (Rimini), Scrigno is a leading fully integrated opening solutions player in Europe. With a primary focus on residential applications, Scrigno operates through three business units: counter-frames, security doors... |
| 30.06.2021 | Interview with Cornelia Gomez, Head of ESG | After extensive corporate experience in different geographies and sectors, and in different elements of sustainability, I came to the conclusion that what really makes an impact with companies is when senior management can be encouraged to ... |
| 23.06.2021 | PAI Partners to acquire Pasubio from CVC Capital Partners VI | Headquartered in Vicenza, Italy, a renowned leather district, Pasubio is a leading European leather manufacturer, which produces high quality leather products for car interiors serving the premium and luxury automotive segments. Pasubio emp... |
| 16.06.2021 | JIC and PAI Partners in final negotiations for the sale of SGD Pharma | SGD Pharma is a world leader in the pharmaceutical glass packaging industry.
Headquartered in France, SGD Pharma employs 3,200 people worldwide, with a network of five industry-reference plants located in France, Germany, China, and India.... |
| 26.05.2021 | Apave Group enters into exclusive negotiations with PAI Partners | GAPAVE, the association which owns Apave Group (“Apave” or “the Group”), a market leader in the field of technical, environmental, human and digital risk management, announced today that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with PAI P... |
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| 11.03.2021 | PAI Partners raises c.€920 million for inaugural Mid-Market Fund, above original hard cap | PAI Partners (“PAI”), a leading pan-European private equity firm, today announces the successful final close of its inaugural PAI Mid-Market Fund (“PAI MMF”, or the “Fund”) with a total of circa €920 million of commitments. The Fund was rai... |
| 23.12.2020 | PAI MMF enters into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of a majority stake in MyFlower | PAI Partners (“PAI”), a leading European private equity firm, through its fund dedicated to mid-market opportunities, PAI Mid-Market Fund (“PAI MMF”), today announces that it has entered into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of a ... |
| 07.12.2020 | PAI Partners to acquire Apleona, Europe’s leading facility management services provider, from EQT | Headquartered in Neu-Isenburg, Germany, Apleona provides technical facility management services, complemented by infrastructural and commercial facility management as part of an integrated offering. EQT acquired the Company in 2016 through ... |
| 02.12.2020 | False statement regarding PAI Partners | PAI Partners is aware that a false statement entitled “PAI Partner Holdings & DHS Announce Strategic Agreement All Cash Deal Valued at Approximately $1.74 Billion” has been posted online. The statement and the information are entirely f... |
| 20.11.2020 | PAI Partners acquires majority stake in Euro Ethnic Foods, the grocery business of Grand Frais, alongside founders Léo and Patrick Bahadourian | PAI Partners (“PAI”), a leading European private equity firm, announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Euro Ethnic Foods (“EEF”), the company which owns and operates the grocery section of leading food retailer Grand Frais.
PAI wil... |
| 10.11.2020 | PAI Partners to acquire Addo Food Group and Winterbotham Darby to create a leading UK Chilled Food platform | As market leaders in their respective categories, Addo and Winterbotham Darby have experienced strong growth in recent years driven by supplying high quality own label and branded products to UK grocery customers in addition to the convenie... |
| 10.11.2020 | PAI MMF acquires Angulas Aguinaga to accelerate its Strategic Plan | PAI Partners, a leading European private equity firm, through its newly raised fund specialised in mid-market opportunities, PAI Mid-Market Fund (“PAI MMF”), today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Angulas Aguinaga, the Spani... |
| 27.10.2020 | PAI celebrates its 10-year anniversary of signing the PRI | For PAI, 2019-2020 marked a new phase in our ESG journey. We are even more aware than before of the impact of ESG factors on the performance of our portfolio companies and we are continuing to reinforce our commitment to these issues by all... |
| - | PAI Partners enters into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of ELITech | ELITech is a leading mid-sized fully integrated diagnostics platform developing equipment and reagents with strong positions in niche and growing sub-segments of molecular diagnostics, microbiology and clinical chemistry. ELITech has develo... |
| - | Marcolin S.p.A.: PAI Partners to acquire a majority stake of the eyewear manufacturer | The purchase will be carried out by Cristallo S.p.A. (“Cristallo”), a company indirectly controlled by certain investment funds managed by PAI Partners (the “PAI Funds”), which has agreed to purchase a stake of n. 48,713,376 shares represen... |
| - | Wessanen and a Consortium of PAI Partners and Charles Jobson agree on a recommended all-cash offer of EUR 11.50 per share for all shares of Wessanen | Koninklijke Wessanen N.V. (“Wessanen” or the “Company”), a European leader in healthy, organic and sustainable food, and a Consortium consisting of PAI Partners SAS (“PAI” or “PAI Partners”) and Charles Jobson are pleased to announce that a... |
| - | Nestlé and R&R to create Froneri, an ice cream and frozen food joint venture | Froneri will be headquartered in the UK and will operate primarily in Europe, the Middle East (excluding Israel), Argentina, Australia, Brazil, the Philippines and South Africa. The new company will combine Nestlé and R&R’s ice cream ac... |
| - | ESG Lab | Cybersecurity | With cyber risk becoming ubiquitous, inescapable and potentially ruinous, PAI Partners brought investors, portfolio companies and specialists together to consider how best to upgrade the investment and corporate response.
The threat is gro... |
| - | Financière Daunou 17 SA is disposing of part of its stake in Atos SE | PAI Partners has sold today via an Accelerated Bookbuilt Offering 8,900,000 shares of AtoS, which it held indirectly through its investment holding company Financière Daunou 17 SA (the “Investor”), at a price of €61.25 per share. Separately... |
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| - | PAI Partners enters into exclusive negotiations to sell B&B Hotels to Goldman Sachs | PAI acquired B&B in March 2016. Under PAI’s ownership, the Group has grown from a strong local player to an integrated hotel platform operating at a pan-European level. PAI has supported the management team in its plans to accelerate in... |
| - | PAI Partners and BCiMC to acquire Refresco | Paris, France / Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Rotterdam, the Netherlands – 25 October 2017
A Consortium of PAI Partners SAS (“PAI”) and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (“bcIMC”) to make a recommended offer of EUR ... |
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| - | ESG Lab | Diversity & Inclusion | There are strong moral and economic cases to be made for encouraging diversity and inclusion – but many organisations, not least within the financial sector, still struggle to get it right. PAI Partners’ ESG Lab set out to consider some sol... |
| - | The ‘S’ in ESG | As the Head of ESG and Sustainability at PAI Partners, what does your role involve?
My primary responsibility, alongside my colleagues in PAI’s ESG Team, is to ensure that ESG becomes more deeply embedded in every stage of PAI’s investment... |
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| - | ESG Lab | The plastics issue | The emergence of plastic use, misuse and disposal as an urgent societal, political and investment issue in 2018 teaches investors three things. The first is the speed with which ideas can capture global attention in this connected age. The ... |
| - | PAI Europe VI and Carlyle to acquire CST | Paris, France: Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG)and Continental European private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) today announced that they have entered on an equal basis into exclusive negotiations with Schneide... |
| - | AS Adventure Group acquires Snow & Rock | The AS Adventure Group will work with Snow & Rock, alongside its existing Cotswold Outdoor brand, to develop exciting customer propositions across multi-activity categories to become the largest outdoor retailer in the UK with a combine... |
| - | 2011 Annual Review | Read the full report here |
| - | Marcolin signed a definitive Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire Viva International | Milan, Italy and San Antonio, Texas (October 24, 2013) – Marcolin SpA and its affiliates backed by leading European private equity firm PAI Partners together with HVHC Inc., the holding company for Visionworks of America, Inc., Davis Vision... |
| - | Pacific Equity Partners sells Peters Food Group Limited to R&R Ice Cream | Funds advised by Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) today announced the sale of Peters Food Group Limited (Peters / Company), one of Australia’s oldest consumer businesses, to R&R Ice Cream plc (R&R), backed by funds advised by PAI Partn... |
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| - | Launch of a recommended cash offer for all shares of Refresco | This is a joint press release by Refresco Group N.V. (“Refresco” or the “Company”) and PAI Partners SAS (“PAI”) and Cubalibre Holdings Inc., being part of a group led by the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (“bcIMC”), acti... |
| - | Perstorp and PTT Global Chemical plan for joint venture for the worldwide manufacturing and sales of products to the polyurethane industry | The planned joint venture includes the former Perstorp Business Group “Coating Additives” with its manufacturing sitesat Pont-de-Claix in France and Freeport in the US. PTT Global Chemical (PTT GC) will retain 51% of the joint venturesshare... |
| - | PAI Partners enters into an agreement to purchase Atos Medical | Atos Medical develops, manufactures and sells a range of products that help patients who have undergone total laryngectomy to restore their ability to speak and increase their quality of life. Operating under a proven chronic care business ... |
| - | PAI Partners enters exclusive discussions to acquire Asmodee Group | Asmodee Group is a leading international games publisher and distributor with operations located in Europe, North America, and China. Asmodee’s best known titles, either published or distributed on behalf of key publishing partners, include... |
| - | Building from Europe across the globe | At our 2018 AGM in Paris on 30 May, a panel discussion chaired by Gilberto Pozzi, Partner and Co-head of Global M&A at Goldman Sachs, featured Ibrahim Najafi of ice cream business Froneri, Hans Roelofs of drinks bottler Refresco, Frédér... |
| - | PAI Partners acquires M Group Services from First Reserve | M Group Services is a £1bn turnover business that delivers a range of essential infrastructure services to the regulated sectors of utilities (electricity, gas and water), transport, telecom and data in the UK & Ireland.
M Group Servic... |
| - | PAI Partners to acquire ADB from Montagu Private Equity | ADB is the worldwide leader in Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL) products, systems and solutions, serving over 2,000 airports across more than 175 countries internationally. The Company develops, manufactures, and sells a comprehensive portfol... |
| - | PAI Partners expands senior operations team | Marc will lead IT and digital transformation across PAI and its portfolio companies. He brings over 25 years of experience as an IT and digital expert, having recently served as Chief Operating Officer at Mobility Work (GMAO) and, prior to ... |
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| - | PAI Partners enters exclusive negotiations with Partners Group and PSP Investments for the sale of Cerba HealthCare | Paris, France – PAI Partners (“PAI”), a leading European private equity firm, announces today that it has entered exclusive negotiations with Partners Group, the global private markets investment manager, and the Public Sector Pensions Inve... |
| - | PAI Partners enters into exclusive discussions to sell GCS to RPC | Completion of the transaction remains subject inter alia to consultation with GCS’s Works Councils, clearance from the relevant competition authorities and RPC’s shareholders’ approval.
GCS, with operations in Europe, Americas and Asia, is... |
| - | PAI Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Ethypharm | The equity for the transaction will be provided by PAI Europe VI, PAI’s latest €3.3 billion fund. PAI’s offer, submitted in May, has been accepted by the relevant “Comités d’entreprise” (French employee works councils). The transaction shou... |
| - | PAI Partners is disposing most of its remaining stake in Atos SE | Michel Paris, Chief Investment Officer at PAI said:
“We are delighted to have supported Atos development over the past 6 years. During this time, the company, led by Thierry Breton and a highly talented Management team, has significantly s... |
| - | PAI Partners appoints Ralph Heuwing as Partner and Head of DACH region | Ralph brings three decades of corporate, capital market and consulting experience. He joins from Knorr-Bremse, a world leading supplier to the commercial and rail vehicle industry, where he served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a memb... |
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| - | Perstorp announces new investors to accelerate the next stage of growth | PAI Partners today announces the transfer of their interest in Perstorp, a global leader in specialty chemicals, from PAI Europe IV to a new fund managed by PAI Partners and backed by Landmark Partners and other co-investors. As a part of t... |
| - | PAI Partners to acquire Euro Media Group | Created in 1983 as Euro Television by Chantal Barry, Jean-Pierre Barry and Luc Geoffroy, EMG offers a large range of services to broadcasters and producers for the production and delivery of audiovisual content: studios; outside broadcastin... |
| - | KP Snacks to become part of European Intersnack Group | KP Snacks is the number two snack manufacturer in the UK and famous for its iconic brands, including McCoy’s, Hula Hoops, KP Nuts, Space Raiders, Nik Naks, Wheat Crunchies, Skips, Phileas Fogg, Discos, Roysters, Choc Dips, Brannigans, Frisp... |
| - | Lionel Zinsou is joining PAI Partners | Lionel Zinsou, 53, arrives from Rothschild & Cie where he has been a General Partner since 1997 and is Head of the Consumer Products Group, Head of Middle East and Africa and a member of the Global Investment Bank Committee. During his ... |
| - | PAI Partners announces the signing of an agreement leading to the acquisition of IPH from INVESTCORP | Created in 1987, the IPH group distributes a large range of industrial supply products and is represented in Europe by strong national networks: OREXAD and ANFIDIS in France, ZITEC in Germany, BIESHEUVEL TECHNIEK in the Netherlands, D’HONT ... |
| - | ESG Lab | Climate considerations in the investment lifecycle | Following our successful ESG Labs on Plastics in 2019 and Supply Chain in 2020, PAI organised its first virtual ESG Lab in 2021. It was held on the back of the launch of our new ESG virtual platform (esglab.paipartners.com), which this year... |
| - | Areas enters new stage of growth with the support of new shareholders PAI Partners | Barcelona, 1 July 2019 – Areas, the #3 global leader in the food & beverage and travel retail markets, and previously a subsidiary of Elior Group, is now a separate company following the completion of its acquisition by PAI Partners.
A... |
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| - | CVC Fund III and PAI Europe VI to reinvest in Grupo Cortefiel | Cortefiel operates over 2,000 points of sale in 90 countries with three main brands: Cortefiel, aimed at men and women over 40, Springfield, aimed at 30-40 year old men and women and Women’s Secret, Iberia’s largest specialised lingerie cha... |
| - | 2013/2014 Annual Review | Read the full report here |
| - | Blackstone and PAI Partners agree sale of United Biscuits to Yildiz Holding | UB is a leading manufacturer and marketer of biscuits in the UK and second largest in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. Among UB’s popular brand names are McVitie’s, Penguin, go ahead!, McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes, Jacob’s, Jacob’s Cr... |
| - | PAI Partners enters into exclusive negotiations for the sale of a majority stake in DomusVi | Created in the 1980s by Yves Journel, DomusVi is the #3 private player in elderly care in Europe with leading positions in France and in Spain. The Group is present in all areas of elderly care including Alzheimer and Parkinson units, home ... |
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| - | PAI Partners enters into exclusive negotiations with an affiliate of Sun European Partners for the acquisition of Albéa | Albéa is a global leader in BPC packaging, providing tubes, dispensing systems, rigid packaging and solutions for the colour cosmetics, fragrance, skin care, hair care and oral care markets across the world. The company has undergone a tran... |
| - | PAI Partners to acquire VPS Holding Limited | VPS is the leading European vacant property specialist providing a full-suite of specialist solutions across the vacant property lifecycle, tailoring its offering to each vacant site within a client’s property portfolio. The Company provide... |
| - | PAI Partners to sell FTE automotive to Bain Capital | FTE is the world leader in hydraulic clutch actuation systems for passenger cars and commercial vehicles; in 2012 the Company had sales of €430m. The Company develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of tailored and integra... |
| - | The consortium of PAI Partners and bcIMC owns 99.4% of all shares of Refresco following the post acceptance period – delisting of the shares will take place on 26 April 2018 | This is a joint press release by Refresco Group N.V. (“Refresco” or the “Company”) and PAI Partners SAS (“PAI”) and Cubalibre Holdings Inc., being part of a group led by the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (“bcIMC”), acti... |
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| - | PAI-backed Froneri announces acquisition of Nestlé’s U.S. ice cream business for $4.0 billion | In 2016, Nestlé and PAI Partners merged Nestlé’s European ice cream business in 20 countries and PAI-owned R&R to create Froneri, one of the world’s largest ice cream companies.
With a portfolio of iconic brands, unparalleled ice cream... |
| - | PAI Partners continues to expand globally with new Partner for its New York office | Maud Brown joins from Investcorp where she spent more than 18 years, most recently as a Managing Director in New York and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. She has strong experience of both the European and North American private... |
