People Moves

Adding senior-level investment partners is crucial for a firm's growth, and a real challenge for GPs.

Fee fandango 2006-05-01 Staff Writer Managing a $10 billion fund has its benefits. For example, the management fees and transaction fees alone can generate more than $1 billion over 10 years. Add carry to the mix, and the whole mega-mega fund endeavor becomes nice work, if you can get it. The friction associ

LP eagerness to avoid fees and GP wariness of club deals have created a surge of interest in co-investment vehicles. The bargaining power is firmly on the side of the GPs.

Mark Tresnowski 2006-05-01 Staff Writer <bold>Career path:</bold>University of Virginia School of Law, 1986; made partner at Kirkland & Ellis in 1992; took leave of absence from 1999 to 2004 to serve as general counsel for Allegiance Telecom, a Madison Dearborn portfolio company; joined Madis

Clifford Chance has welcomed back Edward Gander, three years after he went off to test appetite for a new fund of funds.

As a publicly listed, global private equity behemoth, 3i requires a sophisticated and diverse communications function.

FRONTLINE 2006-05-01 Staff Writer Compliance firm adds directorIMS Consulting, the UK asset management compliance consultant specializing in alternative investments, has appointed Stephen Burke as director of consulting. Burke has joined after 15 years with PricewaterhouseCoope

LPs' side letter requests can be many - and at times conflicting. When setting up a partnership agreement, GPs should be wary of overcommitting themselves.

US private equity firms ignore ‘golden parachute’ rules at their peril.

London-based firms have a demand for American IR talent.