Chris Witkowsky

CVC Capital Partners and New Jersey’s state pension will continue their relationship, despite a hiccup around a political-contribution violation. A managing partner at the firm, Christopher Stadler, who runs CVC’s private-equity activities in North America, inadvertently violated New Jersey State Investment Council’s rules on campaign contributions last year. Stadler, whose name is misspelled in state […]

Bregal VP Daryl Yap to join AIP To work in business development AIP closed Fund VI last year Daryl Yap, a vice president at Bregal Private Equity Partners, is joining American Industrial Partners, according to three people with knowledge of the move. Yap has worked as a limited partner at Bregal since 2010. It’s not […]

SNAPSHOT: Company: Point Blank Enterprises Legal advisor: Kirkland & Ellis Financial advisor: BlackArch Partners WHY THEY WON: Sold company to JLL Partners for more than 3.5x multiple Took EBITDA from a loss to a profit Improved EBITDA by more than 600 pct Won contract to supply NYPD with armor In February 2015, the New York […]

Our Deal of the Year winner this year is a bakery that started out as a regional operation in Chicago, and under the guidance of its private equity owners, expanded its customer base to include WalMart Stores Inc and Burger King Corp. This is the kind of story we love to hear about when judging Deal […]

Lawrence Schloss to leave the firm after more than two years Firm has no plans to replace him Not clear why Schloss is leaving Lawrence Schloss, president of Angelo, Gordon & Co, is leaving the firm after more than two years, according to a letter the firm sent out late Friday. The firm has no […]

GSO targets $6 bln for third mezzanine fund Eyes first close in April No hard cap yet GSO Capital Partners is in the market, targeting $6 billion for its third mezzanine fund, according to two people with knowledge of the firm. GSO, an affiliate of Blackstone Group, is targeting April for a first closing on […]

Lee Equity raises $315 mln Fund II through secondaries process AlpInvest-led group injected fresh capital into new fund Existing Fund I LPs got chance to sell or roll interests into new fund Lee Equity Partners turned to the secondary market to provide liquidity to investors in its first and only fund and to raise fresh […]

Distressed-securities chief Tom Fuller leaves firm Succeeded by Gavin Baiera Firm expands distressed-investing team Tom Fuller, former senior managing director and chief of Angelo, Gordon & Co’s distressed-securities business, left the firm at year-end, a spokeswoman confirmed. The reason Fuller left and his next step are as yet unclear. Gavin Baiera, managing director and global head of corporate […]

It’s perhaps inevitable that we would write a story on women in private equity and receive a nasty anonymous email in response. I won’t go into the details, but suffice to say it wasn’t supportive of women. To be sure, the nasty email was only one of many responses we received on our work — […]

PE investment officer Scott Brown left in January Joined CalPERS in 2013 and worked on the PE co-investment team Appears to have started business called Inefficient Market Labs Scott Brown, a private equity investment officer at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, left the pension in January, a CalPERS spokesman confirmed. It’s not clear when […]