Frank Dejonckheere has joined Cogent Partners as a vice president in the firm's New York office. He has eight years of private equity I-banking experience, primarily with Merrill Lynch and Citigroup in London. www.cogent-partners.com
Len Brooks has been named vice chairman of Trenwith Securities, the middle-market I-banking arm of Trenwith Group. He previously was head of UBS I-Bank's global private equity placement group and group head of PaineWebber's private capital group. www.trenwith.com
CapitalSource announced that senior investment officer Eleanore Clarage will open and manage a new office in Cincinnati, Ohio. www.capitalsource.com
Cezary Stypulkowski has joined JPMorgan as a managing director of Central and Eastern European I-banking. He previously served as CEO of insurance company PZU SA and, before that, as CEO of Bank Handlowy. www.jpmorganchase.com
Nicholas Politan has joined the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a partner. He previously was co-chair of Bingham McCutchen's project and structured finance group, and will continue to focus on domestic and cross-border energy-related transactions. www.gibsondunn.com
CompBenefits Corp., a Roswell, Ga.-based provider of dental and vision benefit plans, has filed for a $150 million IPO. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol CBEN, with Goldman Sachs and Banc of America Securities serving as co-lead underwriters. Shareholders include TA Associates (24.05% pre-IPO stake), GTCR (19.25%), Nautic Partners (11.49%) and […]
Pegas Nonwovens, a Czech artificial fabrics maker, plans to raise up to Euro 264 million via an IPO in both Prague and Warsaw. Pamplona Capital Partners is the company's majority shareholder, while ING is serving as lead underwriter. www.pegasas.cz
Cylex Inc., a Columbia, Md.-based developer of in vitro diagnostic products for measuring immune activity, has held an $18.4 million first close on its third round of VC funding. Channel Medical Partners and Canaan Partners co-led the deal, and were joined by First Analysis and return backers Cahn Medical Technologies, Calvert Venture Fund, Chesapeake Emerging […]
Kelvin Liu has joined Invesco as a principal in the firm's private equity fund-of-funds group. Liu spent the last seven years as director of North American operations for TIF Ventures, a $1.3 billion Singaporean fund-of-funds. Previously, he was the director of the National Science and Technology Board. www.invesco.com
GE has named Michael Chen as president and CEO of its global media and communications unit. He previously was general manager for GE Aviation Services' global airports and U.S. aviation group. www.ge.com