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Ex-Doughty execs set up Italian private equity firm's new London office

The three executives – including Doughty’s former UK head – have joined Milan-based Charme Capital Partners to expand its European reach

Ex-Doughty execs set up Italian private equity firm's new London office
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Three former Doughty Hanson executives have joined an Italy-focused private equity firm to establish a London office and help to raise its first pan-European fund, for which it has secured €450 million.

Julian Huxtable, partner and former head of UK at Doughty Hanson, Christopher Fielding, who was a partner in London, and Francisco Churtichaga, who was a partner in Madrid, have re-emerged at Milan-based Charme Capital Partners, previously known as Montezemolo & Partners, according to a statement from the firm on November 18.

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