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Daniel Ward, a former principal at CPP Investments, has joined Hg’s secondaries team as the firm builds up investment capacity in GP-leds.

The promotions bring the firm’s total number of partners to 28, according to a statement.

The law firm promoted 28 lawyers to partner and 53 to counsel across its global team.

The placement agent’s co-lead for secondaries tells affiliate title Buyouts that she also expects more mid-market GPs to raise funds targeting investment in continuation vehicles.

Here’s a look back at some of the most notable hires from the past year amid a fierce battle for talent across the secondaries market.

Bridgepoint, which owns PEI Group, has been eyeing the ‘best route into secondaries’ for the past year, group chief executive Raoul Hughes says in a statement.

Sameer Shamsi will continue his focus on GP-led secondaries advisory at Lazard, Secondaries Investor understands.

Other recent moves at PJT include the exit of a principal to Bank of America, and the hire of a senior investment professional from NYCRS as a director.

The hire comes after the global investment bank appointed a new Europe-based professional to lead its EMEA business earlier this year.

Nash Waterman’s departure comes three months after HIG Capital poached four members of the bank’s GP-led secondaries investment team.