UBS Hires DC Advisory’s Wieczorek for Continuation Fund Deals

UBS Group AG has boosted its team of investment bankers working on continuation funds, naming Michael Wieczorek as head of advisory for secondaries in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Wieczorek joins from DC Advisory and will be based in London, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg News. He will focus on the growing continuation funds market as well as broader private equity secondary solutions, reporting to Marc Wursdorfer, EMEA head of the bank’s private funds group.

The hire is of “critical importance” to the bank’s private funds franchise, with continuation vehicles “becoming an established exit path for ...