Baring PE appoints Kirti Ram as DGC

Kirti Ram Hariharan, an associate in Corporate Department of Paul Hastings Hong Kong offices, will be joining Baring Private Equity Asia as Deputy General Counsel (DGC) by June 2011. Hariharan will head South Asia practice excluding China. He will be reporting to GC William Hay..Kirti Ram Hariharan, an Associate in Corporate Department of Paul Hastings Hong Kong offices, will be joining Baring Private Equity Asia as deputy general counsel (GC) by June 2011. Hariharan will head South Asiapractice excluding China. He will be reporting to GC William Hay..Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Hariharan was a partner at Amarchand Mangaldas. He left Amarchand in 2008 to join Paul Hastings’ offices..Hariharan graduated from National Law School of India University in 2000. He was admitted to the Bar Council of Karnataka in 2001. Hariharan specialises in corporate, commercial and private equity work..Bar & Bench spoke to Hariharan, who declined to comment on his move to Baring PE Asia..VCCircle reports that Baring Private Equity Asia has raised USD 2.46 billion for its fifth fund, making it the largest private equity fund launched in Asia since the global financial meltdown in 2008. The PE firm has made over half-a-dozen investments in India which includes KS Oils, Rithwik Projects, RSP Design Consultants India, Coastal Projects, Karvy Stock Broking, among others..Baring Private Equity Asia is one of the largest and most established independent private equity firms in Asia with USD 5 billion under management. Barings was previously part of Dutch InsurerING but subsequently became independent through a management led buyout in 2000 and is currently 100 percent owned by its partners.