TA Associates sets up shop in Hong Kong

Private equity firm TA Associates has opened its second Asia office in Hong Kong and hired Edward Sippel and Jason Tan to man it.

Sippel will take on the post of managing principal for Asia-Pacific. He has 15 years of experience in private equity investing in Asia and joins from Quadrangle Group where he headed the Asia operations, which involved opening Quadrangle’s Hong Kong office in 2008.

Quadrangle is a private equity investor with a focus on media, communications and information providers. Sippel earlier worked at TVG Capital Partners where he focused on investments in the technology, media and telecom industries in Asia. He has...