HSE24 is owned by Providence Equity Partners, which hired Evercore to explore a GP-led process at the start of this year.
Yaron Zafir will take a senior role at the placement agent and advisory firm, bringing its number of secondaries advisory professionals to 10.
The deal gave liquidity to 40,000 retail investors who averaged a 3x return on invest, Secondaries Investor has learned.
The firm, which rebranded from Private Advisors this year, closed its latest vehicle focusing on the asset class in April.
The firm believes the four deal types represent a market opportunity of up to $8bn a year, according to US pension documents.
The firm acquires portfolios of lower-mid market companies in the DACH area and often takes management control.
The process centred around star fintech asset Trustly and included backing from Investment Corporation of Dubai and Retirement System Investment Commission of South Carolina.
Christiaan van der Kam, partner in secondaries, will be leaving Unigestion by mid-August.
The niche secondaries specialist has tapped former JP Morgan and Gulf Capital executives for investment and IR roles, respectively.
The alternatives manager is targeting $2bn across a blindpool fund and SMAs.