City Moves for 17 July 2014 | Who’s switching jobs July 16, 2014 Ropes & Gray Monica Gogna has been appointed partner in the law firm’s global investment funds group. She joins from Pinsent Masons, where she was a partner on its financial services team. Gogna has also worked for Clifford Chance, and trained at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. VTB Capital Nick Hutt has been appointed interim chief [...]
City Moves for 02 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 2, 2014 Keystone Law Robert Harvey has joined the law firm’s dispute resolution team. He is a former partner at Addleshaw Goddard, and has particular experience running commercial litigation and white collar crime investigations for high net worth individuals. Lloyds Bank Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has appointed David Bee to the newly-created position of managing director, head [...]
City Moves for 09 June 2014 | Who’s switching jobs June 9, 2014 Allen & Overy The law firm has hired Maria Darby-Walker as global head of communications. For the past nine years, Darby-Walker has acted as an independent communications consultant, and was most recently interim head of internal and external relations at the Financial Conduct Authority. KPMG The professional services firm has announced the appointment of Julie [...]
City Moves for 28 April 2014 | Who’s switching jobs April 28, 2014 Octopus Investments The fund management company has appointed Alex Miller as chief operating officer. He was most recently at Lloyds Bank, where he was director of strategy and operational performance. Prior to that, Miller held senior roles at BT Group and Orange UK. HSBC The bank has announced the appointment of Ian Stuart as head [...]
City Moves for 13 May 2014 | Who’s switching jobs May 12, 2014 Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management The wealth management business has announced the appointment of Sasha Dabliz as head of marketing and communications. She was most recently at Schroders, where she worked on the integration of Cazenove Capital and Schroders Private Banking. Dabliz formerly held senior marketing roles at Brewin Dolphin and Killik, and also previously ran [...]
City Moves for 22 April 2014 | Who’s switching jobs April 21, 2014 DWF The law firm has appointed Stephen Miles as chief executive of its commercial services division. He joins from Pinsent Masons, where he was head of financial institutions and human capital, and a member of its leadership team. Miles is a transactional banking lawyer, and has acted for the national acquisition and leveraged finance teams [...]
Allen & Overy names five new London partners in promotions February 26, 2014 FIVE London lawyers at Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy were yesterday named as partners, as part of a 16-strong round of promotions worldwide . Banking specialist Troy Edwards, international capital markets lawyers Guy Antrobus and Luke Lewis, and litigation duo Alice Englehart and Mahmood Lone will become partners on 1 May. The firm also promoted [...]
Downgrade for RBS over risky cost cut plans March 13, 2014 RBS was downgraded last night by credit ratings agency Moody’s which said the bank’s latest structural reforms will “depress profitability” at a time when the bank has little money to spare should things go wrong. The bank announced plans to slash costs and streamline the business last month, and Moody’s said the aim itself is [...]
Credit Suisse’s recovery hurt by legal costs February 6, 2014 MORTGAGE and tax litigation costs knocked Credit Suisse’s fourth quarter results, published yesterday, reversing some of its recovery over 2013. Profits came in at SFr267m (£182m) in the three-month period, up two per cent on the same period of 2012. But for the year as a whole profits came in at SFr3.1bn, more than double [...]
Swoop for debt firm heralds pay day for founder February 10, 2014 A DEBT collection agency founded in a living room in Wimbledon was sold yesterday to a JC Flowers-backed business for £295m, netting its founder about £25m. Marlin Financial, which was founded 12 years ago by entrepreneur Martin Dunphy, was sold to JC-backed Cabot Credit Management after a deal was struck over the weekend. The acquisition [...]