Centerview Partners hired a pair of senior dealmakers from JPMorgan to cover the healthcare sector.
Rakesh Mehta, who was most recently vice chair of JPMorgan’s healthcare group as well as leading its medtech practice, and Najeeb Ali, a managing director in the unit, are joining Centerview as partners.
Coinbase is now rescinding job offers to former employees of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Wells Fargo and Citigroup, among others.
The crypto giant, which has grown to nearly 5,000 workers from about 1,700 just last year, recently announced a hiring freeze, and blamed market conditions.
Mid-market investment bank Alantra continued its European hiring spree by adding veteran dealmaker JP McGrath to bolster its coverage of financial institutions in the region.
McGrath, who joins the Madrid-headquartered investment bank as a London-based partner, was a managing director at boutique Perella Weinberg Partners, where he advised financial institutions.
City investment bank Liberum bolstered its research team with four senior analysts as part of a broader expansion at the firm.
Citigroup’s Edward Maravanyika is one of those set to join the bank as head of industrials research in August, part of a flurry of new recruits.
HSBC has bolstered its high-net-worth division by hiring for Citi department head Irene HY Chen. Chen will join as global head of ultra high net worth solutions, part of HSBC’s investment and wealth solutions division.
In the world of law, Linklaters hired a partner from Ashurst while Clifford Chance has hired a partner and seen another partner exit to a US firm in London’s continually busy hiring market.
Linklaters strengthened its banking practice with the hire of real estate finance partner Jessica Jenner who joins from Ashurst where she made partner in 2015. Clifford Chance hired leveraged finance partner Matt Dunn from Irish firm Arthur Cox.
Longstanding Clifford Chance restructuring partner Adrian Cohen, meanwhile, has left the firm to join Proskauer Rose.
Andrew L. Gaines joined Linklaters‘ New York employment & incentives practice as a partner and head of executive compensation and employee benefits in the US.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer appointed Sarah Parkes as its global head of dispute resolution. Parkes served as London head of dispute resolution since 2019 and has been a partner since 2008. She succeeds Andy Hart who will return to his practice at the firm.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges hired Lois Deasey as a partner in its London restructuring team. Deasey was previously a restructuring partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
In the fund management sector, Macquarie Asset Management hired Kristina Kloberdanz as its chief sustainability officer. She joins from Mastercard where she held the same role.
M&G, the £370bn savings and investments firm, has appointed Guan Yi Low as head of fixed income in Asia Pacific. The appointment of Low, who joins from Eastspring Investments, is part of a wider ambition at M&G to build a fixed income team in the region.
Meanwhile, BlackRock has made several high-profile hires and promotions across its sustainable investing team in Emea.
Ewa Jackson, who heads up sustainable client solutions for Emea, has been given a wider remit to oversee a new team of sustainability specialists at BlackRock.
Charlotte Månsson has been hired as head of sustainability for the Nordic region. She joins from Sustainalytics, where she led a global team focused on ESG integration and solutions, market trends and regulation.
David Hickey also joins BlackRock as head of sustainability for the UK from Lothian Pension fund. He will be based primarily in Edinburgh and join BlackRock’s UK executive committee.
Julie Ansidei, who joined BlackRock in March as head of external engagement for Emea, will take on additional responsibility as head of sustainability for France, and join the executive committee overseeing France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
As the Financial Conduct Authority continues to look for a new chair, Financial News revealed that it was struggling to attract a diverse talent pool.
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