Law firm Howard Kennedy has strengthened its Commercial Finance Group with the appointment of new partner Marcus Jamson (pictured). Jamson joined the firm on 3 August from Wedlake Bell, where he was a partner in its banking team.  He was until January 2014 a partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner for

Jarrett Vitulli has joined Evercore EVR’s Private Capital Advisory business (PCA) as a Managing Director. He will be based in New York where he will help lead PCA's North American advisory efforts.     Vitulli was most recently a Managing Director at Landmark Partners. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has added two new partners to the firm’s Global Corporate practice with the arrival of Robert Kennedy and Brien Wassner in the New York office. Both were previously partners in the New York office of Jones Day.   Kennedy’s practice consists primarily of public and

Harvest Partners has appointed Marc Unger as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).  Previously Unger was the CFO/COO of CCMP Capital Advisors. Prior to that, he was CFO of UBS Capital Americas. Unger started his career with Ernst & Young. He received his BS, Accounting from Lehigh University and his MBA, Finance

Law firm Ogier has announced the appointment of Kate Hodson and Anthony Oakes as partners in its Hong Kong team. Hodson is part of Ogier’s highly successful Hong Kong Funds practice. In her new role she will put particular focus on strengthening Ogier's private equity capabilities in Asia as well

Dentons has appointed Maria Oleinik and Richard Cowie as partners in the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions practices in the firm’s Moscow office. Oleinik has joined from White & Case together with associates Victoria Gorbunova and Antonina Zhigalova. Cowie has joined from Hogan Lovells.   Oleinik’s corporate experience spans a

Morrison & Foerster has appointed Sean Ruff (pictured) as of counsel and co-head of the firm’s FinTech Practice Group.  Ruff’s practice focuses on advising clients in the rapidly growing FinTech sector, including emerging and established FinTech organisations encompassing both non-bank and traditional banking institutions, with respect to complex regulatory and transactional

Guernsey-based Advocates Elaine Gray, Natasha Kapp and Tony Lane have been promoted to partners at offshore law firm Carey Olsen, bringing the firm’s total partner number to 45 across the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey. Gray joined the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice as counsel in