Shareholder and corporate governance law firm Grant & Eisenhofer has expanded its shareholder activism practice with the addition of Jonathan Oestreich, who joins as a director. Under his direction, G&E will work with hedge funds, asset managers, and other investors seeking constructive change at public companies.   Oestreich (pictured), was most recently a managing director at Spotlight Advisors in New York, an advisory firm focussed on shareholder activism and proxy contests. Previously, he was a senior M&A banker and led the contested situations practice at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. He started his career as an M&A, securities, and private funds

Trium Capital, a London-based alternative investment specialist, has hired industrials specialist Jonathan Ingram to manage a new developed market, industrials-focused equity market neutral strategy.  Ingram’s appointment is one of several recent high-profile hires for Trium, as the group prepares to unveil a broader proposition to investors. The Global Industrials strategy will be run using a systematic ‘value catalyst approach’. It relies on deep fundamental analysis to identify price and value dislocations, in order to capture relative arbitrage opportunities within a sector – thereby ensuring low correlation to the market.  Ingram has worked on industrials-focused hedge fund strategies for 15 years,

MUFG Investor Services, the global asset servicing arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, has appointed Julie Jeffers-Flynn as Executive Director of business development.  Jeffers-Flynn will be based in New York and report to Michael Rucci, US President and CEO of MUFG Investor Services. Jeffers-Flynn will support MUFG Investor Services’ mutual fund platform, overseeing the management and awareness for MUFG’s 40 Act fund services expertise to mutual funds, ETFs, UITs and CITs. Her appointment reinforces MUFG’s commitment to growing its investor services business and enhancing client offerings across all investment strategies, asset types and fund structures. “We are thrilled to have

Sidley Austin has appointed John H Butler as a partner and member of the firm’s global M&A and Private Equity practice, in New York. Butler, who joins from Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsels clients on high-profile mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, restructurings and general corporate representations. He represents corporate, private equity and hedge fund investors on complex transactions and has extensive experience advising financial institutions in connection with advisory assignments. “John’s proven dedication to client service and ability to lead on major deals makes him a perfect addition as we continue to build out our M&A and Private Equity practice

Sidley Austin has appointed Steven Kolyer as a partner in the firm’s Global Finance practice in New York.  Formerly a partner with Clifford Chance, Kolyer practice focuses on securitsations, with a particular emphasis in collateralised loan obligations (CLOs). His CLO practice includes both corporate loan CLOs and commercial real estate CLOs (CRE CLOs). Kolyer has extensive experience representing issuers, managers and arrangers in corporate loan CLOs and in CRE CLOs, as well as in establishing debt investment funds and related financings. His experience includes conventional securities offerings, commercial lending transactions, and private fund structurings and formations as well as credit-linked

Matthias Warnig is to retire from his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of aluminium producer UC RUSAL. “I am confident that I can hand over to my successor a successfully developed company. My mission is completed,” says Warnig. “With the planned de-listing of the company from the OFAC’s SDN List, we stand in front of a new strategic development, also in the Board of Directors, therefore now is the optimal point in time for the chairmanship change”.  Warnig was appointed as a member of the Board of UC RUSAL Plc in June 2012 and has chaired the

CQS has appointed former London Stock Exchange CEO Xavier Rolet as Chief Executive Officer. Sir Michael Hintze, CQS’ founder, will continue as CQS’ Senior Investment Officer and will become Group Executive Chairman. Rolet will begin as CEO on 14 January, 2019.  As CEO, Rolet (pictured) will lead the Firm’s next stage of growth, enabling Sir Michael to focus on investment management as SIO. Mr Rolet’s appointment will harness his management experience and leadership skills with Sir Michael’s investment acumen. Their complementary skillsets will enable CQS to more effectively meet client needs and grow.  Hintze says: “I am excited that Xavier

Following more than five and a half years at the helm, Dr Dermot F Smurfit has decided to step down from the board of ML Capital, effective 31 December 2018, at time he feels the company is set to embark in its next phase of growth. During his tenure at the company, Smurfit has driven the development of the senior leadership team, has helped cultivate an enhanced corporate governance culture and also played a significant role in promoting the company globally to his network.   Smurfit says: “I have been Chairman of ML Capital since April 2013 – during that

BCS Global Markets (BCS GM), a securities broker with a large market share on the Moscow Exchange, has appointed Edward Shek as Head of Equity Trading. He will report to Co-Heads of Global Equities – Luis Saenz, based in London, and Oleg Achkasov in Moscow. Shek brings more than 20 years of cash equity trading and a background of leading trading departments. He was previously Head of CEEMEA Cash Trading at JP Morgan following its acquisition of Cazenove, where he had been Head of Pan-European Financials Trading, holding responsibility for portfolio management and market making throughout the financial crisis. Whilst

Larry Thompson (pictured), who served in a variety of senior-level roles at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), including General Counsel and, most recently, Vice Chairman of the firm, will retire at the end of this year after more than three decades at the company. “Larry has been a trusted colleague, mentor and partner over the years, playing a significant role in many of our organisation’s most important endeavours and helping to shape the company we are today,” says Michael Bodson, DTCC President and CEO. “Larry’s experience and wisdom have been invaluable to us as a management team, but