International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired investment funds lawyer Ash Gulati as senior counsel in London.  

Brookfield Asset Management has appointed Leo van den Thillart to the position of managing partner, private institutional equity, effective 1 June 2009.

Malbec Partners, an institutional alternative asset management platform, has appointed Costas Hamakiotes to its emerging markets team as senior trader.

Jersey Finance has appointed Shanghai born Zhaoan Li to help promote Jersey’s financial services industry in China and Hong Kong.

UBS has appointed Paul Knight as chairman and chief executive of UBS Canada.

The International Centre for Financial Regulation has announced the appointment of Michel Prada as non-executive director to board of directors of the ICFR with immediate effect.

International legal practice Norton Rose has announced that Michael Newell has joined the investment funds team as a partner.

GAM has appointed Nick Spencer as Head of Institutional, UK.

Yorkville Advisors HK, a wholly owned sub-adviser to the US-based investment firm Yorkville Advisors, has appointed Katsutomo Fujimoto as senior adviser for Japan.  <

Cardano has announced the appointment of Santiago Pinson and Nathalie Sims to its London-based investment management team.