People moves and key promotions in securitisation

This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Cadwalader appoint an industry veteran as a New-York-based partner. Elsewhere, Willkie Farr & Gallagher has snapped up a Katten Muchin Rosenman partner for its energy transactions and structured finance team, while Paul Hastings has lured a McDermott Will & Emery partner to its real estate team.

Cadwalader has recruited former FDIC deputy general counsel Andrew Karp as a partner, based in its New York office. He has over 25 years of experience in financial law and regulation, with leadership positions in government, global banking and private practice. Among the practices at Cadwalader that will benefit from Karp’s arrival is the firm’s capital relief trades (CRT) practice, which represents market participants in connection with all manner of bank capital relief trades across a broad range of risk-weighted asset classes.

Meanwhile, Don Macbean has joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner in its New York office, with a focus on energy transactions and structured finance. Macbean joins the firm from Katten Muchin Rosenman, where he spent 10 years, most recently in the role of partner. He previously spent seven years at Linklaters.

McDermott Will & Emery's David Broderick has joined Paul Hastings as a real-estate-focused partner in its New York office. Broderick focuses on debt, equity and structured finance transactions spanning mortgages, bridge and mezzanine financing, construction lending, debt syndication and preferred equity. He leaves his position as partner at McDermott after six years with the firm.

Roundshield’s Kristina Kuhnke Denaro has joined Monarch Alternative Capital as managing director in its business development department. Denaro leaves her position as a partner at Roundshield after five and a half years at the special-opportunities-focused firm. Sitting within its opportunistic credit and distressed debt division, Monarch’s structured credit strategy invests across RMBS, CMBS, CLOs, EETCs, and other securitised assets.

Assured Guaranty has appointed Melissa Gribble to its business development team in Sydney, as it seeks to expand its reach across the Australian market. Gribble brings more than two decades of senior banking and capital markets expertise to the role, and will report to UK-based md and joint head of origination, Suparna Dar. Gribble joins Assured Guaranty from DeltaPeer where she served as ceo, and will be responsible for the firm’s origination activities in Australia.

Industrial commodities business Klesch Group has appointed Michael Fitzgerald as head of structured finance, based in London. Fitzgerald leaves his role as senior portfolio manager at Kimura Capital after eight years with the firm. He previously worked at Noble Group, Armajaro and Natixis.

FNB South Africa has hired Verushka Ramdial as a portfolio manager in its structured finance solutions: debtor finance team, based in Gauteng, South Africa. Ramdial joins the bank after 19 years at Nedbank, most recently in the role of operations and admin manager for debtor management. 

Northmarq has recruited Justin Glasgow to lead its national student housing capital markets practice. Joining the firm in Washington DC, Glasgow will lead the new speciality group’s investment sales, agency and non-agency finance, and equity placements for institutional investors. Glasgow holds more than 20 years of experience in real estate, and joins Northmarq from CBRE where he was a partner.

Fitch Ratings has promoted Sara Slicklen Cherami to senior director in its structured finance ABS business and relationship management team, based in New York. Slicklen Cherami is promoted from director, having joined the agency in 2014.

And finally, Crédit Agricole CIB has hired Santander CIB’s Alfredo Sanz Marín as vp for structured finance - energy and real assets. Sanz Marín leaves his position in the European renewable project and acquisition finance team at Santander after five years with the bank. He previously worked at BBVA.

Kenny Wastell, Claudia Lewis, Corinne Smith