Job swaps weekly: New Cayman structured finance chief for Maples
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This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Maples and Calder naming a new head of its Cayman Islands structured finance practice. Elsewhere, Scotiabank has staffed up for the launch of its new Houston-based mortgage capital markets business, while an ex-Stout md and co-lead of structured credit has taken up a C-suite role at Unifi Asset Management.
Maples and Calder has appointed finance partner James Reeve as head of its Cayman Islands structured finance practice, replacing Scott Macdonald. With over 20 years of experience, Reeve advises on structured finance transactions, including CLOs, related risk retention structures and CFOs; fund financing matters for both lenders and borrowers, including rated note feeder funds; and general banking and financing work.
He joined Maples Group in July 2011, having been an associate at Slaughter and May in London before that. Macdonald remains a finance partner at Maples, which he joined in November 2005, having worked at Deutsche Bank and Hogan Lovells before that.
Meanwhile, Scotiabank has poached a JP Morgan team of seven to launch its new mortgage capital markets business in Houston, Texas. The new recruits include three md's and J.P Morgan veterans, Thanh Roettele, Brice Simpson and Francis Lim, and director Kevin Wooten. Lindsay Schelstrate, Russell Allen and Daisy Michaelson also join the bank to handle risk and operations support.
Former Stout md and co-lead of structured credit Kulaligil has joined Unifi Asset Management as chief administrative officer, based in New York. Kulaligil stepped down from his position at Stout at the end of 2023 (SCI 5 January), two years after the company’s acquisition of Methodical Valuation and Advisory, which he co-founded in 2018. Prior to launching Methodical Valuation and Advisory he spent seven years at Houlihan Lokey.
GLAS has recruited three new Frankfurt-based team members to its transaction management group (TMG). With over 20 years of real estate expertise, Anna Kreuter joins the firm as TMG team leader from CBRE, where she was associate director, loan services. Additionally, Filipa Soares joins the firm from BNP Paribas, where she was head of team - credit operations. Finally, Rita Westlund joins from Solutus Advisors, where she was most recently head of servicing, Europe.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth has hired HWL Ebsworth partner Paul Sroka as a partner in its banking and finance team, based in Melbourne. Sroka leaves his position at HWLE after 15 years with the firm. His practice focuses on corporate finance, agri-finance, acquisition finance, real estate and project finance, asset and structured finance. He will take up his new role in September.
Matthew Cudrin has rejoined Arnold & Porter’s real estate practice as a partner, based in New York. Cudrin brings experience in handling a wide range of commercial real estate transactions nationwide, with a particular focus on the hospitality, multifamily, industrial, office, retail and mixed-use sectors. He was previously a real estate lawyer at the firm from May 2014 to November 2016, when he was recruited by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner as a partner.
Stephenson Harwood has hired Daniel Andrews as partner in its finance practice, based in London. He will advise clients across a range of asset classes including structured finance, real estate finance, special situations, direct lending, debt restructuring, private equity and private equity real estate. Andrews left his role as senior counsel at private capital manager Triton Partners in July, after one year with the firm. He previously spent four years at RoundShield and seven years at Ropes & Gray.
And finally, AI-focused lending platform Pagaya has promoted Sahil Chandiramani, a director in its structured products team, to head of capital markets. Chandiramani joined the business four years ago, after two years in the structured finance group at SMBC Nikko Securities America. He previously spent a year and a half at Fitch Ratings, where he focused on US structured finance and asset-backed securities.