Legal/Compliance

Fund managers may be placing themselves at a disadvantage by pulling back their compliance efforts, an asset management lawyer says.

Following a slew of hiring in 2016, Proskauer kicked off the new year with the hiring of a partner from King & Wood Mallesons.

SEC veteran Heather Seidel will become acting director of the division of trading and markets, while an enforcement division legal duo will be interim co-heads of litigation.

European financial rules are unlikely to change in the immediate future, as the regulator waits for the dust to settle on measures introduced over the past five years.

The alternatives-focused law firm has expanded its service offering by buying an LP-focused investment consultant and GP-focused regulatory and operational services provider.

London-based financing lawyer Paul Stacey has been named as executive partner, while corporate and private equity lawyer David Wittmann has been appointed practice partner.

The international law firm has developed an artificial intelligence-powered tool to help clients identify and address Brexit risk in existing and future contracts.

The industry is digesting the implications of a surprise, and, for many, unpopular victory.

Kirkland has nabbed corporate lawyer from Freshfields; Cleary Gottlieb has promotes two; and more private fund lawyer moves.

The office is the fourth to be opened by Duane Morris and Selvam, the foreign offshoot of US-based Duane Morris.