Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. hired Suzanne Donohoe for its global capital and asset management group as a managing director and global head of the client and partner group.

Donohoe, who will work from New York, was head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management International, based in London. Before that, she headed all of GSAM's client businesses in North America. She joined Goldman in 1992 and became a managing director and partner in 2000.

Donohoe will work closely with Scott Nuttall, who oversees KKR's global capital and asset management group.

London Stock Exchange Group plc will make Xavier Rolet its chief executive. He will join the board on March 16 and succeed Clara Furse on May 20. Rolet was with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. since 2000. He was CEO of Lehman's French operations and, before that, was head of senior relationship management in Europe.

Prior to Lehman, Rolet held senior equity trading positions at Dresdner Kleinwort, Credit Suisse Group and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Independent investment bank Berkery Noyes & Co. LLC and Seneca Financial Group formed a strategic partnership to provide restructuring advice to companies in the global information, media, marketing services and related technology areas. Berkery Noyes chief operating officer John Shea and Seneca president James Harris will lead the effort.

Seneca was founded by Harris in 1993 to focus on restructuring advice. Before that, Harris was a managing director at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which he joined in 1982, and headed its restructuring advisory services.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission statement, Morgan Stanley wrote that "it has recently uncovered actions initiated by an employee based in China in an overseas real estate subsidiary that appear to have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Morgan Stanley terminated the employee and is continuing to investigate the matter."

Citing people knowledgeable with the investigation, The New York Times said the employee was Shanghai managing director Garth Peterson, who left the firm in December.

Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC hired John Carroll as a managing director and global head of securitized products. Also, David Attisani came on as a managing director, broker-dealer sales and marketing. They are based in Stamford, Conn.

Previously, Carroll was with Barclays Capital, where he was head of global securitized asset trading. Attisani was a vice president of mortgage-backed securities and asset backed securities sales with Countrywide Securities Corp. from 2004 to 2008.

Alternative asset manager Galleon Group said Frank Wong joined the firm as chair of Galleon Asia, based in Singapore. Wong joins Galleon from DBS Group Holdings Ltd., one of the largest financial services groups in Asia.

Wealth management firm Lenox Advisors hired Ron Goodman as a vice president and Todd Hammer as a senior vice president. Goodman was with Risk Strategies Co., where he specialized in insurance sales. Hammer was a financial and risk management adviser for AXA Advisors LLC.

Bayard PA named Neil Glassman chairman of the firm. Also, the firm elected Charlene Davis as vice chair, Douglas Hershman as president, Richard Kirk as treasurer and Peter Ladig as secretary. Glassman previously served as chair from 1998 to 2006. He stepped down to focus on leading the bankruptcy practice.

McGuireWoods LLP formed an energy and climate change team, led by former North Carolina Utilities Commissioner Jim Kerr, a partner in McGuireWoods' Raleigh, N.C., office.

David Siegal joined the New York office of Haynes and Boone LLP as a partner in the white-collar criminal defense practice. Siegal served for the past nine years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. He was a member of the securities and commodities fraud task force since 2005.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP expanded its Sino-German practice, adding Rainer Burkardt in China. He counsels on foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate and construction for chemicals, automotive and engineering companies based in Germany and throughout Europe that are entering China. He joins from Beiten Burkhardt.

Independent, middle-market investment bank Headwaters MB promoted Peter Nam in Orange County, Calif., and Matthew Pangborn in Denver to directors.

Sills Cummis & Gross PC welcomed David Cook as of counsel in the litigation practice group. Cook joins from Clifford Chance LLP in New York.

Carrie Killoran joined Quarles & Brady LLP as a partner in the firm's health law practice. She has practiced at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.