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by Baz Hiralal
Swiss asset management firm Capital Dynamics tapped Marcelo Moraes as a managing director and head of Brazil, based in São Paulo.
Moraes is a member of the board of directors of the Brazilian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and chairman of the Vale Fiscal Council. He has been a partner and managing director at Brazilian private equity manager Stratus Group and an investment manager with Bradespar SA.
Private equity investment and advisory firm Hamilton Lane hired Richard Hope as a vice president in London. Hope spent more than four years as a director with Alliance Trust Equity Partners, where he helped establish a private equity fund investment business. Before that, he spent seven years at Noble Group.
Marathon Capital LLC, an investment bank focused on the energy and infrastructure markets, recruited Bernays Barclay as a managing director in New York. Barclay was an energy transactions partner with King & Spalding LLP.
UBS Wealth Management Americas hired first vice president Mario Afram and vice presidents Carl Ekroth and Harish Jashanani. They join the Paramus, N.J., office from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
Also from MSSB, first vice president Shawn Shafer and vice presidents James Forsyth and Steven Miller join the Encino, Calif., office.
Jams, an Irvine, Calif.-based based provider of mediation and arbitration services, enlisted Ralph Levy in Atlanta as an arbitrator, mediator and special master for disputes in areas including accounting/finance, banking, bankruptcy, business/commercial, insurance, professional liability, real property and securities. Levy joins Jams after nearly 40 years with King & Spalding LLP, where he worked on complex financial litigation.
Crowell & Moring LLP announced that Jeffrey Smith joined the firm's New York office as a partner in the environment and natural resources and corporate groups. Smith joins from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he was a partner and head of the environmental law group, as well as former managing partner of administration.
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP added three partners to its insurance practice. Thomas Dawson, John Mulhern and H. Michael Byrne join the corporate and securities practice in New York from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
Baker & Hostetler LLP said Barry Bretschneider and John Corrado joined the firm's intellectual property group as partners in Washington. They were with Morrison & Foerster LLP.
Loeb & Loeb LLP brought in Bernard Given II for its Los Angeles office as a partner in the bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors' rights practice. He joins from the Los Angeles office of Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato LC, where he was a shareholder specializing in bankruptcy and commercial litigation.
Dykema Gossett PLLC added Thomas O'Donnell Jr. and Melinda Blundell to its corporate finance practice as members in the Charlotte, N.C., office. Prior to this, they were members at Moore & Van Allen PLLC.
SNR Denton added David Klein as a partner in its global hotels and leisure practice. Klein arrives from Advaya Hospitality, where he was a principal, chief administrative officer and general counsel.
Separately, Charles Luband joined the firm's New York office as a partner in its healthcare practice. Luband joins SNR Denton from Ropes & Gray LLP.
James Ritter joined the Washington office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP in the firm's corporate practice. Ritter was a partner with Latham & Watkins LLP.
Tax lawyer John Owen joined Baker & McKenzie as a partner in Toronto. Owen hails from Bennett Jones LLP, where he was co-chair of the tax and estates department. Earlier in his career, he practiced at Thorsteinssons LLP and Blaney McMurtry LLP.
K&L Gates LLP expanded its commercial disputes and arbitration practices, adding Johann von Pachelbel as a partner in its Frankfurt office. He joins K&L Gates from Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra AB.
K&L Gates also welcomed Nicolas Roggel as counsel in its Berlin employment practice. He was a managing associate for Linklaters LLP in Berlin.
Perkins Coie LLP said Jose Lopez joined the firm's Chicago office as a partner in the securities litigation practice. Previously, he was a partner at Schopf & Weiss LLP and, prior to that, was a senior attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's division of enforcement.
Bruce Levine, formerly a corporate partner with Herrick, Feinstein LLP, joined the corporate department of Morrison Cohen LLP.
Battery Ventures announced two promotions to general partner: Jesse Feldman in Waltham, Mass., and Brian O'Malley in Menlo Park, Calif. The firm is currently investing Battery IX, a $750 million fund.
And in the next column:
-- Moelis & Co. hires Christopher Riley as a managing director in Germany.
-- Hedge fund Twin Capital Management LLC taps Brett Patelsky as a senior vice president and senior analyst.
-- bfinance brings in Key Asset Management's Chris Jones as head of alternatives.
Private equity investment and advisory firm Hamilton Lane hired Richard Hope as a vice president in London.
