Latham & Watkins hires two marquee structured finance lawyers
The law firm has recruited A&O Shearman veterans Franz Ranero and James Smallwood    

Dechert adds Paul Hastings partner to bolster private credit, CLO biz
Brian Whaley will bring his experience in private credit, securitization and structured products to the global finance group

Napier Park loses CLO portfolio manager to established European rival
EXCLUSIVE: The CLO market has seen a number of portfolio managers changing seats in Europe

Napier Park’s European CLO portfolio manager leaves firm
EXCLUSIVE: London-based director Diarmuid Curran has resigned from the alternative credit manager  

Elmwood signals entry into Europe with BlackRock hire
EXCLUSIVE: US-based asset manager Elmwood has hired a European CLO veteran from BlackRock 

BlackRock shifts European CLO leadership with veteran departing
EXCLUSIVE: BlackRock is seeing changes to their CLO team in Europe after agreeing to purchase US-based alternative asset manager HPS

Silver Point preps for first European CLO deal, hires trader for region
Silver Point is currently preparing its first deal and actively recruiting for its European platform 

European CLO portfolio manager Jason Late to leave Man Group
The news comes after the London-based portfolio manager saw his CLO portfolio management responsibilities transferred to the firm’s New York office  

Credit funds at a glance - January 2025
Fund performance, recent hires, recent fundraising

CLO veteran Geoffrey Horton leaves portfolio manager role at BlackRock
After a decade in CLOs, the US-based PM is decamping from BlackRock to make a move outside the structured products space  

Permira shifts away from CLO investing with head of structured credit Saeed set to depart
Permira is deprioritizing its CLO investment business as a stand-alone strategy, with CLO investing veteran Jihan Saeed leaving in March  

Morgan Lewis hires CLO specialist Dasha Sobornova for London team
Morgan Lewis has recruited lawyer Dasha Sobornova who was most recently at Akin Gump

Mayer Brown announces second structured finance partner recruitment from White & Case
Adam Farrell has joined Mayer Brown in London, two weeks after Chris McGarry made a similar move  

Investcorp Credit’s Jeremy Ghose and Tom Shandell set to exit firm
Investcorp has shaken up its leadership team, with Head of Global Credit Jeremy Ghose to step down and Head of Liquid Credit Investments Tom Shandell also set to leave the firm

DLA Piper bolsters US CLO team with Vavelidis move
DLA Piper has relocated finance partner Kos Vavelidis to New York from the firm’s London office to take on a global role

JPMorgan names new CLO leadership team to replace trio of senior departures
The CLO market's biggest arranger has named a new global head as well as other CLO leaders to replace Christine Ferris, Anusha Joly, and Mussie Tizazu

Mayer Brown hires Chris McGarry as it boosts Euro CLO lawyer ranks
CLO and securities lawyer Chris McGarry joins Mayer Brown as partner after almost eight years at White & Case  

John Goldfinch joins Proskauer Rose as part of major recruitment drive
Leading structured finance lawyer John Goldfinch has joined Proskauer Rose after leaving A&O Shearman in September 

JPMorgan fights back after raft of shock departures
The news that JPMorgan had lost three of its most senior bankers sent shockwaves through the CLO world. But in the weeks since, JPMorgan has been fighting to hold the fort with some success.

Portfolio manager moves to CIFC from AlbaCore
A London-based CLO PM has begun a new role in CIFC’s European credit team after five years at AlbaCore Capital

Kirkland & Ellis recruits two new structured credit partners
CLO lawyer Jared Axelrod and structured finance specialist Suril Patel have joined Kirkland in its New York and London offices respectively

SMBC swoops in to take JPMorgan’s CLO leadership
In one of the most dramatic moves the CLO market has ever seen, SMBC Nikko has swooped in and hired three of the most senior members of JPMorgan’s CLO leadership team

Michael Hintze’s hedge fund Deltroit bolsters CLO investing with new hire
Lord Michael Hintze’s latest hedge fund Deltroit has hired CLO investor Emeric Chenebaux from Federated Hermes

Apollo’s Redding Ridge promotes Joe Moroney to CEO
Redding Ridge, Apollo's CLO management subsidary, has named Joe Moroney to be its new CEO 

Investcorp's head of European credit funds Philip Yeates leaves firm amid leadership shake-up
Philip Yeates, head of European credit funds at Investcorp, has left the firm as the asset manager undergoes a leadership shift that's seeing co-CEO Hazem Ben-Gacem set to depart later this year and executive chairman Mohammed Alardhi take on CEO duties