Trading Places: BNP Paribas bulks up leveraged finance team, Latham poaches top capital markets partner

Berenberg hired a head of M&A to lead a push into a new business line as part of a series of recruits as it rebuilds its City operation after job cuts last year. Miles Cox, a partner in the M&A division at rival Peel Hunt, is joining Berenberg in the newly-created role of head of M&A.

BNP Paribas shook up the senior ranks of its leveraged finance unit, installing new leaders in Europe and the Americas as part of a series of changes. Charlotte Conlan has been named vice chair of leveraged finance, Stanford Hartman has been...