Career moves

Veteran corporate structured finance attorney Chris Gavin has taken a partnership role in the capital markets group at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, joining the New York firm as it looks to expand its mortgage ABS practice.

HomeUnion, an online, real-estate investment management firm specializing in single-family rental properties, named Vivek Pendharkar as chief development officer.

Annaly Capital Management announced Friday that it promoted David Finkelstein to the position of Chief Investment Officer if Agency and RMBS.

Walker & Dunlop has agreed to acquire the other half of a commercial mortgage-backed securities joint venture it has with Fortress Investment Group.

Live Oak Bancshares in Wilmington, N.C., one of the largest 7(a) program lenders in the U.S. last year, has promoted Greg Thompson to chief operating officer.

Global law firm Morgan Lewis has a sixth partner to its London structured transactions team, which was launched just last summer.

Guggenheim Securities, an investment bank that specializes in bonds backed by unusual assets such as franchise fees and tax liens, has its eyes on more traditional kinds of securitization.

Asset management firm Ranieri Strategies has hired Eric Kaplan the former head of MBS Finance at Shellpoint Partners. Both are companies founded by Lewis S. Ranieri.

Amherst Pierpont Securities, an independent fixed-income broker-dealer, announced several senior hires today as it seeks to deepen leadership expertise across the firm.

Joseph Wilson Jr. has joined Golub Capital help expand the credit asset manager’s existing distribution capabilities.