Career moves

Marjan van der Weijden, an 18-year veteran of the company based in London, Is taking over Duignan’s former role as global group head of structured finance and covered bonds.

Lawrence Berkovich joins as a partner from a nearly two-year stint at Ashurst; he follows in the footsteps of five other A&O finance practice partners who left Ashurst's NY office last year.

Morreale was previously a managing director and associate general counsel in the mortgage and legal group at Goldman Sachs, where he provided legal counsel for businesses across a range of asset-backed securities

Hunton & Williams continues its national expansion with the arrival of corporate partner John J. Dedyo in the firm’s New York office.

Bram Smith is retiring as executive director of the Loans Syndication & Trading Association effective at year’s end, the trade group announced Thursday. Smith has been with the LSTA for nine years, joining as interim executive director in September 2008 before he was installed as permanent ED in December 2009.

Charles Citro joined the Morningstar Credit Ratings this week as managing director for commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings and analytics

The lawsuit against the Commercial Finance Association also names Andrea Petro, the president of the organization, and her employer, Wells Fargo & Co., as defendants, according to the complaint that was filed in in federal court last month.

Jim Rosenthal, a former chief operating officer at Morgan Stanley, is joining the board of directors at OnDeck Capital.

Annelis Osborne alleges that she was fired for airing complaints of gender bias and sexual harassment within the rating agency.

Scott Alvarez, the Federal Reserve's longtime general counsel, will retire later this year after nearly three dozen years at the central bank, the agency announced Wednesday