Career moves

Loeb & Loeb hired Peter Seiden and Bryan Petkanics to join its New York office as partners in its commercial finance practice.

The Senate nomination hearing for Richard Cordray, who's tabbed to become the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has been postponed until Sept. 6.

Barclays Capital promoted its head of European leveraged to cohead of EMEA leveraged finance, ASR sister publication Leveraged Finance News has confirmed.

Walker & Dunlop named Michelle Warner and Edward Williams as co-heads of its FHA finance division. They will be responsible for all aspects of the Federal Housing Adminstration (FHA) finance program.

A scholarship fund in Bingham McCutchen partner Edward Gainor’s memory has been established by the law firm at his alma mater The George Washington University (GWU) Law School. Gainor died July 22 of a heart attack.

David Stevens arrived as a commissioner at the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 2009 vowing to restore financial discipline to a government housing body facing the stresses of a post-crash world.

BNP Paribas hired Christian Wulf as director in charge of Latin America for the firm's aviation finance group.

Michael Horowitz, a partner in the business fraud and complex litigation group and a member of the management committee at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has been nomininated by President Barack Obama as inspector general of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing next Thursday on the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Bingham McCutchen partner Edward Gainor, 56, has passed away from a heart attack.

Wells Fargo has appointed Avid Modjtabai as senior executive vice president and head of its new Wells Fargo Consumer Lending (WFCL) group.

Elizabeth Warren will step down Aug. 1 from her post as special advisor to the Treasury secretary at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Raj Date, a high-ranking official at the new bureau, will replace her.

The White House nominee to be new Comptroller of the Currency said federal banking agencies need to work toward reassuring the public that robo-signings have stopped and foreclosure problems are being corrected.

RBC Capital Markets has hired three bankers for loan capital markets and European sponsor coverage, according to the bank.

Manhattan Capital Markets (MCM) has hired Bill Berliner as an executive vice president and head of its advisory services unit. Berliner is the Principal of Berliner Consulting & Research.

Capital Business Credit (CBC) has hired Peter Provenzale as a senior business development officer and senior vice president in its asset-based lending division.

As Washington's banking-policy community was focused on the first anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Act, one important player in the law's passage was noticeably absent.

Deer Park Road Corp., a distressed mortgage and ABS fixed-income securities manager, has strengthened its portfolio management team as the firm’s assets continue to grow, it announced in a July 20 statement.

Dechert has hired Jodi Schwimmer to join the firm’s finance and real estate practice as counsel.

Two Harbors Investment, a unit of Pine River Capital Management, has hired David Miller as a managing director to oversee business development and strategic initiatives.