Investment management consultancy Laven Partners has hired Robert Mirsky as managing director. He will be responsible for the development of a new alternative investment platform for family offices, institutional investors and wealth managers.

Mr Mirsky will also expand the company’s range of investor services, which includes operational due diligence and risk and performance monitoring, and provide support and leadership to Laven’s offices globally.

A US-trained lawyer, Mr Mirsky joins from Ernst & Young UK where he was a partner and co-leader of the European hedge fund practice. Prior to this, he was head of Deloitte’s UK hedge fund practice.

He has worked in London, New York, Washington DC and the Cayman Islands, specialising in the structuring and ongoing operational activities of hedge funds. He has experience in trading platforms for both offshore and onshore hedge funds and has handled the transactional and tax aspects of cross-border financings, financial products, international mergers and acquisitions, insurance and project financings. 

Laven Partners is an investment management group offering consultancy services, including fund structuring, tax, legal and compliance services to fund managers, as well as independent operational due diligence and advisory services to investors. It has offices in London, Geneva and Barbados.