Offshore law firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune, part of Mourant, has appointed Jonathan Rigby managing partner.

Mr Rigby advises leading financial institutions, corporates and intermediaries on a wide range of capital markets, structured finance and investment fund transactions. He has been a partner and member of the firm's management board since 2003 and has served for two years as an elected member of the Mourant supervisory board.

Between 2003 and 2006, he was the head of the law firm's London office and led the team through a period of significant growth to become one of the largest offshore practices in the City.

Mr Rigby takes over from Stephen Ball who is moving back to the UK to become vice chairman of an international hedge fund group.

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has also appointed Ben Robins as head of the Funds Practice Area following the retirement of Cyman Davies.

Mr Robins is a partner with broad experience in the fields of investment funds, offshore capital markets and structured finance. He trained with Speechly Bircham in London where he qualified as an English solicitor in 1996. He joined Mourant du Feu & Jeune in 1997, qualified as a Jersey solicitor in December 2000, became a partner of Mourant du Feu & Jeune in October 2002 and was responsible for the successful establishment of the firm's Guernsey office in 2006.