The latest moves and appointments for wealth management roles in the UK, other parts of Europe, the Middle East and select international locations.

UBS Global Wealth Management
UBS Global Wealth Management has appointed Amit Kachawaha as a client advisor, based in London. He will join the global South Asia team, reporting to desk head, Anuj Chhabra, within the UK International team, led by Meltem Cagan.

Kachawaha has more than 25 years of experience in the wealth management and private banking industry. Prior to joining UBS, he spent five years as a senior director at DBS Bank in London, where he managed a book of clients across South Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Throughout his career, Kachawaha has held a variety of positions at leading financial institutions including Citibank, the Royal Bank of Canada, Emirates NBD and others, across the UK and India. During this time, he was responsible for advising private ultra-high net worth clients, family offices, hedge fund and private equity executives and entrepreneurs, on tailored investment strategies, succession planning, philanthropic advisory, and cross-border wealth structuring.

“His background in advising clients across different jurisdictions makes him a great addition to the team,” Cagan said. “We look forward to the valuable contributions and insights Amit will bring to UBS, helping us to better serve our clients in this dynamic market.”

Kachawaha holds an MBA in marketing from the Faculty of Management Studies at MS University in India, a Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) level 6 certificate in Private Client Investment Advice & Management and is a qualified Chartered Wealth Manager.

Beyond work, Kachawaha is a trustee and board member for Wales Millenium Centre, a UK registered charity, which helps young people gain skills in the arts, culture and performing arts sector.

Charles Russell Speechlys
International law firm Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed Jonathan Huth (pictured) as a partner, joinings the firm’s litigation team in Dubai. He is the tenth international partner to join the firm this year.

Huth, who was previously at Howard Kennedy, where he led the Middle East practice, is a lawyer with a practice that covers cross-border investigations, disputes, judgment enforcement, asset recovery, financial crime and whistleblowing, and regulatory enforcement matters for clients based in the UK, Europe, and Africa. He has experience in handling matters related to securities and financial fraud market manipulation, including foreign exchange, benchmark and Libor manipulation, bribery and corruption, money laundering and financial fraud. His professional background is varied – prior to his time in private practice, Huth was a senior in-house counsel at HSBC in London in the global investigations group and previously served as a senior trial attorney for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Huth’s clients include high net worth private clients, sovereign governments, corporations, well-known C-suite executives in East Africa and the Middle East, as well as individuals in the global financial services sector in the EU, UK and US often with a reputation management component. He is uniquely positioned as a US-qualified lawyer, admitted to the Washington DC Bar and US federal courts, to bridge a gap between US-facing regulatory and due diligence matters, investigations, and matters involving high risk jurisdictions in emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa.

“As our focus on international expansion continues to grow, particularly in the financial crime and investigations space, a hire of Jonathan’s calibre will serve to strengthen our global capabilities as a division around the world, including the US and the Middle East,” Stewart Hey, partner and divisional managing partner of the litigation and dispute resolution division, said.

Patrick Gearon, partner and head of the Middle East practice, added: “Jonathan’s arrival is a significant boost to our Middle East practice. His extensive network and expertise in the region will significantly deepen our engagement with UHNW individuals and multi-national corporations facing cross-border disputes.”