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Gordon Crosbie-Walsh will become head of Asia equity syndicate as well as co-head of Asia ECM at Jefferies, according to sources. He left J.P. Morgan’s syndicate desk earlier this week.

Kenneth Lee, head of debt syndicate Asia Pacific at Barclays, resigned last week and is off to start his own hedge fund.

Jerome Leleu takes a step up from his Southeast Asia ECM job and Mille Cheng returns from Barclays, while Justin Haik moves to a senior client coverage role. Alex Abagian is promoted to head of equity syndicate.

Tucker Highfield’s previous job as head of ECM for Southeast Asia will be taken over by Manish Chhalani, who is returning to Credit Suisse after a few years away from the industry.

His position will be filled by Yat Quan Tan, a former head of Hong Kong and China sales trading.

Jake Gearhart, Deutsche's former head of emerging market syndicate for the Americas, replaces Herman Van den Wall Bake as head of global risk syndicate Asia.

Nicholas Chia will join Standard Chartered’s equity syndicate team in Hong Kong, after nearly six years at Citi.

Mark Warburton is appointed head of Australia ECM and is succeeded as head of ECM for Asia by Jeremy Wernert, who will also retain his current job as head of equity syndication for the region.

BoA Merrill poaches yet another banker from UBS as it seeks to build an ECM blocks business in Asia.