Nomura: Robert Palache, co-head of securitisation at Japanese Investment Bank Nomura International, has resigned after spending less than three years with the bank. Palache, the former managing partner of Clifford Chance’s finance practice, left the group last month.

Colt Telecom: Legal and regulatory manager Robert Bratby has left the in-house team at Colt to take on a commercial role as director of business development at the UK office.