Offshore leader Appleby has appointed former DLA Piper securitisation head Jeanne Bartlett as its new structured finance chief.

Bartlett, who retired from private practice in 2006 to write a novel, was previously a partner in the structured finance team at US firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe. Prior to that Bartlett worked as an investment banker after stints at Linklaters and Slaughter and May.