Sagent Advisors, a privately owned investment bank, has hired Osamu Watanabe, a veteran investment banking attorney, as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Watanabe brings more than 25 years of legal and transactional experience, having provided legal counsel to several major investment banks throughout his career.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...