Sagent Advisors, an independent M&A advisory firm, has hired Jonathan Bayer as general counsel and chief compliance officer. Bayer brings more than a decade of legal and transactional experience to Sagent, having served as legal counsel at a number of financial institutions, investment banks and corporate law firms throughout his career. He will be based in the company’s New York office.

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,...