Top 100 US firm expands London arm with senior fund appointment from Travers Smith

Travers Smith is set to lose the head of its investment funds group, Bob Barry, to the London arm of US practice Proskauer Rose.

Barry, who has been a partner at Travers since 2003, advises on fund formations for private equity, real estate, fund of funds and hedge fund clients. In the past, he has advised groups including RBS Asset Management and Silverfleet Capital Partners.