Howard Kennedy, the law firm, has promoted partner Dov Katz to head of the alternative investments market within the firm's capital markets group, as part of a restructure of its corporate department. Partner Keith Lassman will remain as head of the venture capital trusts practice. Katz joined Howard Kennedy in 2007 and specialises in corporate finance, with a focus on AIM flotations, reverse takeovers and fundraisings. Katz previously worked at Dechert and Rosenblatt.