A UBS private equity adviser who relocated to London to help fill a gap left by a raft of defections to Evercore Partners, is off to join his former colleagues at the US investment bank.

Rodney Reid, who moved from UBS in New York to the Swiss bank's London office in late 2013, will join Evercore as a managing director in November. He will initially be based in Evercore's office in London before moving back to New York, according to a statement from the independent adviser.