Affiliated Managers Group, a global asset management company, has appointed David Billings as general counsel, effective June 30, 2014. He will succeed John Kingston, who will remain with the company in a senior advisory role as vice chairman.

Billings will be responsible for the company's legal, regulatory, compliance, and corporate governance functions. He will report to AMG's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sean Healey.

Billings joins AMG from the London office of law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he was partner and headed the investment funds practice group, focusing principally on the representation of private investment funds and their sponsors.