Movers & Shakers: Midlands
2022
January
Geldards has promoted Stuart Walters (commercial property) to partner in the Nottingham office and Gemma Wrighton (commercial property) to partner in the Derby office.
Howes Percival has appointed social housing specialist, Estelle Corner, as a partner.
Roythornes Solicitors has appointed social housing solicitor Daniel Skinner as a partner.
Reeds Solicitors has promoted criminal lawyer Mark Abbott to partner with effect from 1 January 2022.
Constantine Law has recruited Suki Harrar as a new partner.
Hogan Lovells has announced 71 new counsel promotions effective 1 January 2022. Including Birmingham-based Paula Inglis, corporate & finance (banking).
Flint Bishop has made two appointments to its commercial property team. Amanda Huggins has joined as an associate and will be based in the firm’s Birmingham office. Edward Drury joins as a solicitor in the Derby office.
Geldards has made a number of promotions to senior associate, including four in the Derby office: Sarah Bailey (corporate), Della Copley (infrastructure and construction), Natalie Haydon-Yeung (family) and Rebecca Stojak (CDR). Meanwhile, Manjot Shokar (corporate) has been promoted to associate in Derby.
Geldards has appointed Chloe Buxton as a senior associate in the commercial property team based in the Derby office.
Ashtons Legal has appointed Mick Upton as a solicitor in the personal injury team and Penny Tilmouth as a solicitor in the medical negligence team. Meanwhile, the firm has appointed Ben Needham- Holmes as a rehabilitation co-ordinator.
Stonegate Group has appointed James Richards as director of legal operations to focus on legal and estate transactions as well as taking responsibility as code compliance officer under the pubs code across the Stonegate Group Pub Partners business.
The appointments of 101 new Queen’s Counsel have been announced. In Birmingham Harpreet Sandhu (No.5 Chambers) has been appointed.
February
Bray & Bray has promoted Russell Dalby to partner and joint head of the firm’s wills trusts and probate department.
Knights plc has recruited Ben Denton as a partner in the Oxford office.
James Maynard and Gareth John have joined Knights plc as partners in the Midlands.
Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed new partner Joanna Lee-Mills to head-up its social housing development team.
Karen Bower-Brown has been appointed senior partner at Sills & Betteridge. She takes over from Stephen Wilson who retired as the firm’s senior partner on 31 December 2021.
Shoosmiths has announced that it is set to relocate its Birmingham office from Two Colmore Square to 103 Colmore Row.
Beswicks Legal has launched an office in Birmingham. The new office will be headed by Baljit Chohan and Michael Bennett, who have over 50 years’ experience between them.
mfg Solicitors has announced that partner and employment law specialist, Chris Piggott, has relocated to the firm’s St Paul’s Square office in Birmingham.
Geldards has promoted Gemma Wrighton, a commercial property specialist in the firm’s Derby office, to partner.
Chattertons has appointed Charlotte Corbyn as a partner based in the Stamford office.
Hatch Brenner has appointed Amy Walpole as a partner and head of the family law department.
Howes Percival has appointed Tom Redman as a director in the corporate, commercial and banking team.
Eve Williams has joined the tax team at Knights plc as a senior associate.
Ansons solicitors has appointed associate Sonali Obhrai as head of its family law team.
Banner Jones has appointed commercial property solicitor Ben Couch to its Chesterfield office.
Blythe Liggins has welcomed solicitor Louise Hunt to the firm from Mills & Reeve where she worked for eight years.
Blaser Mills has welcomed two new members to its telecoms team. Tina Middleton, joins as head of telecoms and Jill Mclean joins as a telecoms property expert.
Leathes Prior has announced that Lewis Kelly will be qualifying as a solicitor into the family team.
St Philips Chambers has welcomed criminal specialist Zafar Ali QC as a door tenant.
Philips Chambers has welcomed back Chris Royle to chambers as a member of the business and property group.
St Philips Chambers has welcomed Christopher Buckingham to its business and property group.
St Philips Chambers has announced that Simon Davis has been appointed as the Director of Public Prosecution for the Cayman Islands, with effect from 1st March 2022.
15 Winckley Square has announced that Holly Nelson has been appointed as Junior on the Northern Circuit.
St Philips Chambers has appointed Andrew Rourke as senior criminal clerk.
March
Shoosmiths has appointed Catherine Williams to head up its Milton Keynes office. Williams, a real estate partner and head of the firm’s living sector, has taken up the post from commercial partner Robin Webb who spent four years in the role. Webb is moving on to become national head of the firm’s commercial group following David Jackson’s appointment as Shoosmiths’ CEO, with effect from 1 May 2022. She will be supported by Shoosmiths’ partner Claire Checketts who takes on the role of deputy head of office.
Anthony Collins Solicitors has appointed two new partners to its Birmingham office. Paul Slinger joins the construction team, while Steven Brunning joins the governance and commercial team.
The Birmingham office of Axiom DWFM has welcomed Suki Chhokar as a partner and head of the firm’s newly-formed public and international health team.
Shropshire firm Lanyon Bowdler has appointed the firm’s finance director Paul Ellis, and Court of Protection specialist Lucy Speed, as partners.
Aaron & Partners has appointed Peter Manford as a corporate & commercial partner based in the Shrewsbury office.
Fraser Dawbarns has welcomed Seema Solanki as a partner in the private client department.
Wright Hassall has welcomed senior lawyer Claire Halle-Smith back to the firm’s commercial team. Solicitor Kashmir Dosanjh has joined the employment team. Paralegal Ellis Burns has also joined the team. Gemma Clark has qualified into the employment team which has also welcomed solicitor Sophia Wahba and seen Georgia Wood become a newly- qualified CIDP advisor.
Ansons Solicitors has announced the arrival of Paul Bennett to the corporate and commercial team.
George Green has announced that Heather Smith has qualified as a solicitor with the firm and joined the commercial property department.
Darren Middleton has been promoted to director of immigration at Duncan Lewis based in the Birmingham office.
Jaz Virk has joined the private client team at Brindley Twist Tafft & James.
BPE has appointed Nancy Battell as a senior associate in the commercial property
Sills & Betteridge has appointed Robin Johnston as a consultant solicitor in the corporate team.
Mills & Reeve has appointed Jessica Wilkes-Ball as its new national sustainability manager within the environmental, social and governance (ESG) team. Wilkes-Ball joins from Wesleyan, where she worked as a social responsibility lead.
Beswicks Legal has appointed Dan Beckett as sales director.
St Philips Chambers has announced that Blondel Thompson has been appointed as chair of the Middle Temple Midland Circuit Society.
St Ives Chambers has welcomed Sara Wyeth as a new tenant in the criminal practice group.
KCH Garden Square has announced that Siân Waldron has returned to chambers with effect from 21 February 2022 following maternity leave.
April
Shakespeare Martineau has appointed corporate partner Michael Stace.
Birketts has welcomed partner Simon Keen to its commercial property team.
Lodders has appointed commercial lawyer Stuart Price as partner in its corporate and commercial team.
Flint Bishop has welcomed Sanveer Sandhu as a partner in the firm’s commercial property team. Sandhu has particular expertise in the energy sector having dealt with some of the largest solar, biomass, gas generator and battery storage projects in the country.
Wilkin Chapman has welcomed partner Julie Bailey to its family law team in Lincoln. Bailey has 36 years’ experience in family law, including as the managing partner of a firm.
Devonshires is set to open an office in Birmingham. Joining the new office, located on Temple Street, is housing corporate and governance partner Gemma Bell.
A team from Penningtons Manches Cooper have joined Devonshires. Senior solicitor Rose Klemperer, also the co- founder and co-chair of Women in Social Housing Midlands (WISH Midlands), and solicitors Ellen Damlica and Sharon Thandi join along with partner Gemma Bell. Specialising in corporate, regulatory and governance issues, the team will be based at Devonshires’ new Birmingham office, based on Temple Street.
Howes Percival has recruited chartered trade mark attorney, Sarah Dacre, who joins the firm’s intellectual property team.
Corporate lawyer, Dermot Callinan has joined Excello Law from Myers & Co where he was director of business law services. Callinan is also a director of the East Cheshire Chamber of Commerce.
Nelsons has announced that associate solicitor and mediator Paul Richardson has moved to the firm’s Nottingham office after having been based in Leicester for the past year. He specialises in all areas of family, but focuses on private children law, injunctions and mediation. The firm has also welcomed associate solicitor Hayden Mellowship to the dispute resolution team in Leicester. He specialises in commercial litigation and also advises on commercial property disputes and insolvency.
Lodders has recruited Elaine Morgan as legal director and head of its new trusts and tax team.
Beswicks has appointed solicitor Daniel Wright to its disputes team. Wright specialises in property litigation and commercial disputes. He qualified in October 2021.
Flint Bishop has announced that Alex Reid has joined the firm’s employment team as an associate.
Martin Cornforth has returned to Flint Bishop as a senior associate in the firm’s employment law team.
Flint Bishop has welcomed Dal Virdi to the firm as chief information officer.
Murgitroyd Group has announced that the firm’s Milton Keynes office has moved to a new address at 297, Upper Fourth Street, Witan Studios, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 1EH.
Regent Chambers ha announced that Jazmine Wilde has accepted an offer to join chambers following the successful completion of her pupillage. She will practice family and criminal law.
HHJ Polly Coe QC has been appointed as the Designated Civil Judge for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire & Lincolnshire with effect from 23 April 2022.
The Manchester Law Society has elected Paul Johnson as its 2022 president following two years as the Society’s vice president. Johnson, a partner in the corporate team at Ward Hadaway, is based in the firm’s Manchester office, where he has been a senior member of the team since he joined in 2014.
The Independent Press Standards Organisation has appointed Sarah Hamilton as its complaints reviewer. Hamilton was admitted as a solicitor in 1995 and had a 20-year career with a City law firm, specialising in litigation, acting for public sector bodies and insurance companies. Leaving private practice in 2016, Hamilton is now one of England’s three Boundary Commissioners, chairs fitness to practise committees for three healthcare regulators and is lay inspector of university programmes for dental schools and Social Work England. She is an independent panel member for the London Assembly and adjudicator for the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Rocio de la Crus has been appointed to the Council of Europe Data Protection Unit, a committee dedicated to understanding data protection rules and protecting individuals’ data. de la Crus joined BPE Solicitors in September 2021, as a partner, and has extensive knowledge of both the European data protection rules and the UK general data protection rules, and information law.
Midlands-based think tank, Centre for the New Midlands, has appointed Amardeep Gill to the newly formed strategic advisory board. Gill, a partner at Trowers & Hamlins, is a local government and public sector specialist. He advises government, public bodies and SMEs on transformation or business critical projects. His sector expertise includes digital technology, leisure, transport, health, education, outsourcing, regeneration and aviation.
Carey Olsen partner James Noble and senior associate Amelia Tan have become the first offshore law practitioners to be approved as members of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS). Noble, who leads Carey Olsen’s litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia, advises on Cayman, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda law, and is the only Cayman and BVI admitted litigator in Singapore. Tan, a member of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore, has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, with a focus on complex, multi-jurisdictional shareholder related litigation, corporate disputes and insolvency and restructuring matters.
Six group litigation law firms, Edwin Coe, Hausfeld & Co, Keller Lenkner UK, Leigh Day, Milberg London, and PGMBM have founded a collective redress association for claimant practitioners called the Collective Redress Lawyers Association (CORLA). The association’s co-presidents are Martyn Day of Leigh Day, and David Greene of Edwin Coe. Vice president is Guy Robson of Keller Lenkner UK, the secretary is Christopher Neill of PGMBM. Lucy Rigby, a partner at Hausfeld has responsibility for public affairs and policy while treasurer Natasha Pearman works at Milberg London. Nathaniel Barber of Keller Lenkner UK is the membership secretary. Committee members include Liberty Bridge, Nicola Boyle, Zahira Hussain, and Nicola Vinovrski.
May
Eversheds Sutherland (International) has made 31 partner promotions with effect from 1 May 2022. They include: Nottingham-based, Rachel Cooper (commercial), Laura-Beth Hutton (real estate/planning) and William Spickett (commercial); Birmingham-based Victoria Savage (FSDI); and in the Cambridge office, Stephen O’Reilly (corporate).
Dentons has announced the promotion of nine new partners in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region. The promotions take effect on 1 May 2022. In the Milton Keynes office Dan Lowen (real estate) has been made partner.
Shakespeare Martineau has appointed Michael Stace as a corporate partner.
Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed specialist partner Catherine Rustomji to head up its national charity team.
Ashtons Legal has announced the appointment of its new CEO, James Tarling from 1 April 2022. Tarling joined Ashtons in 2015 as a corporate and commercial partner and most recently has taken responsibility for the development of the firm’s future strategy. Tarling takes on the CEO position from Ed O’Rourke who is remaining with the firm, initially in a new role to further develop the business client group within Ashtons.
Ashtons Legal has promoted five staff to partners: Janette Wand and Louise Cardwell (both lifetime planning); Tom Ranson (personal injury); Annabel Mayer (dispute resolution); and Charlotte Vallins (commercial property).
Penningtons Manches Cooper has promoted Dr Lisa Page to partner in the Birmingham office. She is a highly experienced intellectual property lawyer with a specialism in the life sciences sector.
Anthony Collins Solicitors (ACS) has appointed a new partner to its local government team. Claire Ward, joins the firm with extensive expertise. In her new role at ACS, Ward will be supporting local authorities nationwide and offering advice for council monitoring officers, chief executives and other senior officers on governance issues.
Sabina Haag has joined Nicholsons Solicitors as a partner in the litigation team. Specialising in civil litigation, Haag works particularly on property disputes, lease renewals and termination, forfeiture, landlord/tenant issues, boundary disputes, and restrictive covenants.
Woodfines has made four partner promotions: Hannah Johnson, Claire Spencer, Nathan Taylor-Allkins and James Wilkinson. After joining Woodfines in 2012 to begin her training contract, Johnson qualified as a solicitor in 2014. She specialises in probate, will and inheritance disputes. She also deals with personal injury claims. Spencer specialises in commercial and property litigation having over 17 years’ legal experience in both the UK and New Zealand. Taylor-Allkins joined Woodfines as a trainee solicitor in 2013 and qualified into the crime and regulatory department in 2015. He has a broad criminal defence practice and represents individuals and businesses in the police station, Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court on matters ranging from motoring cases to grave crimes, including complex frauds and homicide. Taylor-Allkins also advises on specialist regulatory matters including transport and cases brought by the HSE, Environment Agency, FCA, Office of Road and Rail, Insolvency Service and Local Councils (planning and licensing). Wilkinson, an experienced corporate and commercial solicitor, joined Woodfines in 2021. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, shareholders’ arrangements and preparing businesses for major capital events. He has a significant interest in the environment and sustainability sector. Meanwhile, Suzanna Stephenson, head of the firm’s property department, and Mikhala Leak, who will also progress to the head of the private clients department, are becoming members of the LLP.
Browne Jacobson is relocating its Birmingham office to 103 Colmore Row. The firm is expected to relocate its legal and support team from Victoria Square House by the end of Q3 2022.
Devonshires has opened a Birmingham office based at Somerset House, 37 Temple Street, Birmingham B2 5DP. Joining the office is partner Gemma Bell. Bell specialises in advising housing associations on corporate projects including M&A, group consolidations, joint ventures, de-merger and stock transfers. Also joining the new Birmingham office is senior solicitor Rose Klemperer, and solicitors Ellen Damlica and Sharon Thandi.
Capsticks has announced a number of promotions, including 11 salaried partners. In the Birmingham office, Lucy Erskine (claims) and Ian Brook (regulatory) have been promoted.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) has promoted 17 lawyers to legal director, with effect from 1 May 2022. They include Birmingham-based Susannah Gate (banking) and Laura Murphy (core real estate); and Geoff Street (core real estate) in the Cambridge office.
Browne Jacobson has strengthened its independent health & social care team with the addition of corporate finance lawyer Vicky Tomlinson. Senior associate, Tomlinson, who is currently based in the firm’s Nottingham corporate finance team, has over ten years’ experience advising on all corporate M&A matters including share and business acquisitions and disposals, investments, group reorganisations and general company law matters.
Rogers & Norton has appointed Paul Oldershaw to the commercial property team in Norwich. Qualifying in 2003, he has experience in property development, advising business occupiers of office, retail and industrial property, agriculture, property investors, licenced trade and secured lending.
Ringrose Law has announced that Alex Beavis, a member of the children law team, has qualified as a solicitor. She heads up the children law team in Newark.
Woodfines has announced that Zara Bracegirdle and Helen Simpson, both members of the private client department, have been promoted to senior associate.
Capsticks has promoted seven new principal associates. They include Birmingham-based Jonathan Lewis (employment).
Pepperells Solicitors in Lincoln has welcomed six new family law specialists. John Conlon, who has 20 years’ experience in family law, has particular expertise in child law. Alison McGowan specialises in complex court proceedings, including care, private law children matters, special guardianship and adoption. Hannah Bell specialises in representing parents in arranging contact orders, residency and guardianship. Also joining the team are Ivy Waddingham, experienced family law legal assistant, Michelle Kent and Olivia Mychajiluk who will support the team with paralegal, administration and first line support.
Waldrons Solicitors has merged with Blount Hemmings Solicitors. The directors of Blount Hemmings, Julian Blount, Robin Hemmings and Jill Banks, have joined Waldrons and will continue to trade from Waldron’s present office in Kingswinford. The merged firm will be known as Waldrons Solicitors incorporating Blount Hemmings.
Dehns has announced a number of promotions effective from 1 April 2022. In the Oxford office, Mark Bell (engineering group) and Jennifer Gordon (chemical group) have become partners at the firm.
J A Kemp has announced the promotion of two associates to the position of partner. Joe Simon-Brown is a member of the firm’s engineering and IT group.
Dehns has announced a number of promotions effective from 1 April 2022. In the Oxford office, John Somerton (engineering group) and Emma Tyser (trade mark group) have become associates at the firm.
Forresters has announced that Birmingham associates Ian Duncan and Jack Dean have passed their final exams to qualify as UK patent attorneys.
Civil law barrister Jamie Johnston (call 2016) has joined 3PB from chambers in Newcastle and will be based in the Birmingham office. He specialises in property and chancery, commercial disputes and sports law.
Cornwall Street has announced that Andrew Wilkins has been appointed as head of crime, taking over from Oliver Woolhouse who has become head of chambers.
KCH Garden Square has announced that Lisa Hardy has been appointed as an independent panel member on the UK Athletics disciplinary panel.
St Ives Chambers has welcomed Daniel Giles as practice manager of the criminal practice group.
Her Honour Judge Nassera Patel has been appointed as Designated Family Judge for Leicester with effect from 20 April 2022.
The Insolvency Service has welcomed Frances Coulson as a new non-executive board member. Coulson is a practising lawyer, with more than 26 years’ experience in insolvency law, and a senior partner, board member and head of insolvency & restructuring at Wedlake Bell.
Andrew Grantham QC, of Kings Chambers, has been elected as UK chair of the British Irish Commercial Bar Association. Grantham practises almost exclusively in commercial and chancery dispute resolution including arbitration and international disputes.
June
Mills & Reeve has promoted a number of principal associates to partner with effect from 1 June 2022, including two in Birmingham. Helen Tringham has significant expertise advising on contentious data protection and cyber matters. Katherine Kennedy, who leads the family team in Birmingham, deals predominantly with finances post-divorce or relationship breakdown, particularly when businesses and trusts are involved, as well as advising on related children issues. There have also been two promotions in Cambridge. Amanda Narkiewicz specialises in regulatory and healthcare law. Alexandra Pike advises clients on construction and engineering projects. She has years of experience of adjudication, arbitration, and court proceedings. Meanwhile, in Norwich there have also been two promotions to partner. Elizabeth Field advises a range of private clients on estate planning and asset protection through inheritance tax and capital gains tax advice, flexible wills, trust restructuring and powers of attorney. Matthew Short is a corporate tax lawyer, focusing on real estate, corporate and charity taxation. He regularly advises a wide variety of clients on property acquisitions, developments, joint ventures and portfolio management, as well as charity tax issues, corporate transactions and funds work.
Lodders has appointed Chris Dewes as a partner in its real estate practice where he will focus on commercial property development and investment services. He has considerable experience in the commercial property development and investment area having acted for developer clients for more than 20 years.
DAC Beachcroft has announced 17 promotions to partner with effect from 1 May 2022. They include Kieran Mitchell (claims solutions) in the Birmingham office.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has appointed Sally Robinson as a partner in the family team based in Northampton. Robinson specialises in nuptial and cohabitation agreements, and providing advice to those who have separated or are getting divorced.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has made five partner promotions. Simon Cooper, Laura Greenman, Emma Raynsford and Morgan West are all members of the real estate team. Meanwhile, Hayley Phelps has been promoted in the restructuring and insolvency team. Cooper is head of private client homes and is based in the Cambridge office. Greenman is a planning specialist based in the Wye Valley. Raynsford and West are both based in the firm’s Cheltenham office. Phelps is based in the Worcester office.
Knights plc has appointed Haroon Khan as a partner in its planning team based in the Oxford office.
Howes Percival has appointed partner Max Windich, a commercial contracts lawyer specialising in the IT, technology, life sciences and academic sectors. He has particular experience advising on procurement and outsourcing transactions, IT and technology contracts, complex supply chain and licensing arrangement and creative collaborations in arts and fashion.
Howes Percival has announced that four partners, Christopher Cubitt (development), Nicola Curle (development), Estelle Corner (social housing), and Jay Mehta (planning), have been appointed as the new management team of the development team based in Norwich.
mfg Solicitors has announced that partner and probate specialist Andrew Chandler has been appointed as president of the Worcestershire Law Society.
Birketts has announced nine partner promotions: Denise Findlay (family), Devreaux Gravell (banking and finance), Nick Burt (corporate), Julie Gowland (regulatory and corporate defence), Helen Stewart (commercial property), Tom Verrill (agriculture), Tom Hodges (shipping), Hayley Pettitt (private client advisory) and Stuart Jones (agriculture).
Hedges has announced the appointment of Lucy Morrison as managing director. Morrison is an experienced commercial lawyer who previously led a legal training and development company. She succeeds Nicola Poole, who will now be the firm’s newly appointed board director of culture & innovation.
Sandstone Law LLP has been officially launched in Oxford. The niche firm, which specialises in every aspect of commercial property and environmental law, will be headed by managing partner Jan Matthews. The core team includes commercial real estate and environmental law partner Richard Smith and senior commercial real estate consultant Hugh Blaza supported by planning consultant Paul Semple. Construction advice support is provided by experienced construction lawyer, Joanne Kelly, who is a partner and head of construction at Memery Crystal.
Weightmans has appointed Mike Brown as head of its counter-fraud team. He will be based in the Birmingham office and will have national responsibility for the management and development of the firm’s fraud practice including cross class injury work and working with the commercial fraud capabilities across the business; developing products that assist in the identification, defence and prosecution of fraudsters.
DLA Piper has announced that Legal director, Gemma Lawrence, will be joining the board of the firm’s global scholarships programme, taking on a role in the finance committee.
DAC Beachcroft has announced 18 promotions to legal director with effect from 1 May 2022. They include Birmingham-based Michelle Dickens, James Howett and Richard Wetherell (all claims solutions).
Charles Russell Speechlys has appointed Alastair Morrison as a property consultant in the firm’s Cheltenham office, as part of the landed estates and heritage property group. Much of his work focuses on the purchase, sale, leasing and mortgaging of rural property. He also advises on complex farming structures and the post-Brexit agricultural policy. He acts for institutions, family trusts, landed estates and high net worth individuals advising on issues relating to the ownership and occupation of rural property, including development clawback and shooting rights, rural grants and subsidies.
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has made a number of senior promotions. Ruth Sheret in the Worcester regulatory team has been made a legal director; moving up to senior associate level are Janeen Brindley (real estate), Deanne Hamilton (R&I) and Cris Manuel-Hughes (dispute resolution) in Cheltenham; Helen Cairns-Terry (employment) in the Wye Valley office; Gemma Hill (employment) and Rachel Smith (agriculture and rural affairs) in Northampton; Kate Potter (real estate) and Penny-Jo Wilson (family) in Hereford, and Eimir Tuckett (real estate) and Elizabeth Wickson (medical accident group) in Worcester. Eight lawyers have become associates; Fahmidah Ali (medical accident group) in Birmingham, Holly Lanigan and Qess Ali in the Worcester real estate team, Katherine Dakers in the Worcester employment team, Alexandra Francis (private client) and Alice Gathern (real estate) in Cambridge, and Hauke Harrack (private client) in Northampton. Ashleigh Roberts from Eagle HR has been promoted to become an HR advisor.
Howes Percival has appointed Chris White as a director in its corporate, commercial and banking practice in Milton Keynes. He has in-house experience through a number of secondments with retail companies. He has also worked on a number of IT, technology and e-commerce arrangements including major IT and telecoms hardware procurement and software development, licensing and support arrangements including SaaS/PaaS agreements and advising on data protection issues. He has specific experience in sports related work.
Howes Percival has announced the promotion of Tom Skinner to director and Will Bond to senior associate in the development team based in Norwich. Meanwhile, the team has welcomed Georgie Siddall and Beth Boucher (planning) as newly qualified associate solicitors.
Nelsons has appointed Naomi Bond as an associate in the family law team based in the Leicester office. She has specific experience in divorce proceedings, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and private children matters.
Nelsons has appointed Lesley Harrison as an associate in the dispute resolution team based in the Leicester office.
Sills & Betteridge has appointed Sanjeve Kumar as an associate solicitor in its residential property team based in Nottingham. He qualified as a solicitor in 2007.
Sills & Betteridge has appointed Aleksandra Flack as an associate solicitor in its employment law team. She provides assistance and advice on all aspects of employment law and has considerable experience of representing clients in employment tribunal hearings.
Solicitor advocate, Malik Siddique has joined Stone King’s crime team in Birmingham.
Lodders has appointed Justin Creed as a legal director in the family law team. Creed has exclusively practised family law since 2003, focusing on the resolution of financial affairs and settlements for separating couples. A partner at Wright Hassall since 2006, he joins Lodders after almost ten years as head of the family law team.
mfg Solicitors has appointed solicitor Emily Regimbeau to its agriculture and rural affairs department. Regimbeau specialises in rural property sales, easements and agricultural tenancies. She qualified as a solicitor in 2009.
Birketts has appointed Derryn Rolfe as a legal director in the construction and engineering team. Previously a materials engineer, Rolfe later qualified as a solicitor in 2005. At Birketts she will deal with both contentious and non-contentious advice across the engineering and construction sector.
Birketts has appointed employment law trainer, Jonathan Shevlane, as an associate solicitor in the employment team.
Dr Melis Özdel, an academic and commercial maritime lawyer, has joined Birketts as a consultant. A member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a supporting member of the London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association, she specialises in shipping, international trade law, conflict of laws, and jurisdiction and international commercial arbitration.
July
Harrison Clark Rickerbys has welcomed Nick Rodriguez as a new partner in the Hereford office. He joins HCR’s family law team with over 35 years’ experience as a family lawyer. Rodriguez’s specialisms range from financial settlements on divorce to children’s disputes and acting for children within proceedings. He is also accredited with Resolution and a member of the Law Society’s children panel.
Penningtons Manches Cooper has announced that its CEO David Raine is to step down in October 2022 and will be succeeded by Helen Drayton, head of the business services division and a current member of the firm’s managing board.
Actons has promoted director Caroline Pearson to head of property.
Freeths has appointed family law solicitor Nikki Aston as a director in its Nottingham office.
Birketts has announced that Catherine Johnson, partner and head of the employment team in Ipswich, has been appointed as president of the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce.
George Green has expanded its commercial property team with the recruitment of partner Fahmida Ismail to the firm. Ismail has extensive experience having worked in the Midlands legal market for many years. Also promoted to partner is Richard Port who works in the family department.
Beswicks Legal has announced a number of promotions across the firm. Emma Millington (residential property) and Daniel Rushton (family) have been promoted to partner.
Gilson Gray has announced that it is acquiring Lincoln-headquartered Home Property Lawyers from Knights Group Holdings plc. HPL is a residential conveyancing specialist with 65 staff, all of whom have been retained as part of the deal, including current head of HPL, Gary Tyman.
Elliot Mather Solicitors has made three promotions to LLP member status. Felicity Coats is a criminal defence solicitor who has been with the firm since 2008. Diane Gunn is a child care solicitor and has been with the firm since 2017. Daniel Lindon joined Elliot Mather in 2021 to head up the residential conveyancing team in the Nottingham office.
Lodders has appointed Chris Dewes as a partner in the commercial property development and investment team, part of the real estate group.
Trowers & Hamlins has made a number of partner promotions, including Kate Davies (real estate) and Jamie De Souza (dispute resolution and litigation) in Birmingham.
Stowe Family Law LLP has promoted Beth Sheridan to partner in the Birmingham office.
Gotelee Solicitors has welcomed legal executive Lisa Jackson to its private client team in Felixstowe.
George Green has promoted Greg Farley to associate in the commercial property department. The firm has welcome welcomed legal executive Melanie Young to the family team.
Beswicks Legal has announced a number of promotions across the firm. Laura Franklin (employment) has been promoted to senior associate, while Sophie Ellis (residential property) and Jaeda Moayedi- Azarpour (residential property) have been made associates.
Lodders has appointed Justin Creed as a legal director in the family law team. He has a particular strength in financial remedy work.
Band Hatton Button has announced that associate solicitor Raman Dhillon is transferring from the firm’s litigation team to the corporate and commercial team.
Nikki Spencer, a senior solicitor in the wills & probate team at Banner Jones, has become an accredited member of Solicitors for the Elderly. Spencer specialises in care planning, inheritance tax planning, wills, trusts, Court of Protection and probate.
Banner Jones has appointed Jason Burnett as a senior solicitor in its care proceedings team. Burnett returns to private practice following a period as in-house counsel with a specialist laboratory that conducts drugs and alcohol testing for the Family Court.
Flint Bishop has appointed David Whiting as a consultant solicitor in the commercial dispute resolution team based in the Birmingham office.
Bray & Bray has launched a new HR service. HR professional Helen Clay has been appointed as head of the new service.
Duncan Lewis Solicitors has appointed Shazia Rana as a director in the family and child care department.
Duncan Lewis has announced the return of family and child care solicitor Navpreet Virk, who originally joined the firm in 2015 as a newly qualified solicitor.
Freeths has made a number of senior appointments in its employment team. Melanie Morton (managing associate) joins the Nottingham office, Jesse Tataobuzogwu (associate) joins the Leicester office and Rajvir Malhi (associate) qualifies into the Milton Keynes office.
mfg Solicitors has welcomed Phil Hunt as an associate in the firm’s commercial property team. He will be based at the firm’s Birmingham office.
August
Willans has announced that equity partner Paul Gordon who joined the firm 16 years ago will succeed Nicholas Cox as senior partner.
Thursfields has announced a number of promotions. Stewart Coles, Louise Jones and Laura Williams become directors in the commercial property, residential property and family department respectively. Harbinder Gosal becomes an associate director in the family department.
Roythornes Solicitors has announced a number of promotions. In the Spalding office, Desley Sherwin (dispute resolution/employment) and Rebecca Jackson (real estate/agricultural property) have been promoted to partner. The Alconbury office sees Alex Forster (dispute resolution/construction) and Georgina Worley (real estate/commercial development, investment and corporate occupiers) become partners, and in the Peterborough office, Kelly Eagers (real estate/commercial development, investment and corporate occupiers) has been made partner.
Stone King has welcomed Chris Emm to its commercial property team.
Paul Chapman and Paul Wareham, former executives of Countrywide plc, have acquired a stake in Derby-based Simpson Jones, a firm specialising in conveyancing, wills and probate.
Willans has announced a number of promotions. Mary Young, a residential property specialist, and Laura Stone, a wills, trust and probate specialist become senior associates. Solicitors Dorcas Guillebaud, Katie Duthie and Jessica Whooley are promoted to associate.
WSP Solicitors has appointed six directors. They are Amy Leivers, head of commercial property; Kirstie Carr, head of private client; Lucy McCallum, head of residential property; Camella Cephas, childcare; Robert Selwood, deputy head of private client; and Silas Miller, marketing manager. The firm has also welcomed Jason Roberts as its new practice manager.
Thursfields has announced a number of promotions. Cerith Rees (private client), Jill Roberts (family), and Darren Cox (residential property) are promoted to senior associate. Nicola Pearce and Katherine Hall (commercial property), Andrew Piggin (residential property), Reiss Taylor (private client), and Georgia Morris (dispute resolution) are promoted to associate.
Flint Bishop has announced the appointment of Niall Gilhooley as head of debt services.
Stowe Family Law LLP has opened an office in Banbury. Stowe’s family law team in Banbury is headed up by senior associate Gemma Davison who is joined by fellow senior associate Jason Lazard and associate Emily Beven.
Keystone Law has appointed senior lawyer Samantha Leigh. Leigh specialises in real estate law, particularly in the rural sector.
Roythornes Solicitors has announced a number of promotions. In the Spalding office, Talat Mahmood (real estate/residential development) has been made senior associate, and Alex Murray (real estate/agricultural property) and Robert Carter (dispute resolution) have been promoted to associate level.
The Alconbury office sees Mary Sargent (real estate/natural resources), Navroop Kaur (real estate/commercial development, investment and corporate occupiers) and Joseph Stoehr (private client) made up to associate, while promoted to associate in the Birmingham office are Jessica Duck (real estate/planning) and Tasha Tabannor- Robinson (real estate/residential development).
Sarina Bailey, an associate solicitor in the family team at Birketts in Ipswich, has been appointed as a member of the Resolution specialist domestic abuse committee.
Beswicks has appointed Laura Pyatt as a senior associate and head of the Stoke- on-Trent commercial property team.
CMP Legal has appointed Ryan Fitzpatrick, who specialises in construction disputes, as a director. He has previously worked for Bell & Buxton and Ironmonger Curtis. Meanwhile, the firm has appointed Chris Hutchinson, who specialises in healthcare transactions, as a consultant solicitor.
Waldrons solicitors has announced that solicitor Sapphire Stait has received accreditation from the Law Society’s children law panel. Stait joined the firm’s family law team in January 2019.
Ellisons Solicitors has welcomed Simon Bennett to the newly established role of business development consultant.
Data analytics manager, Jamie Pearson has joined Flint Bishop.
Marks & Clerk has announced a number of new qualifications. Ben Handley and Aline Heyerick in Birmingham, Daniel Gunn in Cambridge, and Tobias Eriksson in Oxford have all become dual qualified chartered UK and European patent attorneys. Meanwhile, Ketaki Patel in Cambridge and Hannah Thorne in Oxford have become European qualified.
Arjun Johal (call 1998) has joined Cornwall Street Barristers. His family law practice consists of mainly private children and family finance.
St Philips Chambers has welcomed Sarah Harty as a tenant in the employment group.
Lisa Hardy, of KCH Garden Square, has been appointed to the disciplinary, dispute and appeal panel for British Canoeing.
Jack Redmond has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and has been deployed to the Midlands Circuit, based at Leicester County Court.
Mohammed Najib has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and has been deployed to the Midland Circuit, based at Nottingham County Court.
Angela Mary Bowen has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and has been deployed to the Midlands Circuit, based at Derby Combined Court.
September
Birketts has announced the creation of a dedicated commercial and technology team. The team’s specialist lawyers include: legal directors, Melanie Harvey (trade marks and branding) and Kitty Rosser (data protection); and partners Quentin Golder (life sciences); Ian D’Castro (insurance); Paul Palik (utilities); Andrew Priest (cleantech) and Mark Gipson (supply chains).
HCR Hewitsons’ investigation, regulation and tax team has welcomed the addition of new partner, Kathryn Gilbertson, who joins the firm’s Cambridge office.
Hunt & Coombs has promoted commercial lawyer, Olivia Chalmers, to partner.
Martin Bloom, head of the employment law department at Hegarty Solicitors, has been made senior partner. He succeeds Tim Thompson, who retired at the end of April 2022 after a legal career spanning 45 years.
Heald Solicitors has announced the appointment of Keshini Rajendra as a partner from 1 August 2022.
Shakespeare Martineau has made a number of senior appointments in Lincoln. Legal director Emma Carr. Nana Maisuradze joins as a solicitor in the corporate team. Meanwhile, Adam Jakubic has joined as a senior conveyancing assistant.
mfg Solicitors has appointed commercial property lawyer Lynsey Cater to its Telford office as a senior associate.
Greene & Greene has promoted Emma Alfieri to legal director.
Geoffrey Leaver Solicitors has announced the following promotions. Promoted to senior associate, Ivone Joaquim, joined the private client services team in 2020 and deals with wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, probate and Court of Protection matters. Danielle Austin has been promoted to associate solicitor. In the firm’s personal Injury team, Ann Summerling has been promoted to senior associate and Kerry Gibbs to associate.
Brady Solicitors has appointed Adam Hollis as head of litigation.
Debenhams Ottaway has made a number of senior promotions. Rachel Watson has been promoted to associate in the dispute resolution team. Family and divorce specialist Helen Clyne becomes a senior associate. Adam Matthews, a member of the wills, trusts and probate team has been made an associate. Meanwhile, Rosie Penny has been promoted to associate in the commercial property team.
Duncan Lewis has welcomed back family and child care director Jasbir Raindi to manage a team in the Midlands. Raindi is a widely experienced solicitor who initially joined Duncan Lewis in 2015, leaving in 2018 to help set up a fresh office in the Midlands for the National Legal Service Solicitors.
Franklins solicitors has announced that Mandip Bhachu, who has 25 years’ experience, has joined the family law team, based in Milton Keynes.
Fraser Dawbarns has welcomed associate solicitor, Joshua Shuardson- Hipkin to the firm. He will be working in the civil litigation department based at both the King’s Lynn and Ely offices. He then spent two years working offshore at a British Virgin Islands based firm before joining Fraser Dawbarns.
Solicitor, Lauren Garvey has joined Heald Solicitors’ family team.
Tom Moore, a chartered tax advisor, who specialises in private client tax, recently joined Hegarty Solicitors.
Hatchers Solicitors has promoted Sarah Jane Smith to legal director. A family lawyer, she joined the firm in 2017. Meanwhile, Helen Cowley and Jennifer Woods have both been promoted to the role of senior associate. Also promoted at the firm are Morgan Fitzpatrick (family) and Natasha Worrall (commercial property) to associates, whilst Rebecca Carter of the dispute resolution team and Victoria Glew of the personal injury team become executives.
JMP Solicitors has appointed Monique Medd as a senior solicitor in the personal injury team based in the Grantham office.
Hunt & Coombs has promoted senior conveyancer, Elaine Cummins, to associate. She began her career in conveyancing over 40 years ago.
Rachael Bridges, a senior solicitor in the family team at Hunt & Coombs, has achieved accreditation in the Law Society’s children law scheme.
HCB Solicitors has appointed Alison Wilson as head of residential property in the South.
HCB Solicitors has announced that Christine Quinlan has been re-accredited to the Law Society’s children law panel.
Brady Solicitors has appointed Rachel Thompson as head of talent and HR. Meanwhile, Brad Clarke joins Brady as head of sales.
Hatchers Solicitors has promoted Emma Jones to operations director.
Forresters has promoted Nathan Chambers to associate after qualifying as a trade mark attorney.
Marcela Carvalho (Oxford) and Sarah Chittock (Birmingham) have become qualified trade mark attorneys.
No.5 Chambers has announced that Alexander Pritchard-Jones has joined the business & property group.
Hena Vissian, of Senate House Chambers, has been appointed as vice chair for the Midland Circuit Women’s Forum.
Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant QC has been appointed as a Senior Circuit Judge, Resident Judge based at Nottingham Crown Court, with effect from 1 September 2022. Shant will continue to be known as Her Honour Judge Nirmal Shant QC.
Jane Gillespie has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and has been deployed to the Midlands Circuit, based at Lincoln County and Family Court.
Andrew Smith QC has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and deployed to the Midlands Circuit, based at Birmingham Crown Court with effect from 5 September 2022. Smith will be known as His Honour Judge Andrew Smith QC.
HHJ Liza Gordon-Saker has been appointed as Designated Family Judge for Cambridgeshire.
Wright Hassall has announced the promotion of Kylie Cooper to partner and head of commercial real estate.
Metcalfe Copeman & Pettefar has announced the promotion of Chloe Kitchen to equity partner and head of the property department. Helen Robinson is promoted to partner. The firm has also announced that the Peterborough office has moved to a new location on the Minerva Business Park near the Marriott Hotel.
Ringrose Law has announced that Richard Teare is now a director of the firm. Teare has worked at the firm since 2014 and became a partner in 2020.
Freeths LLP has welcomed partner Gavin Scott to lead the family team in Oxford. Scott will expand the team, while working alongside colleagues nationally.
Martin Noble has joined Freeths’ intellectual property and media practice as a partner.
Sarah Jones, a family law partner at Beswicks Legal, has been re-awarded Resolution Specialist Accreditation.
Roythornes has appointed Matthew Hesketh as a partner in the agricultural property team based in the Spalding office.
Lloyd Smith has joined Geldards’ corporate dispute resolution team as a partner in the firm’s Nottingham offices.
Metcalfe Copeman & Pettefar has announced the promotion of solicitor Kimberley Fox to associate.
mfg Solicitors has recruited two new lawyers to its private client department. Gosia Bronisz-Handley qualified as a solicitor in 2018. Jake Moses qualified in 2020.
Neves has announced the promotion of Haneef Khan to associate. Khan specialises in residential property and conveyancing.
Nicholsons Solicitors has welcomed a number of new arrivals. Hollie Laird and Kate Duberley join the conveyancing department. Solicitor Sally Riches joins the private client team and specialises in wills, trusts, probate and elderly client matters. She is joined by paralegal Charlotte Elwell.
Tinsdills has announced that senior associate Karen Wilson has been re- accredited as a specialist member by the Family Law Association.
Ringrose Law has announced that Esme Hobbs has qualified as a children law solicitor on the successful completion of her training contract.
Rotheras has announced that Greg Almond, head of personal injury at the team, has been appointed a trustee of Headway.
Beswicks Legal has welcomed newly- qualified Kyle Gilbert to the firm’s corporate law team on the successful completion of his training.
Reeds Solicitors has opened an office in Northampton, located at 5-7 Fish Street, Northampton, NN1 2AA. The office will be led by criminal defence solicitor Waqar Ali. Ali will be supported in the new office by criminal solicitor Angela Lewis and office manager, Emma Downes.
Ashtons Legal has announced the qualification of Sarah-Jane Legge as a solicitor following her six-year apprenticeship with the firm.
Birketts has announced that nine trainees have successfully qualified as solicitors this month, and will remain with the firm. Taking their seats across the firm’s specialisms, the newly qualified solicitors include: Amy Bradburne (charities and not- for-profit); Elliot Wotton (real estate investment); Georgia Hunt (employment); Harriet Celerier (SIPPs/SSASs); Michael Playford (agriculture); Oliver Heeks (family); and Peter Bartholomew (shipping & international trade).
Charlotte Measures, a legal director at Higgs LLP, has been awarded accreditation to the Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) specialist clinical negligence panel. Measures joined Higgs LLP in April 2022.
Nicola Talbot-Hadley has been appointed as a Circuit Judge and has been deployed to the South East Circuit, based at Ipswich Crown Court.
His Honour Judge Jonathan Salmon has been appointed as the Designated Civil Judge for Worcester.
The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has appointed Covington & Burling’s Maree Gallagher as president of the Chamber for 2023.
Donovan Lindsay has been elected president of the South London Law Society, after being a member of its committee for the past eight years and its vice-president for three years.
Claire Graham, partner at TLT, has been appointed chair of the new North West Fraud Forum board.
Andrew Cochrane, chairman & senior partner and head of licensing at Flint Bishop, has been appointed as chair of governors of Derby College Group. Cochrane, who has been a governor at DCG since 2019, succeeds former headteacher, Phil Dover.
Thomas Sheppard, a former managing partner and now consultant at Thrings, has been appointed as deputy lieutenant of Somerset.
KCH Garden Square has welcomed Gillian Geddes to the family team from 5 September 2022.
No.5 Chambers has announced that Hannah Court has joined the family group. Called to the bar in 2015, Court is a family law specialist. The family group has also welcomed the return of Eleanor Berney-Dale from maternity leave on 20 September 2022.
3PB has welcomed three new family barristers: two junior counsel; Kate Yeomans (call 2007) and Ayesha Bell- Paris (call 2012) both started on 8 September 2022; and are joining new colleague Laura Scott (call 2001), formerly of Fourteen, who joined in August 2022.
St Philips Chambers has announced that Laura Coton, called 2019, will be joining its criminal group on 26 September 2022. Coton is currently a senior crown prosecutor with CPS East Midlands.
St Mary’s Chambers has welcomed family specialist Victoria Lovett.
St Mary’s Chambers has welcomed Paula Bloomfield, who was called to the Bar earlier in 2022.
Marks & Clerk has announced that Esther Gottschalk has been appointed as its new head of trade marks for Europe.
Barker Brettell has announced that Marcos Kauffman has been appointed IP valuations consultant to its IP valuation service.
October
DLA Piper has appointed Noel Haywood as the office managing partner of its Birmingham office, succeeding Trevor Ivory, following his three-year term.
Veale Wasbrough Vizards has welcomed Morag Roddick as a partner in the corporate team based in the Birmingham office.
Ashtons Legal has appointed Kirsteen Durrant as a partner in the property dispute resolution team.
Freeths has appointed Caroline Watson as head of the firm’s Oxford commercial litigation practice. She joins from Thrings.
Lodders has appointed Tom Ellis, partner in the firm’s risk & compliance team, as its first general counsel. Ellis is a specialist in solicitors’ professional regulation, professional liability and risk and compliance.
Ellisons has appointed Sam Cook as a partner in the property litigation team in the Bury St Edmunds office. Meanwhile, Tim Bacon, partner in the firm’s commercial property team, has recently re-located to the office from Ipswich.
Ellisons Solicitors has converted from a partnership to a Limited Liability Partnership as of 1 November 2022.
Prettys Solicitors has promoted Rebecca Cleal to the role of partner in the firm with effect from 1 October 2022.
Ringrose Law has promoted Nick Aspley to partner.
The Burnside Partnership has announced the promotion of Alison Craggs to partner.
BDB Pitmans has announced the qualification of its first solicitor through the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) route. Lizzie Egan, who focuses on commercial real estate transactions, qualifies in the Cambridge office.
Shakespeare Martineau has expanded its residential development offering in the West Midlands with the appointment of solicitor Jack Kelly.
Anthony Collins Solicitors has made two promotions to legal director. Gayle Monk joined the firm in 2005 as a paralegal, training and qualifying at ACS. She now works predominantly with local government and housing sector clients on procurement, contracts and related legal issues, focusing on both social value and climate biodiversity- related projects. Katherine Sinclair joined the employment and pensions team at ACS four years ago and has since built strong client relationships across the housing, education and charity sectors. She now leads the development of both the social housing and education sector work in the firm.
Ashtons Legal has made a number of senior appointments. Associate Jasdeep Rai and solicitor Sheree Richardson join the property dispute resolution team. Meanwhile, the dispute resolution team has been joined by senior associates Katie Emerson and Ina Beurich and associate Gino Ballestracci. Associate Fenella Eddell has joined the agriculture & estates team, and Ian Hylton, solicitor, joins the commercial property team.
Ashtons Franchise Consultancy Ltd has appointed Rebecca Newenham as a franchise consultant.
Birketts’ social housing team has welcomed three new colleagues. Kevin Edwards, a senior property lawyer, has joined the team as a legal director.
Browne Jacobson has appointed former vice president and chief planning officer of Aston Martin Lagonda, Nikki Rimmington, as its first non-executive director of its manufacturing & industrials sector strategy board.
Browne Jacobson has appointed Amy Chapman, the former group legal director of global built environment specialists Mace Group, as its first non-executive director of its construction & real estate strategy board.
Nelsons has made a number of senior promotions in the Nottingham office. Chartered financial planner, Zoe Till, has been promoted to investment director, while Gemma Hopper, Sarah Gregory, Emily Rose, Katy Swinbourne and Ella Sheppard have been promoted to senior associate. Additionally, Paula Haverkamp has been promoted to associate and litigation executive.
Thompson Smith & Puxon has made a number of senior appointments. Laura Veal joins as a solicitor in the residential property team. Katie Latham joins as a senior associate solicitor in the dispute resolution team. including contractual claims, professional negligence matters, sale and purchase agreement disputes and alternative dispute resolution. Fiona Ashmead joins as a solicitor in the wills and estates team. Grace Smyth joins as a solicitor in the employment team and is another member of the Colchester office. Meanwhile, Lauren Greaney joins the firm as Court of Protection paralegal.
Sills & Betteridge has added residential conveyancing to the range of services offered in the Grimsby office. Solicitor Helen Couzens who joined the firm’s Gainsborough office in 2021 will now cover Grimsby and the wider Humber area with the support of a team of experienced legal assistants.
Neves Solicitors has expanded its private client team with the appointment of senior private client executive, Tristy Pateman, who is based in the Luton Office. funding.
FBC Manby Bowdler has welcomed Victoria Upton and Charlotte Todd to the private client team at the firm’s Redditch office.
Lime Solicitors expands into the West Midlands with the transfer of legal director James Anderson to Birmingham.
Nelsons has promoted Sophie-Laura Noble, who joined the firm in 2019, to senior marketing executive in the Nottingham office.
November
Law firm Bromleys has strengthened its specialist care team with two appointments. Karah Lane has joined the Tameside practice as an associate solicitor and Terri Lock has joined as an assistant solicitor. Their arrival is the latest boost for Bromleys, whose care and family teams were recently recognised for their expertise in the latest edition of the Legal 500 guide. Bromleys was named as a north west ‘Firm to Watch’ for its family work.
Roythornes Solicitors has appointed partner and property litigation specialist Nigel Maguire.
Paul Davis, partner and head of litigation at Leicester based BHW Solicitors, has been appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the Midlands Circuit.
Buckles Solicitors LLP has appointed Terry Dickson as a partner in the commercial property team based in the Peterborough office.
HCR Hewitsons has appointed David Davies as a partner in the corporate team.
Howes Percival has appointed Michelle Woolston as a director in the commercial property team based in the East Midlands.
Roythornes Solicitors has welcomed two specialists to its private client and commercial property teams - Ayesha Brown will be providing advice on all aspects of private client work including estate and succession planning, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, estate and trust administration. Joining her is newly- qualified solicitor Serena Kang, who will be overseeing a range of responsibilities associated with the ownership, sale and occupancy of commercial properties within Cambridgeshire and beyond.
FBC Manby Bowdler has made a number of senior private client appointments. The Wolverhampton office has welcomed two new solicitors, Jessica Hubble and Chris Bate. The firm’s Shropshire private client team expands with the appointment of associate Jonathan Edwards. The Telford team is also welcoming solicitor Adam Hawkes. Two of the new faces – solicitors Victoria Upton and Charlotte Todd – have joined the private client team in FBC Manby Bowdler’s Redditch office.
Keelys Solicitors has appointed Marya Bibi as a solicitor in the family department.
Buckles Solicitors LLP has appointed Helena Bannister as a legal director in the commercial property team based in the Peterborough office. Meanwhile, Buckles has appointed Stephen Belshaw as a consultant in the construction and engineering team in Peterborough.
Actons has promoted practice manager Matt Coleman to chief operations officer.
Greene & Greene has welcomed Rachel Turner as a solicitor in the dispute resolution team and Gillian Pirie as a licensed conveyancer in the residential property team.
Hatchers has announced a number of promotions. Joanne Roberts, solicitor in the residential property team has been promoted to the role of senior associate. Julie Bickley, senior probate executive has been promoted to associate. Kate Cooper, solicitor within the crime team, is promoted to associate. Victoria Pugh, chartered legal executive within the wills and probate team is also promoted to associate.
Paragon Law has promoted senior solicitor Emma Okenyi to legal director.,
Paragon Law has promoted James Firman to operations director.
