Moving on
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Partners
The biggest name moving this week is Rosemary Carter, former chairwoman of the Solicitors Family Law Association, who represents family lawyers on the Law Society's Council.
She has left Barnett Sampson to join London commercial firm Hamlins.
The firm intends to build a family law department to match its commercial practice.
The decision by Boodle Hatfield to close its property practice in Oxford has been good news for local firm Darbys.
While the rest of the team has moved to the London office, partners Richard Bell and Lucy Slater, and associates Deborah Ceadel and Claire Jones preferred to stay in Oxford and move firms.
A similar boost for Stockport firm Gorvin Smith Fort, which has raided the Manchester office of Stockport-based Cooper Sons Hartley & Williams.
Michael Morris joins as a litigation partner, Steven Moyle as a commercial property partner, William Hartley becomes a consultant with commerce and private client experience, Tania McGrory is a senior probate, trusts and tax associate, while associate Kim Aucott joins the matrimonial team.
In the City, Hammonds Suddards Edge has a new head of international projects and finance after William Abraham joined from the Singapore office of Baker & McKenzie.
A shake-up at Maxwell Batley after its senior partner for the past ten years, Michael Cassidy, joined DJ Freeman as a senior property partner.
Fellow property lawyer Raymond Levine is now Maxwell's senior partner, and the firm has also made up property construction specialist Savio D'Costa.
Insurance/reinsurance lawyer Steven Blair joins the London office of US firm Bryan Cave as a partner from fellow US firm Buchanan Ingersoll.
Central London firm Ross & Craig has promoted property expert Hugh Barrett as its ninth partner.
South London-based Russell-Cooke has 30 partners after making up Simon Fox and Samantha Scott (commercial property), Katrina Vollentine (private client) and John Weaver (commercial litigation).
Sussex firm Gaby Hardwicke has a 14th partner after promoting commercial lawyer Mark Williams.
Litigator David Argent has been promoted to be the 12th partner at Basingstoke firm Lamb Brooks.
A major coup for the new Solihull office of healthcare firm Alexander Harris: taking on Richard Follis, former partner and head of clinical negligence at the Birmingham office of Irwin Mitchell.
Corporate tax lawyer Liz Morgan has rejoined Pinsent Curtis Biddle in Birmingham as a partner two years after leaving for Allen & Overy.
Manchester-based Betesh Fox & Co has snapped up commercial litigator Farrukh Tufail from Preston firm Mohammed & Co.
Fellow Manchester firm Rowe Cohen has 16 partners after appointing Richard Atha; he moves from niche City transportation firm Holmes Hardingham Walser Johnson Winter.
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Associates / assistants
The London office of Hill Dickinson has expanded its yacht team by recruiting solicitor Vicky Georgopoulos from Jackson Parton.
London firm Hannah & Mould has promoted construction/projects lawyers Nicholas Macmillan and Nicholas Evans to associates.
Corporate solicitor Glenn McDonald has left Halliwell Landau to join Pictons in St Albans.
Personal injury assistant Roger Inman has joined Cambridge-based Taylor Vinters from Cunningham John.
Ashford-based Kingsfords has recruited criminal solicitor Natalie Wylie from Essex firm Ashley Bean.
Employment lawyer Dorlee Monschau has swapped Chichester firm George Ide Phillips for Coffin Mew & Clover in Portsmouth.
Bournemouth firm Horsey Lightly Fynn welcomes licensing associate Larissa Lowe from Linnells.
In the south-west, Foot Anstey Sargent has plucked commercial litigation associate David Harries from the Sheffield office of DLA.
Tax solicitor Nathan Williams has left Baker & McKenzie in the City for TLT in Bristol.
Departing TLT is solicitor Neil Denny, who joins Bristol firm Gregg Latcham Quinn as head of family.
Further north, in Leeds, Lucie-Jane Hugill is leaving accountancy practice Lishman Sidwell Campbell & Price to become a commercial property solicitor at McCormicks.
Alexander Harris has promoted four lawyers to associate level: clinical negligence specialist Tim Annett and personal injury lawyer Jonathan Betts at the head office in Altrincham, and product liability specialists Kim Barrett and Jo Masters in the London branch.
Manchester firm Wacks Caller has a new employment assistant: Vicky Beattie from Slater Heelis Collier Littler.
Also in Manchester, Nicky Collins has left Brabners to become a corporate associate at Heatons.
Blackburn firm Taylors have snapped up associates Adrian Leslie (corporate) from Kuit Steinhart Levy, and Rachel Barber (commercial litigation) from Eversheds.
CONSULTANTS
The London office of US firm Bryan Cave has also added counsel Fiona Crawley, a commercial contracts specialist, from fellow US firm Covington & Burling.
Consultant Peter Groves been promoted to head up the intellectual property department at London firm Bircham Dyson Bell.
Tom Gregory, formerly a partner at west Midlands firm Hacking Astons, has joined Knight & Sons as a commercial property and portfolio management consultant.
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