Moving on

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Partners - hires

There were a number of lateral hires this week, with Pinsent Curtis Biddle suffering.

Eleanor Deady is the second property partner to leave for Birmingham's Lee Crowder in recent weeks, joining Jon Austin.

Dean Parnell has also left Pinsents for Sydney Mitchell in Solihull as a commercial litigation partner and Andrij Jurkiw, who was partner and head of competition in Pinsent's Leeds office, has joined Bristol-based Burges Salmon as a partner.

In the City, Campbell Hooper has brought in Bill Bidder, who was head of legal at Taywood Homes, to head its house builder group.

He was also a member of the board and legal director of Taylor Woodrow Developments.

Deborah Lincoln has left Linklaters to become an intellectual property partner at Davenport Lyons.

The London office of Norwich firm Steeles has scooped up a media and music team from Edmonds Bowen.

Steven Fisher and Mark Wilkins join as partners and barrister Patrick Rackow as a consultant.

Leaving London and KSB Law is Nick Darby, who becomes the 21st partner at Horsey Lightly Fynn after joining the commercial property department in Newbury.

Reading firm Pitmans has recruited commercial property partner Bill Howard from now-dissolved Wilson Howard.

Following its recent acquisition of Patrick Selley Solicitors, Bristol-based Bevans has added commercial litigator Patrick Selley to the partnership.

Agricultural property expert Tom Hyde becomes a partner at Clarke Willmott's Taunton office after leaving Thring Townsend.

Taylor Wessing's Frankfurt office has hired Friedhold Andreas, formerly head of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring at PriceWater-houseCoopers Veltins.

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Partners - promotions

Berrymans Lace Mawer kicks things off with eight new partners, taking it to 79 nationally: in Manchester, Richard Cliff, Mike Dobson, Gary Lewis, Vicky McCarthy and Abigail Whittle (personal injury); in London, Tim Smith (professional indemnity) and Martin Watson (marine), and in Liverpool, Sarah Mansfield (housing and environment).

City firm CMS Cameron McKenna has 143 partners after promoting six: Jason Harding (banking and international finance), Simon Johnston (project finance), Eleanor Layton (energy, projects and construction), Simon Pilcher (pensions) and Sally Badham (real estate).

Hilary McDowell (real estate) is promoted in the Prague office.

Royds RDW has reached 20 partners after making up Gemma Webb (employment) and Ruth Abrams (family) in its City office, and Frank Davey (property) in Morden, Surrey.

South Wales firm Berry Smith has nine partners with the promotion of Iwan Doull (dispute resolution) in the Bridgend office and Nigel Greenaway (corporate) in Cardiff.

As well as recruiting, Lee Crowder in Birmingham has made up partners: Jeni Gee (property) and Mark Gibson (corporate services).

It now has 21 partners.

Andrea Bruce, who specialises in planning, mines and minerals, and environmental law, has taken the step up at Newcastle-under-Lyme-based Knight & Sons, now a 19-partner firm.

Promotions for personal injury litigator Chris Sutton and commercial litigator Nigel Hyder take Manchester-based JMW to 21 partners.

Banking and international finance lawyer Jonathan Rigby, who has qualified as both an English barrister and solicitor, has become a partner at Jersey firm Mourant du Feu & Jeune and taken over as head of the firm's London office.

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Assistants/ associates

London niche pensions firm Sacker & Partners has promoted litigator Peter Murphy to associate.

The City office of Royds RDW has promoted property lawyer Relf Clark to senior associate.

Kent-based Clarkson Wright & Jakes has recruited commercial litigation assistant Karin Parfitt from Underwood & Co in London.

Employment assistant Nick Rowe has joined Bristol's Bevans from City firm Charles Russell.

Andrew Lovett joins Exeter-based Stones team as a dispute resolution assistant from Clarke Willmott in Taunton.

Commercial property associate Ruth Grinbergs has joined Birmingham-based Anthony Collins Solicitors from City firm Howard Kennedy.

Wolverhampton firm FBC has promoted four new associates: Debbie Cottam (employment), Fay Rothery (matrimonial), Neil Jones (corporate) and Paul Horton (commercial litigation).

Alex Wood leaves the Smith Partnership in Derby to become an assistant at niche employment firm Mason & Co in Bakewell.