Moving on

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Partners - hires

In the City, Andrew Knight, one-time head of banking at Hammonds, has moved over to Speechly Bircham.

Adam Plainer joins US/UK firm Jones Day Gouldens to head its restructuring department, making the move from SJ Berwin.

Corporate lawyer Martin Saywell is joining the London office of US firm Latham & Watkins as a partner from Simmons & Simmons.

Pinsents' London office has been boosted by corporate partner Jay Birch, who joins from the London office of German firm Haarman Hemmelrath.

However, Alan Herbert is leaving Pinsents to head up the property litigation team at Newcastle firm Ward Hadaway.

In Liverpool, Hill Dickinson has added employment partner Philip Farrar from Carlisle firm Burnetts.

Partners - promotions

City giant Lovells has 341 partners after making up 17, including six in its London office: Nicola Dagg (IP), Roberta Downey (projects and dispute resolution), Tim Goggin (corporate insurance), Jessica McMichael (employee share incentives), Simon Nesbitt (dispute resolution and international arbitration) and Jason Radford (project finance).

Norton Rose is up to 214 partners after nine promotions, of which three were in London: Simon Porter (capital markets), Jancyn Gardiner (construction and engineering) and Mark Jones (competition).

Elsewhere in the City, Lewis Silkin has 39 partners after making up senior communications lawyer Giles Crown.

Maxwell Batley has promoted property and construction lawyer Neil Stafford to partner.

Howard Kennedy takes its partnership to 44 after making up commercial property specialists Jason Ham, Bronwyn Higgins and Chris Langan.

National firm Beachcroft Wansbroughs has 130 partners following the promotion of Nick Chronias (employment, London), David Pridmore (commercial property, Leeds) and Rhod Richards (Mutual Law, Birmingham).

Crawley firm Rawlison Butler is now a 13-partner firm after elevating Nick Pentecost (residential development).

Tunbridge Wells firm Cripps Harries Hall has made up three associates: Kirstie Law (family), James Beatton (corporate), and Nick Rowe (commercial property).

Antony Caulfield, head of Sussex-based Gaby Hardwicke's private client team, has been promoted to partner along with personal injury specialist Iona Porter.

Commercial litigator Kenneth Stangoe has been promoted to partner in Milton Keynes firm Geoffrey Leaver.

Craig Havard has been made up to employment partner at Gerrards Cross firm BP Collins.

Cambridge-based Hewitson Becke & Shaw has promoted Deborah Sharples to planning and environment partner.

Also in Cambridge, domestic violence and children specialist Anne Webber has been made up to partner at niche family firm Jane Lawrence & Co.

Stuart Hardy and Peter Walmsley (personal injury) and Sam Mabon (commercial) have taken the step up at Manchester-based James Chapman & Co, which now has 35 partners.

Newcastle firm Robert Muckle is a 15-partner firm after promoting Paul Johnstone (employment), Gill Hunter (technology and innovation) and Peter Robinson (commercial).

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Associates/assistants

City-based Dawsons has three new solicitors: Sally Ashworth (commercial property) moves from Herbert Smith, Angela Gregson (property litigation) from Simmons & Simmons and Emily Niel (litigation) from Linklaters.

Kent's Clarkson Wright & Jakes has taken on commercial property solicitor Deepak Gupta from Tunbridge Wells firm Cooper & Burnett.

Solicitor William Giles joins Nottingham firm Rothera Dowson's crime team from Leeds-based Maidments.

Leicester firm Harvey Ingram Owston has promoted three to associate level: Emma Anderson (commercial litigation and insolvency), Lee Hennell (commercial property) and Lucy Rees (employment).

In Manchester, assistant Susannah Sutton has moved from Mendlesons to personal injury firm Jefferies & Co.

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Consultants

Christopher Paul, former founding and senior partner of Paul Davidson Taylor, moves to Crawley firm Stevensdrake as commercial property consultant.

Martin Langan leaves Surrey's Copley Clark & Bennett, where he was a partner, to develop Hampshire firm Warner Goodman & Streat's IT system as a consultant.

Former Morgan Cole partner Anthony Hughes, who specialises in commercial property and litigation, has joined Bevans of Bristol.

Plymouth-based Bond Pearce has scooped Vivien King - formerly head of City firm DJ Freeman's commercial litigation department as a consultant.

City insurance and reinsurance specialist Douglas Grant leaves Holman Fenwick & Willan to join Addleshaw Goddard (as it now is) as senior consultant.

And joining Holman Fenwick as senior legal consultant in its Shanghai office is Molly Riley, who founded the CMS Group's office in the city.