PRIVATE PRACTICE

Partners

Kicking off in the City, with two banking and finance partner hires for national firm Pinsents: Martin Bishop from Slaughter and May and William Oliver from Jones Day.

Halliwell Landau expands its City corporate practice with two partners: Ian Brent from Berwin Leighton Paisner and Matthew Puhar from Richards Butler.

Russian-qualified lawyer David Goldberg joins SJ Berwin as co-head of the international arbitration group from City firm Kennedys.

Robert Pietrowski leaves US firm Coudert Brothers to become head of European arbitration at US firm Covington & Burling.

Shipping and commodities partner Andrew Ridings joins Waterson Hicks from Middleton Potts.

Alexandra Bonner is promoted to partner in the employment department at Memery Crystal.

Private client partner Pauline Smith moves to May May & Merrimans from Bird & Bird.

Professional indemnity specialist Simon Mason is promoted to partner at niche practice Fishburns.

Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Naftalin is promoted to partnership in the employment team.

Reading firm Boyes Turner promotes clinical negligence specialist Richard Money-Kyrle to partner, bringing the total number of partners at the firm to 25.

To Birmingham, where employment partner Simon Gilmour joins Putsman.wlc from Eversheds.

Seven new partners for national firm Beachcroft Wansbroughs: in Bristol, Nick Knapman (commercial property) and Ben Thornycroft (construction); in Birmingham, Paul Leighton (construction) and Marcus Thompson (professional and financial risks); in Manchester, Alison Key (commercial property) and Deborah Hely (employment); and in Leeds, Rachel Heenan (employment).

The firm now has 137 partners.

Three partner promotions for Nelsons in the East Midlands: Angela Davis (family) and Stewart Vandermark and Simon Waterfield (both commercial litigation).

Nelsons now has 42 partners.

In Yorkshire, David Amied is promoted to partner in the commercial property team at Ramsdens in Huddersfield.

In Amsterdam, capital markets partner Pim Horsten leaves Allen & Overy for Linklaters.

PRIVATE PRACTICE

Associates/ assistants

In the City, insurance litigator Daniel Chumbley joins US firm Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold from Davies Arnold Cooper.

Two additions to Pinsents' banking group: senior associate Anthony Anderson joins the London office from Nabarro Nathanson in the City, and assistant solicitor Claire Sedgwick joins in Leeds from City firm Allen & Overy.

Richard Burger joins the professional regulation department of Russell-Cooke in London from the enforcement division of the Financial Services Authority.

Away from the City, family assistant solicitor Karen Eves joins Colemans in Maidenhead from Horsey Lightly Fynn in Newbury.

Joanne Clare and Nick Carter have been promoted to commercial property associates at Reading firm Boyes Turner.

Corporate finance assistant solicitor Charles Wilson joins Bond Pearce in Bristol from DLA in London.

In Leicester, senior solicitor Desmond Saunders joins Smith Partnership as head of private client and property.

He was previously executive director of a local charity.

Four promotions to associate in Roythorne & Co's Spalding office: David Coleman (personal injury); Simeon Disley (commercial property); Caroline Gumbrell (litigation) and Jarred Wright (private client).

Meanwhile, litigator Kate Robbins becomes an associate in the Nottingham office.

Moving north, litigator Victoria Slater is promoted to associate at Croftons in Manchester.

In Yorkshire, Leeds and Harrogate firm McCormicks has promoted Ryan Millmore (corporate recovery) to senior associate, and Lynsey Ware (commercial dispute resolution), Rachel Spencer-Robb (family), Lucie-Jane Hugill (property), and Rachael Garfield (intellectual property) to associate.

Alex Craig is promoted to associate in Robert Muckle's technology and innovation unit in Newcastle.

BAR AND BENCH

Solicitor Sarah Cracknell has been appointed salaried district chairman of the appeals tribunals (north-east region).

John Thomas, also a solicitor, becomes a district judge (Wales & Chester).

Holman Fenwick

Reinsurance specialist Robert Wilson has joined niche firm WHCG after a career break, not from Holman Fenwick & Willan as stated (see [2004] 8 April, Gazette, 8).

Although Mr Wilson is in fact a former lawyer of Holman Fenwick, he should not be confused with that firm's current partner of the same name.