PRIVATE PRACTICE
Partners

Kicking off in London, US firm McDermott Will & Emery recruits John P Cogan Jr as partner and head of global projects and infrastructure, based in London and Houston, from Akin Gump.



Magic circle firm Linklaters promotes 28 to the partnership, including seven in its London office – Matthew Bland and Jessamy Gallagher (corporate), Isabel France (pensions), James Martin and Yushan Ng (banking), Nemone Franks (intellectual property) and Patrick Robinson (litigation and arbitration).



City firm Field Fisher Waterhouse appoints six to the partnership – Lewis Cohen (commercial IP), France Delord (trademarks and brand protection), Belinda Doshi (technology), Ronit Grant (corporate), Victoria Hobbs (IP and technology dispute resolution) and James Warren (employment).



City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner makes up five to partner in its London office – Vanessa Barnett (business and technology services), Elizabeth Bradley and Julian Hickey (corporate tax), Angus Ford (real estate) and Alex Latner (corporate finance).



City firm Dawsons hires Laura Harcombe as partner to the litigation team from K&L Gates.



Two appointments at national firm Laytons – employment partner Keith Corkan joins the London office from Rosenblatt; commercial property specialist Tamzin Stileman joins the Guildford office as associate partner from Copley Clark & Bennett in Surrey.



Regional firm Marshall & Galpin recruits spinal injury lawyer Richard Dawson as partner after it acquired his firm Richard Dawson & Co.



In Birmingham, south-west firm Clarke Willmott recruits property litigation partner Paul Knight from Wragge & Co.



North-west firm Davis Blank Furniss promotes property law specialist Richard Hamilton to partner at its Manchester office.



Toby Netting joins the Sheffield office of regional firm Banner Jones as partner and head of the family team from Watson Esam.



North-east firm Close Thornton recruits Malcolm Woolfe as partner to its commercial property team in Darlington from Ward Hathaway in Newcastle.



Andrew Baines joins the Bristol office of south-west firm Ashfords as partner in the litigation team from Burges Salmon.



In Bath, south-west firm Withy King recruits property partner Ed Cooke from Mowbray Woodward.



Cardiff firm Dolmans promotes Peter Bennett to equity partner in the defendant litigation team.





Associates/assistants

Starting in the south, three appointments at Cheltenham firm Rickerbys – Christina Maclean (commercial) from Black Country firm Higgs & Sons; Marianne Mainwaring (commercial property) from Howells in Cardiff; and Ian Dawes (litigation) from BPE.



Gavin Ramtohal joins Basingstoke firm Brain Chase Coles as assistant from Keeping & Co in Hampshire.



In London, specialist housing association firm BarnesMorley recruits three. Roger Yates leaves Winckworth Sherwood to join the acquisitions team. Rebecca Burford-Lewis joins the disposals team after qualifying at Hughes Jenkins in South Wales; she is joined by Lisa Valente, who qualified at the firm.



East Midlands firm Robinsons hires employment specialist Rachel Mills to the commercial litigation team in Derby from Hopkins in Mansfield.



Natalie Coe joins niche transport law firm Backhouse Jones in Lancashire, after qualifying at the firm.



Jessica Grundy joins the employment team at Manchester firm nexus, after qualifying there.



Employment specialist Anna Bunting is promoted to associate at the Manchester office of north-west firm Davis Blank Furniss.



Richard Barlow joins the private client team in Chesterfield at regional firm Banner Jones from Watson Esam in Sheffield.





Bar/barristers

In the City, employment specialist Robin White joins Chambers & Partners from Farrar’s Building chambers.