Karnen McCarthy: joins Harris Cartwright

PRIVATE PRACTICE

Partners


Matthew Dening, former head of the London-based derivatives and structured finance practice at Baker & McKenzie, has joined US firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood as a partner. Partha Pal and Matthew Duncan from the firm's international finance group are also promoted to partner.


Commercial litigation specialist James Hannon has been promoted to partner at London firm William Sturges & Co. The firm now has 16 partners.


Corporate and commercial partner Oliver Drennan joins City firm Collyer-Bristow from the London office of Morgan Cole.


Two partners are promoted at London firm Russell-Cooke: children specialist Samantha Little and charity lawyer Shivaji Shiva. The firm now has 37 partners.


Employment and pensions specialist Simon McMenemy leaves Addleshaw Goddard for Lincoln's Inn firm Brown Cooper Monier-Williams.


Miranda Martin leaves Horsham firm Paul Davidson Taylor to launch a specialist employment firm in Brighton called Martin Searle. Also setting up the new firm are Fiona Martin, formerly an associate at ASB Law in Brighton, and Cate Searle, previously head of the housing and community care department at London firm Burke Niazi.


IT and e-commerce specialist Karen Jones is promoted to partner at Watford firm Matthew Arnold Baldwin.


Personal injury and clinical negligence specialist Karen McCarthy is promoted to partner in Harris Cartwright's Reading office.

James Carley and Julie Graham: both become associates at Massers in Nottingham

Dorset law firm Coles Miller has promoted Emma Hamilton Cole (family) and Jane Latham (commercial) to partner and Chris Whittle (personal injury) to associate. The firm now has 13 partners.

David Mercer, previously a partner at Manchester firm George Davies, joins Macclesfield firm Jobling Gowler as a partner specialising in medical negligence and personal injury.


Robert Harris and Elizabeth Mackay, both previously at Wacks Caller, have joined the property department at Mace & Jones' Manchester office as partners.


Two promotions to partner at Cheshire firm Forshaws: Margaret Crosby (commercial) and Gary Schooler (crime). The firm now has 12 partners.


In Leeds, Walker Morris has hired Andrew Uprichard, head of the public sector unit at Sheffield firm Irwin Mitchell, and his fellow partner Julie Muscroft as partners.


Shipping finance specialist Michael Dunkerly Chryssicopoulos has been promoted to partner at the Piraeus office of London firm Constant & Constant.


PRIVATE PRACTICE

Associates/assistants




Debra Martin: leaves 3i for Edwards Geldard

In London, Emanuela Lecchi becomes an associate and head of EU and competition at Charles Russell from City firm Allen & Overy.

Watford firm Matthew Arnold Baldwin promotes six solicitors to associate: Paul Gerschlick (IT and e-commerce), Amanda Melton (family), Richard John (residential property), Joe Kwok (commercial property), Mark Tempest (insolvency and corporate recovery), and Craig Harrison (company commercial).


In Kent, Andrew Hoad joins the corporate finance division of Davies Lavery in Maidstone as an associate from the London office of Nabarro Nathanson.


Employment law specialist Paul Whitfield joins Canterbury firm Furley Page as an assistant from the Maidstone office of ASB Law.


Assistant Jennifer Screech joins the family team at Woollcombe Beer Watts' Exeter office from Bude firm Peter Peter & Wright.


Two assistants join Bristol firm TLT: property specialist Natalie Bryant from US firm Dechert and IT and communications specialist Alison Deighton from City firm Linklaters.


Three assistants are promoted to associates at midlands firm Gateley Wareing: head of private client Adrian Mabe, Helen Yeaman (commercial dispute resolution) and James Keates (banking and recoveries). Michael Cummins (employment) and Mukesh Patel (commercial dispute resolution) are also promoted to senior associate in the firm's Leicester office.


> Debra Martin leaves venture capitalist 3i to become a corporate senior associate in the Derby office of Edwards Geldard.


Julie Graham (personal injury) and James Carley (commercial litigation) become associates at Nottingham firm Massers.


In Manchester, employment specialist Lydia Edgar leaves Kuit Steinart Levy for James Chapman & Co.


Mark Carter joins the conveyancing department at Hull firm Myer Wolff after a period working in his family business.