PRIVATE PRACTICE

Partners


US/UK firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham continues its post-merger recruitment in the City with the hire of corporate specialist Kevin Dean from Stephenson Harwood.


Reynolds Porter Chamberlain appoints IP/IT specialist Jeremy Drew in its commercial division; he moves from Ashurst.


Alison Downie is promoted to partner and joint head of employment at Bindman & Partners.


Colchester-based criminal law firm OBW promotes Georgina Presad to salaried partner.


Alan Rennie is promoted at Worcestershire-based defendant personal injury firm Everatt & Co.


Worcester firm Harrison Clark has recruited Jonathan Whitbread as head of insolvency; he joins from Birmingham firm Wragge & Co.


Midlands firm Sydney Mitchell promotes Lorraine Smallwood, head of domestic conveyancing in its Sheldon office.


Jitendra Patel joins the corporate and commercial team at Harvey Ingram in Leicester from Browne Jacobson in Nottingham.


Personal injury and conveyancing specialist Muhammad Iqbal joins MI Solicitors in Rochdale from Bukhari & Co in Nelson, Lancashire.


Manchester firm JMW bolsters its commercial litigation team with the hire of Tony Winterburn from DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary.


In Harrogate, trusts and tax specialist Mark Jones joins Barber Titleys’ private client department from Leeds firm Lee & Priestley.


Myer Wolff in Hull promotes Mark Carter to partner and head of commercial and residential conveyancing.




Associates/Assistants


Boodle Hatfield hires Rachel Nelson from Bircham Dyson Bell as an assistant in the private client team in London. Assistants Nicola Zoumidou from Sykes Anderson and Kathy Pinney from Elizabeth Muirhead join the trusts and family law teams respectively in Oxford.


Southampton firm Moore & Blatch recruits conveyancing solicitor Jillian Mitchell from Moore Luckhurst in Eastleigh.


Redditch firm Brownings promotes Melanie Mapstone to associate in its corporate and commercial team. Faye Bennett becomes assistant in conveyancing in the Alcester office after she qualified with the firm.


Berrymans Lace Mawer appoints Sarah Hill as an assistant in its fraudulent claims unit in Birmingham; she joins from Beachcroft Wansbroughs.


Leicester firm Moosa-Duke hires clinical negligence specialist Krishna Kotecha as associate from Browne Jacobson in Nottingham.


Also in Leicester, Steve McElhone joins Harvey Ingram as senior solicitor in corporate finance from Hewitsons in Cambridge.


Jacqueline Lewis joins Berryman in Nottingham as senior solicitor in the private client team from Sharp & Partners.


Environmental specialist Simon Colvin returns to Brabners Chaffe Street in Preston after two years at national firm Eversheds.


Associate Justin Marks joins the employment team at Berwins in Harrogate from George Davies in Manchester.


Leeds firm Brooke North has six new recruits. Two join the commercial property department: associate Stuart Tansley from the Harrogate office of Hempsons, and Michaela Boryslawskyj, who qualifies at the firm. The commercial dispute resolution team hires three: associate Robert Norton and assistant Stephen Fallon join from Pinsent Masons, while assistant Michael Gaughan qualifies at the firm. Sara Moore, meanwhile, joins the construction department; she was previously assistant at Barber Titleys in Harrogate.


Also in Leeds, Claire Rolston joins Levi & Co as associate in the employment team from Berwins.