PRIVATE PRACTICE

Partners – promotions


In the City, Denton Wilde Sapte promotes David Cox and Emma White in the planning and public law group, taking the firm’s total number of partners to 168.


Central London practice Kingsley Napley promotes Charlotte Ballard Scott in the family team, taking its total number of partners to 35.


North London firm Osbornes promotes Guy Osborn in the property litigation department; it now has seven partners.


National firm Shoosmiths promotes six to make it a 90-partner firm: corporate specialists Emma Gibson and Stephen Porter, property litigator Libby Shirtcliffe, finance litigator Jim Taylor, planning specialist Oliver Martin and retail property lawyer Satpaul Dard.


Lincolnshire and Humber region firm Bridge McFarland promotes three non-contentious commercial specialists: David Harvey, Stephen Oldridge and Dale Cromblehome. It now has 21 partners.


The Hardman Partnership in Manchester promotes Joanne Martin to head the employment and commercial litigation department; she becomes the firm’s third partner.


IHey Liverpool firm EAD promotes Victoria Othen and Pamela Williams in the employment and clinical negligence teams respectively, taking its partnership total to 20.


In Leeds, Walker Morris promotes Chris Woodthorpe in its property group; it now has 46 partners.


Sheffield firm Tofields has eight partners after promoting property specialists Colin Causier and Jonathan Knight.




Partner – hires


In the City, SJ Berwin hires real estate partner Rob Thompson from Taylor Wessing.


Corporate and securities specialists Graham Defries and Wayne Rapozo leave US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges to join Dechert’s London office.


Graham Chrystie joins Halliwells’ London office to launch a new pensions practice; he moves from Thomas Eggar.


Corporate specialist Vanessa Blackmore leaves Allen & Overy for US firm Sullivan & Cromwell.


Ian Griffiths joins the commercial property team at Thring Townsend in Bristol from Burges Salmon, where he was an associate.


Environmental specialist Denise Dowen joins Hill Dickinson’s Manchester insurance services group; she was formerly a partner at Halliwells.




Associates/Assistants


London firm Silverman Sherliker hires three new assistants: Jonathan Dinsdale moves to the litigation department from Elliots Bond & Banbury in west London, Lindsay Matthews joins the employment team from Pattinson & Brewer, and Philip Cooper in the family department moves from Essex firm Jefferies.


Senior construction specialist Joe Griffiths joins central London firm Forsters from Kendall Freeman.


Paula Felton moves to Neves’ Luton office to manage the wills, probate and trusts department from Liverpool firm Goodmans.


Seven new assistants for Midlands firm Blakemores. Joining the Birmingham office are Darryl Thomas (employment and human resources) from RBS Insurance in Bristol, Raj Kainth (child care) from Brendan Fleming, Nilay Shashtry (US emigration) from Fallows & Co, and Nicholas Bennett (personal tax, trusts and probate) also from Fallows & Co. Christine Livingstone joins the family team in Leamington after completing her training at Alsters Kelley. Matthew Montanaro in the Leamington matrimonial team and Adam Carney in the Birmingham residential property department join on qualification with the firm. Dawn Tindall is promoted to associate in the wills, tax, trusts and probate team.


Assistant Paul McClorry joins the travel litigation team at Manchester firm Pannone from McCool Patterson Hemsi & Co.


Manchester firm JMW boosts its clinical negligence team by hiring Sue Taylor from Alexander Harris and Melissa Gardner from Howells in Sheffield.


In Leeds, Schofield Sweeney appoints commercial associate Emma Garland from the local office of Cobbetts.


Caroline Wilson joins Yorkshire firm Levi & Co as an associate in the family department from William Hicks & Partners.




Bar and bench


Solicitor Diana Baker is appointed a district judge at Manchester City Magistrates’ Court.