Private Practice


Partners



Starting in the capital, Davies Arnold Cooper has hired commercial litigator and art law specialist Philip Davis from Mishcon de Reya. David Manifould also joins from Winward Fearon as a salaried partner in the corporate team.



Asset finance lawyer Tom Budgett moves from Investec’s structured finance group to Berwin Leighton Paisner.



US firm Chadbourne & Parke recruits Jennifer Handz for its Russia & CIS practice from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.



Pemberton Greenish appoints Elaine Slee from Lawrence Graham to its residential property practice.



Robert Bond leaves US/UK firm Faegre & Benson to become an intellectual property partner at Speechly Bircham.



Druces & Atlee promotes Suzanne Middleton Lindsley in property.



Children and family law practice Creighton & Partners promotes Deborah Marsden.



US firm Kirkland & Ellis promotes three in London: Christopher Field (corporate), Abrielle Rosenthal (corporate) and Neel Sachdev (banking).



Cripps Harries Hall expands its corporate group by hiring media and advertising specialist Nigel Stanford. He had previously worked in-house for communications giant WPP.



Davies Lavery promotes two: Dominic Thomas becomes a partner in the insurance, reinsurance and professional indemnity division in London and James Shrimpton moves up in the accident and injury team in Birmingham. Nick Bowman joins from Pinney Rogers to head the commercial and construction team in Chelmsford.



Family law specialist Chris Miller is promoted at Bristol practice Barcan Woodward.



Also in Bristol, Elizabeth Sturgess leaves Clarke Willmott to become a partner in the real estate team at Osborne Clarke.



In Birmingham, Alicia Foo joins Pinsent Masons’ property litigation department from Denton Wilde Sapte.



Peter Manford leaves Mills & Reeve to boost Martineau Johnson’s energy, projects and commerce group.



Elsewhere, Christopher Stockdale leaves Wigan firm Hilton Norbury to start his own family law practice, Stockdale Solicitors, in Lancaster.



Associates/
assistants



City firm Webster Dixon hires assistant Homa Wilson for its employment team from Edwards Duthie.



Silverman Sherliker hires two assistants: Dennis Lee joins the intellectual property department from Capital Law in Cardiff and Claire Martin boosts the company commercial team after completing her training contract.



Davies Lavery hires three assistants: Kate Brook (catastrophic injury) from Irwin Mitchell, and Samantha Silver and Barnaby Winkler (both insurance, reinsurance and professional indemnity) from Fishburns and Herbert Smith respectively.



Creighton & Partners promotes Melanie Cheng from assistant to associate.



Leah Freeman-Allen steps up to associate in the property team at Druces & Attlee.



Kent firm Hatten Wyatt welcomes to its conveyancing department Erica Scarlett from HS Kang in Essex and Sulaiman Babatunde Oladipa Layode from Linbrook Solicitors in London.



Also in Kent, Furley Page takes on newly qualified family lawyer Susi Burgess.



Bristol-based TLT hires associates David Wheeler and Maureen Morgan from Lyons Davidson and Osborne Clarke respectively. They join the private business group.


Further south west, Tozers Solicitors expands its Exeter property team with two assistants: Paul Barkley from Carrick District Council and Peter Cooper from Prettys in Ipswich.


Northamptonshire firm Vincent Sykes & Higham appoints two assistants in its company and commercial team: Martin Jinks from FKI Logistex and Su Knowles, after completing her training contract.



In Yorkshire, associate Philip Myers joins the commercial dispute resolution team at Leeds firm McCormicks from Kuit Steinart Levy in Manchester.



Harrogate firm Berwins recruits Claire Armer to its commercial department as an associate from Grahame Stowe Bateson.



Chester-based Aaron & Partners expands its commercial property team by recruiting assistant Eliot Hibbert from Shropshire firm Martin Kaye.



Stephen Cox leaves London firm Hodge Jones & Allen to become an assistant with Burnetts in Carlisle.





In-House



Professional services firm Ernst & Young promotes partner Lisa Cameron to general counsel and head of its ten-strong in-house legal team.