Private Practice


Partners



In the City, Herbert Smith recruits David Wilson to its intellectual property group from Bird & Bird.



SJ Berwin hires Julia Court from Hammonds as head of its non-contentious construction team.



Michael Mendelowitz leaves Barlow Lyde & Gilbert to head the contentious insurance and reinsurance practice at Norton Rose.



Two are promoted in the London office of US/UK practice K&L Gates: real estate specialists Christian Major and Elizabeth Shell.



Jeremy Brown, former head of Linklaters’ intellectual property practice, joins the London office of US firm Howrey.



McDermott Will & Emery appoints Steven Black in its securitisation and structured finance group from US rival White & Case.



Lawrence Graham boosts its pensions team by hiring Adam Bushby from Norton Rose.



Christopher Newmark, former chairman of Baker & McKenzie’s European dispute resolution group, joins Spenser Underhill in Gray’s Inn. The firm will be renamed Spenser Underhill Newmark.



Jeremy Curtis joins the private client team at Pemberton Greenish from Wedlake Bell.



Weybridge firm Meadows Mason promotes William Marriott to partner in the private client team.



Simon Court joins Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons to head the tax team in Oxford; he was previously a partner at US firm WilmerHale in London.



Bromley firm Wellers promotes Teresa Payne to partner and head of the dispute resolution team.



Oonagh McKinney joins the commercial property team at Dorset firm Frettens from regional firm Lester Aldridge.



Commercial specialist Anthony Dyke moves to Plymouth firm Curtis from Ridley & Co in London.



Property litigator John Chesworth joins Preston firm Harrison Drury from the Liverpool office of Brabners Chaffe Street.





Associates/Assistants



The London office of Faegre & Benson hires corporate associate Amy Brookbanks; she was formerly global legal counsel for Quest International in Holland.



Middleton Potts hires international trade, shipping and insurance specialist Paul Taylor as a senior associate from Clyde & Co’s Paris office.



Assistant Farihia Butt moves to Saracens in London as head of conveyancing from AH Page in Gants Hill.



Two join Beaconsfield firm Baily Gibson: matrimonial assistant Martin Lambert moves from Horwood & James in Aylesbury, and Kathy James joins the private client team from Pickworths in Hemel Hempstead.



Guildford firm Hart Brown promotes Samantha Dodd to senior solicitor in the commercial property department.

Planning specialist Tom McPhie leaves the legal services department at Colchester Borough Council to join local firm Ellisons.



Dorset firm Frettens promotes commercial litigator Michelle Hayter to associate.



In Bristol, TLT welcomes Ben Watson to its remuneration and benefits team from the local office of Osborne Clarke.



Associate Dale Collins joins Bond Pearce’s regulatory team, also from Osborne Clarke.



Moving north, Hague Lambert has five new recruits: in the Manchester office, Gail Vaux joins the commercial property department from Hammonds; in Urmston, Dawn Dutton from Slater Heelis and Michelle Kenwright from Beardsells join the domestic property team and Jason Stanley from Dickinsons joins the general litigation and family team; while Rachel Hudson moves from Fletcher Davies to join the domestic property team in Knutsford.



Blackburn firm Farleys appoints criminal law assistant Nina Lewis on completion of her training contract with the firm.





Consultants



Alan Poulter joins Oxfordshire firm Henmans as a consultant in the charities practice; he was previously at Manches.





New firm



David Potter, formerly of Kirkpatricks in Huntingdon, and Mark Shelley of Shelley & Co in Cambridge have formed a new criminal law firm – Potter Shelley & Co – in Huntingdon. Frank Squire, from Kirkpatricks, and John Kirkpatrick, who will still consult for associate firm Shelley & Co, join as consultants.