Private Practice


Partners



Starting off in the capital, City firm Trowers & Hamlins hires Andrew Watkins in the corporate team from Travers Smith.



Glovers appoints banking and finance specialist Richard Gilchrist and commercial property specialist Philip Shotter as equity partners; both were previously salaried partners.



Moorhead James promotes Stuart Simoes to partner in its property department.



Specialist dispute resolution firm Coyle White Devine, which has offices in Amersham and London, promotes David Sheahan in the property litigation team.



Kent firm Cripps Harries Hall promotes Alisa Sweeney in the real estate, property investment and management group.



Chelmsford firm Birkett Long promotes Justina Ridley in the residential property team.



On the south coast, Malcolm Niekirk joins Coffin Mew to head its insolvency and corporate recovery team; he moves from Lester Aldridge.



Wiltshire practice Trethowans appoints Rob Chapman in its commercial property team; he was previously a partner at Clarke Willmott in Southampton.



Withy King promotes two in its Swindon office: agriculture and commercial property specialist Angus Williams and clinical negligence specialist Paul Rumley.



Bristol firm Veale Wasbrough promotes three: Robert Collier and Nathan Guest in corporate, and commercial litigator Michelle Rose.



Lincolnshire firm Bridge McFarland promotes litigator Kiley Tan.



In Nottingham, Freeth Cartwright hires Peter Hanson in its commercial property team from Davies Arnold Cooper in London.



Nick Gutteridge joins the personal injury team at Burnetts in Carlisle from Gorvins in Stockport.



Associates/Assistants



City firm Taylor Wessing promotes three to a new role of special counsel. They are: Christopher Benson in intellectual property, Carolyn Dean in real estate and Gavin Jones in immigration.



Macfarlanes appoints barrister Camilla Barry as an assistant in its pensions team from CMS Cameron Mckenna.



The London office of US firm Faegre & Benson hires associate Lisa Comber for the commercial and technology practice from ASB Law in Crawley.



Jackie Revell joins Coyle White Devine as an associate in the insolvency team from Steeles.



John Singh joins Moorhead James’ corporate recovery and insolvency department as a senior solicitor; he was formerly a sole practitioner in south London.



In Tunbridge Wells, Cripps Harries Hall promotes seven to associate: Victoria Back (development), Emma Cale (property dispute resolution), Kirstin Grainge and Rob Sully (commercial dispute resolution), Kate Hughes and Simon Schipper (real estate, property investment and management), and Jessica Jamieson (private client).



Chelmsford firm Birkett Long promotes eight to associate. They are: Stephen Avila (commercial), Barry Dunning (residential property), Liz Jones (children), Reggie Lloyd (employment), Anya Radford, Ron Rosenthal and Guy Thompson (commercial property) and Keith Songhurst (commercial litigation). Banking and property finance associate James McNeil joins Southampton firm Paris Smith & Randall from Addleshaw Goddard in the City.



In Bath, Withy King promotes Andrew Campbell in personal injury, Richard White in employment and Francis Turley in commercial property to associate. Andrew Kinnison joins the dispute resolution team in the Bury St Edmunds office of Greene & Greene; he was formerly with Holman Fenwick & Willan’s Hong Kong office.



Hewitsons strengthens its commercial property team with the hire of Iain Hibbert from Bishop’s Stortford firm Nockolds.



Tollers recruits senior associate David Turner for its business property team in Northampton from Hilliers HRW in Bedford.



In Leeds, Schofield Sweeney appoints Judith Clark to head its insolvency team; she moves from Levi Solicitors.



Personal injury assistant Suzanne Maddison joins Sintons in Newcastle from Leeds firm Ison Harrison.



In-House



David Burbidge, formerly a senior associate at Bevan Brittan in Birmingham, becomes director of corporate affairs at

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust