Private Practice


Partners



Kicking off in the City, Linklaters boosts its banking practice with the hire of Brian Gray, formerly a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.



Berwin Leighton Paisner appoints Michael Wistow as head of tax; he leaves Clifford Chance.



Fox Williams hires corporate finance specialist Richie Clark from Canadian firm McCarthy Tetrault. Associates James Channo and Claire Price move with him.



Claire Fazan joins the clinical negligence department at Leigh Day & Co from Irwin Mitchell.



Bates Wells & Braithwaite appoints Mike Townley to head its sports team; he was previously a partner at Athletes1 Legal.



Terry Green joins the real estate finance practice at Reed Smith Richards Butler from DLA Piper.



Davies Lavery promotes Claire Bowler to partner in the catastrophic injury team.



Chris Phillips joins media and entertainment firm Collins Long from Bevan Kidwell.





Lyndales promotes Kay Peters to partner in the property department.



In Woking, Nick Phillips is promoted in the IT/IP team at Barlow Robbins.



South-coast firm Trethowans promotes Karl Reynolds and Chris Twaits in the commercial property team, and Gavin Lane in the personal injury department. It now has 24 partners.



West country firm Thring Townsend hires three partners: Richard Bebb moves to the family team from Burroughs Day, Steve McCombe joins the construction dispute resolution team from Burges Salmon, and Robert Lee boosts the commercial property team from Bevan Brittan.



Two join Clarke Willmott’s property team in Bristol: Greg Lovett from Bevan Brittan and Oliver Smedley from Burges Salmon.



Worcestershire firm Thomson & Bancks promotes property specialist Sylvia Gillham.



West Midlands firm FBC appoints Elizabeth Cleverley to the family department of its Telford office; she moves from Suffolk firm Barker Gotelee.



Browne Jacobson appoints personal injury specialist Richard Cliff to its Nottingham office; he moves from Berryman Lace Mawer.



Moving north, Forbes promotes Paolo Passerini (criminal law) in Preston and Peter Byrne (employment) in Blackburn. It now has 29 partners.



Laytons recruits Mark Gillies to head the commercial property team at the firm’s Manchester office; he moves from Mace & Jones.



Management



City firm Withers elects corporate specialist Anthony Indaimo, head of its Milan office, as chairman. He takes over from Diana Parker.



Peter Powell takes over as senior partner at East Anglian firm Ellisons from Bryn Smart, who becomes a consultant.



Associates/Assistants



City pensions firm Sacker & Partners recruits solicitor Ian D’Costa from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.



Elsewhere in the capital, Rex Nwakodo joins media and entertainment firm Sheridans to head the company, corporate and commercial department; he moves from Wallace.



Niche family firm Creighton & Partners promotes Sallie Harrington in community care and Maria McDowell in matrimonial to associate.



Hamlins promotes Ben Kilshaw and Yvonne Raymond to associate in the real estate department.



Moving south, Trethowans promotes James Allen in the corporate and commercial team and Karen Perugini in wills and probate to associate.



In the west midlands, Harjie Singh Bindra joins MGF’s Halesowen office as an associate in the commercial litigation department. He moves from Lyons Davidson in Solihull.



In Nottingham, Uppal Taylor promotes Christopher Ratcliffe to associate in the group action team.



Shacklocks promotes Tina Green to associate in the private client in Nottingham. Liz Haysom joins the firm’s Derbyshire office as associate in the property team, moving from Nelsons in Derby.



Merseyside firm Barnetts appoints John Killen in the personal injury department from St Helens Law.



Three associates join the Manchester personal injury team at Fentons: Andrew Young, formerly a partner at Pannone & Partners, Linda Wong from Eden & Co, and Susan Dawson from Thornleys.



Leeds firm Shulmans promotes commercial specialist Mark Lumley to associate.