PRIVATE PRACTICE
Partners

In the City, Olswang launches a financial services practice with the appointment of partner Brian McDonnell from Berwin Leighton Paisner. He specialises in UK and EU financial markets law and regulation.



George Wheeler-Carmichael joins City firm Nabarro’s IT team as a partner from national firm DLA Piper.



City firm Reed Smith Richards Butler appoints Stephen York and Shai Wade to the firm’s European litigation practice from US firm Kilpatrick Stockton.



Squire Sanders hires energy partner Steven Sprague from US counterpart Troutman Sanders.



South-west firm Bevan Brittan recruits Graham Atkins to its London real estate practice from City firm Manches where he was a partner.



Nick Neocleous joins Lincoln’s Inn firm Edwin Coe as a litigation and dispute resolution partner; he was formerly a partner at London firm Reid Minty.



Partner Hed Amitai joins the private client team at London firm Howard Kennedy from Bowling & Co.



Partner Andrew Picken joins The Khan Partnership in London to head its criminal fraud department; he was formerly a partner at Barker Gillette in London.



London firm Pemberton Greenish promotes residential property specialist Jason Eades to the partnership.



Jonathan Grant joins DMH Stallard in Gatwick as a corporate partner, from Sussex firm asb law where he was head of corporate finance.



Moving north, Northampton firm Legalese promotes Simon Hawes to partner in the property department.



Partner Jo Davis joins the new finance litigation and regulatory team at Shoosmiths in Birmingham from Cheltenham and Birmingham firm BPE; associate Daksha Mistry and solicitor Natalie Evans move with her.



West Midlands firm Sydney Mitchell recruits partner Peter Adkins to its commercial litigation department from Birmingham firm Shakespeare Putsman.



Partners Iain Fraser, Michelle Garlick and Anne-Marie Morgan-Barrett join Weightmans’ professional indemnity team as partners in Manchester; they all move from Halliwells.



Stuart Hardy joins the personal injury team at the Manchester office of Berrymans Lace Mawer from Halliwells.



Manchester firm JMW appoints Roy Crozier as partner and head of intellectual property from Walker Morris in Leeds.





Associates / Assistants

US firm Covington & Burling recruits two associates to its European corporate group: Kate Kirby was previously legal counsel at HJ Heinz’s European headquarters and Catherine Eshun joins from City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner.



Chris Lathbury joins Frettens in Christchurch as an associate in the matrimonial department, from south-coast firm Lester Aldridge.



Corporate and commercial associate Frank Jennings joins DMH Stallard in Gatwick from Sussex firm Rawlison Butler.



George Crofton Martin joins the dispute resolution team in south-east practice Furley Page’s Canterbury office after qualifying with the firm.



Northampton firm Legalese recruits Michelle Seddon to the private client team from Bedford and Stevenage firm Hilliers.



Warren Robinson and Rachel Bentley join the defence advocate team at Devon firm Stones; they both move from local firm Rundlewalker.



In Bristol, Osborne Clarke hires associate Helen Parsonage in its investment funds practice. She was previously at magic circle firm Allen & Overy.



To the West Midlands, where Higgs & Sons boosts its private client team with the appointment of Sarah Cairns and Nick Bennett, who join from Thursfields in Worcester and Blakemores in Birmingham respectively.



On the Wirral, two assistant solicitors join Lees: Jon Bloor in the corporate department from DLA Piper in Liverpool and Sion Roberts in the private client team from Glaisyers in Manchester.



Linda Schermer joins the clinical negligence team at Chester firm Oliver & Co from national firm Hempsons.



Paula Wrigley joins the wills and probate team at Glaisyers from Flint Bishop in Derby.



Personal injury associate Stephen Ball joins Leeds firm Blacks from local firm Hamers.



Smith Partnership in Derby hires two commercial property assistants: Rashid Ali from Grainger Appleyard in Doncaster and Joanne Clay from Bakewells in Derby.



Still in the East Midlands, Nikki Spencer joins the private client team at Robinsons in Ilkeston from SCG in Long Eaton.