Partners


In the midst of the annual partnership round, London firm Nabarro hires three: corporate partner Patrick Speller from Allen & Overy; Paul Paling in real estate, a founding partner of Stepien Lake Gilbert & Paling; and Wesley Fongenie, who was co-head of planning at Osborne Clarke.



Anthony Maton, honorary secretary of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, is leaving McGrigors to join Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, the specialist US class action practice that has just opened up in London.



Elsewhere in the capital, Memery Crystal hires Daniel Bellau as a corporate partner from Berwin Leighton Paisner, where he was a senior associate.



IP and sports law specialist Simon Miles joins Teacher Stern Selby from Michael Simkins.



On the promotion front, Olswang makes up five: Julien Allen and Alan Karsberg (commercial real estate), Cliona Kirby (tax), Alex Gerbi (commercial dispute resolution) and Stephen Reese (IP). It now has 85 partners.



Technology firm Bristows promotes Teresa Edmund in its real estate practice.



Anthony Gold promotes Mark Cornish in its commercial department.



Leaving London is employment specialist Carl Vincent, who has joined Kent firm Girlings as a partner from Dechert.



On the south coast, Brighton firm Howlett Clarke is a nine-partner firm after promoting Jackie Gillespie (personal injury) and Warren Robertson (residential conveyancing).



In Cambridge, Kester Cunningham John promotes Huw Wallis (dispute resolution) as its 26th partner.



Northern home counties firm Neves is up to seven partners after property lawyer Caroline Hume, who heads the Milton Keynes office, was made up.



In Manchester, JMW promotes Max Saffman in the crime department.



Colemans-Ctts promotes Andrew Marsden in its Manchester property team.



Two new partners at Perkins Mainman: corporate specialist Davina Fairclough is promoted and property specialist Keith Mather, who was formerly a consultant with the firm.



DWF’s Manchester office strengthens its catastrophic personal injury team with the recruitment of Peter Meloy from Halliwells; associate Scott Smeaton and solicitor Matthew Davies and two other staff move with him.



Across the Pennines, two new partners at Yorkshire firm Wrigleys: charities specialist Chris Billington moves from south London firm Streeter Marshall and Jonathan Attey is promoted in the property department.



Ashton Morton Slack in Sheffield promotes five: Ed Williams, Andrew Russell and Sally Durham in the private client department and Tim Barlow and Helen Lansdown in the business department.



Anglo-Scottish firm HBJ Gateley Wareing promotes dual-qualified Kirsty Nicholson to lead the firm’s English property team, based in Edinburgh.



Management



US/UK firm Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw appoints Sean Connolly as senior partner of the London office from September. He succeeds Paul Maher, who has become vice-chairman of the firm. Jeremy Clay, head of European real estate group, has taken on the new role of executive partner in London to support Mr Connolly in running the office.



Associates/Assistants



In addition to a new partner, US firm Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll has hired competition associate Scott Campbell. He moves from fellow US firm Latham & Watkins.



Central London firm Glovers promotes Liza Lam-Kee to associate in its property finance department.



Assistant Gemma Duckworth joins Canterbury firm Fairweather & Co from SPH Law in Cheltenham to head up the new family department. Gemma Purt joins the department upon qualification with the firm.



Colemans-Ctts promotes six to senior associate across its Kingston, Walsall and Manchester offices: Juliette Gadsby, Claire Roantree and Simon Stanfield (personal injury), Caron Heyes (clinical negligence), Deborah Krelle (industrial disease) and Bina Parmar (conveyancing). The firm also promotes Raj Kaur in the Walsall personal injury team and Helen Read in the Kingston property team to associate.



Assistants Rob Colwell and Louisa Mawbey join Kings Lynn practice Metcalfe Copeman & Pettefar in the family and probate departments respectively upon qualification.



Black Country firm George Green boosts its corporate and commercial department with assistant and former barrister Diljinder Sekhon from Mills & Reeve and the promotion of Clare Martin to associate.



Sheffield firm Taylor & Emmet promotes conveyancer Neil Riley, who runs its Hillsborough office, to associate.



In Leeds, Fox Hayes recruits personal injury solicitor Jonathan Linton from York’s Minster Law.



Other



Well-known defamation specialist Rupert Grey, formerly a partner at Farrer & Co, has joined fellow London firm Swan Turton as a consultant.



Solicitor Myra Codlin-Tate is appointed a district judge on the Western Circuit.