Bristows names new senior partner, Rowles retires

Bristows names new senior partner, Rowles retires" />Bristows has elected corporate partner John Lace to the post of senior partner.

The firm's current senior partner Michael Rowles will retire at the start of November but will maintain his links with the firm by acting as a consultant.

Lace is a corporate specialist and has been a partner at Bristows for 30 years. Lace and Rowles both joined the firm in 1974 and both made partner four years later.

Lace said: "Mike's contribution to the firm in the nearly 35 years that he has been here has been immense. We're very pleased that he will continue to work with us on a consultative basis."

Rowles took over the senior partner position after David Brown retired in 2006. IP specialist Brown had become senior partner in 2002.

Rowles said: "I've greatly enjoyed my time at Bristows and was honoured to have held the mantle of senior partner."