Flavell takes over Landwell management from Arnheim

Flavell, Landwell UK's only other longstanding equity partner, will move into the top role while Arnheim, who had little success in growing Landwell during his seven-year tenure, will move to what the firm has termed a "full-time client role".

Arnheim's move to a fee-earning role is surprising, as he has never been a revenue generator, while Flavell, who previously spent around 60 per cent of his time fee-earning, is probably Landwell's most respected partner.

Flavell told The Lawyer he would spend most of his time on client winning and less on day-to-day management issues than Arnheim did. "We've got some excellent partners and I don't need to spend that much time managing," he commented.

There have been few obvious successes during Arnheim's tenure at Land-well UK, although this autumn the firm increased its equity partner count from three to five, adding former Theodore Goddard financial services partner Jennifer Donoghue and Mascent Insurance in-house lawyer Nigel Frudd.