Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is hiring Hammonds’ respected Birmingham head of corporate, Patrick Somers, to join its London corporate team. Somers, who resigned from Hammonds in January, wasone of the two equity partners at Hammonds not to sign up to a lock-in. He is currently concluding several transactions before making the move to the City, […]

Olswang team rivals patent specialists after new hires” />Olswang has ramped up its unique in-house patent filing and prosecution practice with the hire of three patent attorneys and a trademarks partner, to go head-to-head with the UK’s specialist patent attorneys. The firm has hired Brian Williamson, head of international patents at technology group NCR, as […]

While Tulkinghorn is on the subject of ‘sport’, The Lawyers’ Fishing Club (www.lawfish.com) is hosting its annual beginners’ day this Saturday (9 April). Tickets are a measly £28, for which you get the use of tackle and receive tuition and two fish. What you do with the fish is, apparently, up to you. Contact Nick […]