Cobbetts has raided Addleshaw Booth & Co's company secretarial unit in order to set up its own practice. Matthew Baker, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and head of Addleshaws' unit, will join Cobbetts in November. Trainee company secretaries Laura Forbes and Victoria Wilcox will join him. Michael Harris will replace Baker. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews on 30 October