Mills & Reeve hires real estate chief

bull;Mills & Reeve has snared DLA Piper's Birmingham-based real estate partner Alex Jones to head its real estate offering in Birmingham.

Jones, who has been appointed as a partner at Mills & Reeve, has been brought into the firm with a specific remit to develop the private client portfolio.

Mills & Reeve has signalled its intention to increase turnover from £54m to £110m in the next five years.