Northern firm Cobbetts has hired Pinsents corporate partner Scott Barraclough for its Leeds office. Barraclough worked for Nabarro Nathanson, Hammonds and Walker Morris, as well as Australian law firm Clayton Utz, before joining Pinsents. His appointment brings the number of corporate partners in Cobbetts’ Leeds office to six. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com, 24 September
Hextalls gains employment head from NGJ
Nicholson Graham & Jones has lost its head of employment Jane Liddington to Hextalls. She will join Mark Shulman at Hextalls as the joint head of the employment department. Senior partner Paul Connolly said Liddington’s arrival was another part of the significant growth of the firm in the past 12 months. Emma Vere-Jones
