Clarke Willmott has boosted its Birmingham real estate team with the hire of Hammonds’ property finance director Jane Kemp. Kemp joins Clarke Willmott as a partner. She leaves Hammonds two years after joining the firm from a role as in-house lawyer at property developer Castlemore. During her time at Hammonds, Kemp coordinated the firm’s Midlands […]
Clarke Willmott has boosted its Birmingham real estate team with the hire of Hammonds’ property finance director Jane Kemp. Kemp joins Clarke Willmott as a partner. She leaves Hammonds two years after joining the firm from a role as in-house lawyer at property developer Castlemore. During her time at Hammonds, Kemp coordinated the firm’s Midlands […]
SJ Berwin has beefed up its finance capability with the hire of partner Karl Woolley, one of Addleshaw Goddard’s key Allied Irish Bank (AIB) relationship partners. The hire bolsters SJ Berwin’s pan-European finance department to 13 partners, and is hoped to bring in a swathe of new client relationships. Woolley, who joined Addleshaws as a […]
SJ Berwin has beefed up its finance capability with the hire of partner Karl Woolley, one of Addleshaw Goddard’s key Allied Irish Bank (AIB) relationship partners. The hire bolsters SJ Berwin’s pan-European finance department to 13 partners, and is hoped to bring in a swathe of new client relationships. Woolley, who joined Addleshaws as a […]
Trade-union and personal injury specialist Thompsons has a new chief executive and has created the new post of executive chair. Current CEO Geoff Shears moves into the new executive chair role, while client director Stephen Cavalier, formerly the head of the firm’s employment rights group, takes Shears’ place as CEO. Cavalier commented: “It’s a balance […]
Trade-union and personal injury specialist Thompsons has a new chief executive and has created the new post of executive chair. Current CEO Geoff Shears moves into the new executive chair role, while client director Stephen Cavalier, formerly the head of the firm’s employment rights group, takes Shears’ place as CEO. Cavalier commented: “It’s a balance […]
Senior UK management at Kennedys has clashed with its Autralian counterparts over proposals to create a network of offices in Australia. Kennedys launched its first Australian office in Sydney three months ago and have been in talks with Melbourne lawyers about opening another office, according to Asian Legal Business. Sydney managing partner Mark Doepel said: […]
Senior UK management at Kennedys has clashed with its Autralian counterparts over proposals to create a network of offices in Australia. Kennedys launched its first Australian office in Sydney three months ago and have been in talks with Melbourne lawyers about opening another office, according to Asian Legal Business. Sydney managing partner Mark Doepel said: […]
DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach, the Austro-Czech arm of DLA Piper, has poached the Sofia head of CMS Cameron McKenna for its fledgling Prague office. Commercial partner Peter Valert worked out of both Camerons’ Prague and Sofia offices, his TMT practice ran across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). “DLA is a firm on the move,” Valert told […]
DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach, the Austro-Czech arm of DLA Piper, has poached the Sofia head of CMS Cameron McKenna for its fledgling Prague office. Commercial partner Peter Valert worked out of both Camerons’ Prague and Sofia offices, his TMT practice ran across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). “DLA is a firm on the move,” Valert told […]
Bird & Bird has expanded its Asian IP offering with the hire of partner Shirley Kwok from local firm Vivien Chan & Co in Hong Kong. Kwok specialises in trademarks and has over 20 years of IP experience in the Chinese market. She has been appointed to head up the firm’s IP portfolio management team […]
Bird & Bird has expanded its Asian IP offering with the hire of partner Shirley Kwok from local firm Vivien Chan & Co in Hong Kong. Kwok specialises in trademarks and has over 20 years of IP experience in the Chinese market. She has been appointed to head up the firm’s IP portfolio management team […]