Black Country firm George Green has hired partners Neil Williams and Tim Lang from Pinsent Curtis Biddle and Weightman Vizard respectively.
Williams, a former head of Pinsents’ franchising litigation team, will join as head of the firm’s five-strong commercial litigation department. He specialises in corporate and commercial litigation and dispute resolution in franchising and product liability, IT, lease finance and professional negligence.
Lang joins as head of George Green’s employment department. At Weightman Vizards he led the firm’s Birmingham employment team. His specialisms include unfair dismissal, breach of contract, discrimination and redundancy for corporate clients and individuals.
Manatt opens New York with Kalkines merger
Los Angeles firm Manatt Phelps & Phillips has merged with New York firm Kalkines Arky Zall & Bernstein (KAZB), giving Manatt its first office in the Big Apple. Manatt currently has offices in five other US states and two further offices in Mexico. KAZB is a niche healthcare practice, which will now use the Manatt […]