Keoghs has strengthened its claims and fraud team with the hire of two new partners. Alison Hart has moved to the firm’s Bolton office after six months as a partner at Halliwells, having joined the firm when it merged with James Chapman & Co’s insurance department in May. Meanwhile, Sue Pawar-Price joins Keoghs’ Coventry office from Beachcroft. Keoghs head of fraud Don Clarke said the hires came on the back of considerable growth in the insurance fraud sector during the last year.
Bird & Bird builds Frankfurt with banking hire
Bird & Bird has raided Gassner Stockmann & Kollegen in Germany, hiring banking and finance partner Bertold Frisch for its Frankfurt operation. The firm opened its Frankfurt office in August last year, with the aim of breaking into the lucrative financial services sector. Bird & Bird will look to Frisch, who specializes in real estate […]