Appointments: Gordons; Lupton Fawcett Denison Till; Harvey Nichols

THREE lawyers have been promoted to partner by Gordons in recognition of their contribution to the Yorkshire law firm’s continued development.

Corporate solicitor Andy Brian, planning solicitor Kate Butterfield and commercial property solicitor Joanne Fearnley have become partners.

Gordons managing partner Paul Ayre said: “Andy, Kate and Joanne thoroughly deserve to become partners. They have all demonstrated the ability to develop strong personal relationships with clients, understand their businesses and consistently provide commercially beneficial advice. We look forward to their continued success and further contribution to achieving our strategic objective of becoming the region’s leading law firm.”

Gordons has offices in Leeds, Bradford and London, employs 265 people and has a turnover of more than £25.3m.

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LUPTON Fawcett Denison Till, the Leeds, Sheffield and York-based commercial law firm, has welcomed new director Paul Sykes, who joins from BHP Law where he was head of litigation.

Sykes’ primary focus will be to strengthen the firm’s dispute management practice in York and North Yorkshire.

Richard Marshall, managing director, said: “Paul is a fantastic appointment for the firm as he adds real strength to what is already a very well respected team.

“He has a proven track record of helping clients achieve success and his appointment is further testament to our long-term strategy of investing in our people, to deliver the very best to our clients. This is the first of a series of lateral hires into our York office since our December merger, designed to provide the strongest offering into the York market. I am very keen to speak to any other first-class lawyers with strong York connections who feel they can contribute to our continued success.”

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HARVEY Nichols, which has a store in Leeds, has announced that Stacey Cartwright will be joining as chief executive.

She replaces Joseph Wan, who has held the position of CEO for 21 years and who will be retiring at the end of March.

Cartwright was previously chief financial officer and executive vice president of Burberry Group for nine years where she played a leading role in transforming Burberry into a world leading luxury brand, increasing turnover from £676m when she joined in 2004 to more than £2bn in 2013.

She was also responsible for overseeing Burberry’s successful entry into new markets including China and the Middle East.