Pannone hires three, including two partners

LAW firm Pannone has strengthened its ranks with two new partners and a solicitor.

The Manchester firm has taken Michelle Shean from Eversheds, where she was a senior associate in its corporate recovery team.

Joining as a partner she said: “The firm’s desire to build and maintain a strong, well rounded corporate recovery practice capable of fully addressing the needs of insolvency professionals, financiers and troubled corporates matches exactly the ambition I want to achieve over the next few years.”

Scott McKinnell has joined as a partner in the firm’s construction and engineering team. He was previously principal solicitor at Laing O’Rourke.

At Pannone, Scott will be responsible for developing the team’s non-contentious work on construction and engineering projects across the UK.

Finally, Victoria Dolan has joined IP, IT and e-commerce team as a solicitor. She joins from Londin firm Hogan Lovells where she was an associate in the IP, Media and Technology team.

Pannone managing partner Emma Holt said: “These appointments reflect our ambitious strategy to continue to recruit high-calibre senior lawyers.

“It gives me great pleasure to welcome Michelle, Scott and Victoria to Pannone. All three have excellent reputations in their fields and will make a great contribution to the firm.”