New faces in West Midlands leading individuals’ list
The 2018 Legal 500 report has added 26 people from 20 different firms to its list of leading individuals, which highlights the strongest performing lawyers in the West Midlands.
Eversheds Sutherland and Shakespeare Martineau each had three new names highlighted while Gowling WLG and Pinsent Masons both have two additional lawyers join the leading individuals’ list.
Amy Flavell
Two lawyers – Amy Flavell at Pinsent Masons and Bevan Brittan’s James Gutteridge – made the step up from the 2017 next generation list.
However the gender divide in the senior ranks of the profession continues, with only six women among the 26 additions to this year’s list. In 2017, eight of the 40 new leading individuals were female lawyers.
Banking and finance
Mohammed Saqub, Shakespeare Martineau
Commercial litigation: Birmingham
Adam Fisher, Eversheds Sutherland (International)
Nick Bamford, DLA Piper
Andrew Mellor
Commercial property: Birmingham
Andrew Mellor, Shakespeare Martineau
Philip Medford, Eversheds Sutherland (International)
Contentious trusts and probate
Kamal Majevadia, Sydney Mitchell
Crime: general
Tim Coolican, Slater and Gordon
Dee Kundi
Debt Recovery
Alan Hamblett, Shakespeare Martineau
Dee Kundi, VWV (Veale Wasbrough Vizards)
Larry Coltman, Coltman Warner Cranston
Employment
James Gutteridge, Bevan Brittan
Environment
Andrew Lichfield, Gowling WLG
Family: Birmingham
Beverley Morris, Lodders Solicitors
Family: Elsewhere in the West Midlands
Andy Caldicott, Harrison Clark Rickerbys
Immigration
Melissa Southall, Cartwright King
Stephanie Slinn
Insolvency and corporate recovery
Amy Flavell, Pinsent Masons
Stephanie Slinn, Clarke Willmott
Intellectual property
Cerryg Jones, Browne Jacobson
Simon Barker, Freeths
IT and telecoms
Craig Armstrong, Shoosmiths
Sally Mewies, Gowling WLG
Local Government
Didar Dhillon, Pinsent Masons
Gary Delderfield
Pensions
Gary Delderfield, Eversheds Sutherland (International)
Personal injury: defendant
James Harvey, BLM
Professional negligence
David Gooding, Mills & Reeve
Transport
Darren Kenny, DWF
