People: Beswicks welcomes trio of corporate and commercial lawyers; PE firm makes partner promotion; and more
Beswicks Legal has welcomed three corporate and commercial lawyers to its team.
Caroline Gray joins the firm as a partner, Rebekah Jones as an associate and David Morgan as a solicitor.
The trio join the corporate and commercial team of Peter Ellis, Baljit Chohan, Ayesha Jetley and Tom Sutcliffe.
Nick Phillips, Beswicks Legal managing partner, said: “I’m delighted to welcome Caroline, Rebekah and David to Beswicks. Our corporate and commercial team has earned a reputation for being highly skilled, commercially astute and trusted by businesses large and small. The expansion of the team is exciting as it enables us to support even more business clients regionally and nationally.”
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Godwin Developments has appointed Steven Gascoyne as associate director – construction.
With a career spanning 25 years and including a wide range of sectors – from residential and leisure to industrial and logistics – Gascoyne has in-depth knowledge and extensive hands-on experience in construction delivery.
He will assume responsibility for some of Godwin’s largest construction projects across the country. He will be based at the company’s Birmingham head office, where he will be reporting to construction director Michael Jones.
Prior to joining Godwin, Gascoyne worked as operations director of Mace and was most recently acting for Jaguar Land Rover as project director on one of the largest logistics schemes on site in the UK.
Matt Chandler, managing director of Godwin Developments, said: “Steven has a strong construction and consultancy background combined with a pre-eminent track record, which will boost our capacity as Godwin moves into a significant delivery phase. His appointment consolidates our programme for continuous investment in our in-house capabilities, supporting our ambitious growth plans. We look forward to welcoming him to the team.”
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Beech Tree Private Equity, which has offices in Birmingham and Manchester, has promoted Adam Rudd to partner.
He has joined the partnership of Beech Tree alongside the co-founders Andy Marsh and Paul Franks.
Rudd joined Beech Tree in 2015, shortly after the firm was founded. Since joining he has been heavily involved in the firm’s technology sector and has led a number of transactions including Beech Tree’s investments in BCN Group, Transparity and Performanta as well as working with the teams of Ancoris, Learnlight, Wavenet and Redstor.
Marsh said: “Adam fully deserves the promotion to join the partnership. Adam has been instrumental in the success of Beech Tree and has progressed rapidly through the ranks to now being a partner. He has huge deal experience, a hunger for origination and has driven the performance of the portfolio businesses he is involved with. I’m delighted with his progress and thrilled he is now a member of the partnership alongside myself and Paul.”
Franks added: “This is a great achievement for both Adam and Beech Tree. Adam has been instrumental in all our technology deals and I’m delighted to now have Adam in the partnership. With Adam’s background being in technology, he has played a huge part in bringing deep sector focus into the private equity lower mid-market and I expect us to deploy significant capital from our current fund into the technology sector.”
