Muth avoids the cut as Cobbetts rings the changes

LAW firm Cobbetts’ Birmingham office has been left unscathed by a major shake-up of top personnel within the firm.

It has appointed new office heads in its Manchester, Leeds and London offices but the firm’s Birmingham office will continue to be managed by Graham Muth.

Cobbetts has also announced changes to its management structure that will see the creation of three new business practice groups – business services, dispute resolution and real estate – and an executive management team.

Partner Guy Jackson has been made business practice group leader for business services, which will consist of its corporate and commercial teams, including charities and private client, banking and business restructuring services, employment and pensions.

Its dispute resolution business practice will be headed by partner Richard Webb, which contains banking and finance, dispute resolution and debt recovery business Incasso.

Partner Paul Inman has been made group leader of the real estate business practice group and will include the firm’s real estate, projects, property management and telecoms and energy teams.

Managing partner Nick Carr said: “The creation of three distinct business practice groups will help to streamline the strategic and operational management of the business, while also enabling us to focus on our core strengths as a firm.

“I look forward to working closely with the executive management team to drive forward our strategy of regional focus, national reach and international outlook.”