Mills & Reeve swoops for DLA Piper insurance team
LAW firm Mills & Reeve is acquiring a nine-strong insurance team from Birmingham rival DLA Piper.
The team is led by partner Alan Jacobs, formerly head of DLA Piper’s Birmingham insurance group.
The move further strengthens Mills & Reeve’s casualty offering, which has recently been boosted by the appointment of consultant Chris Gough and partner Kate Archer.
The new team is also expected to utilise Mills & Reeve’s Norwich-based paralegal support unit (PSU), which deals with systematic procedures such as e-discovery.
Jacobs has considerable experience in areas such as public liability claims and is also well-known for creating the Medical Experts’ Database Service (MEDS), the online medical database for the insurance industry.
He brings with him a team of eight, including associate Felicity Ho, solicitor Jagjit Virdi, three other fee-earners and three support staff.
Neil Davis, head of Mills & Reeve’s insurance sector, said: “His corporate facing team will complement our existing offering and enhance the services we can provide. Both we and DLA Piper are convinced this is a positive step for the clients involved, and have worked together to facilitate a smooth transition.
“Alan’s team have an impressive list of insurance and corporate clients, all of which fit well within our existing strategy for the development of a diversified and corporate focussed insurance offering, across a national footprint.
“Our strategy is to grow our business in line with our sector commitments, including insurance and corporate services, while maintaining our reputation for outstanding client service.”
