Legal Appointments: Bell Cornwall; Wright Hassall; George Green
A FORMER chairman of the Birmingham Law Society has been appointed by a Birmingham recruitment firm to bolster its senior management structure.
Chris Owen, who is also the former chief executive of St Philips Chambers, has been appointed senior legal recruitment partner at city centre-based Bell Cornwall Recruitment.
Working from offices in Birmingham and London, he will lead Bell Cornwall Recruitment’s programme targeting senior legal people for law firms and barristers’ chambers in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
This will include search and recruitment services for solicitors at all levels from associates to senior partners, to managing partners and senior staff.
In addition, Mr Owen, who has been involved in legal recruitment for 15 years, will take on assignments for barristers’ chambers seeking new members, barristers seeking to move chambers, and senior staff in chambers, particularly at chief executive and senior clerk levels.
Bell Cornwall Recruitment partner Charlotte Bell said: “Chris’s appointment allows us to expand our offering to the legal profession with full service provision.”
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A SPECIALIST lawyer has returned to his roots to become head of business immigration at Wright Hassall.
Matthew Davies (pictured right) has amassed more than 20 years of experience in the field of business immigration and succeeds Marian Dixon, who is retiring as a partner following eight years at the Leamington-based firm.
Mr Davies, who is originally from Coventry, has been recruited after more than two decades working in London. He joins from Fox Williams in the City where for the last nine years he has been head of business immigration.
The Oxford University graduate is recognised as a leading expert in business immigration by Chambers and Partners Guide to the Legal Profession, Legal 500 and The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers.
Ian Besant, (pictured left) head of Wright Hassall’s People Services group, said: “Matthew is a great addition to our top ranked business immigration team which will continue to flourish and grow under his leadership.”
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BLACK Country-based George Green has expanded its Property team with the appointment of Licensed Conveyancer, Tracey Killigrew.
Kevin Styles (left), partner and head of commercial property at the firm, said: “We are delighted to welcome Tracey to the firm – her skills and experience will add to the property team. I look forward to working with her in the future to build on the team’s success.”
David Stevenson, chief executive at George Green said “Tracey’s reputation precedes her and we are lucky she has chosen to join us as it’s to add significantly to our client offering.”
George Green is a leading full service law firm with offices in Cradley Heath and Wolverhampton.
