Legal Appointments: Browne Jacobson; Wall James Chappell; Lanyon Bowdler
Browne Jacobson has strengthened its corporate finance offering in the West Midlands with the appointment of partner Michael Stace to its Birmingham practice.
Mr Stace joins the team from Blake Morgan in the Thames Valley region where he was the joint head of corporate finance.
Mr Stace is already known in the region, having recently acted for the vendors on the disposal of QTR Transport to Palletforce and for the management of IconX on the investment by Connection Capital, both transactions having been advised out of the West Midlands.
The new recruit is currently engaged on another matter that is being led out of the West Midlands.
Gavin Cummings, partner and head of the commercial practice, said: “We are committed to growing our West Midlands practice and Michael’s appointment is a key step in fulfilling this strategy.
“We now have four corporate partners on the ground in Birmingham and this puts us in an ideal position to focus on mid-market transactions in the region. With Michael’s experience, we will also extend out national capability of advising on tech transactions.”
The new appointment takes the number of fee earners across Browne Jacobson’s five office network to over 480 and follows on from a successful year in which the law firm posted a record turnover of £64.3m.
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Stourbridge firm Wall James Chappell has appointed Vic Younis (left) as an associate solicitor within the firm’s dispute resolution department.
The new associate specialises in commercial & civil litigation, employment law, motoring law and business defence. He qualified as a solicitor in 2014 before prosecuting on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service in London.
Younis is one of the few solicitors who has prosecuted and defended motoring law cases nationally. He was shortlisted for Young Professional of the Year at the Signature Awards 2016 and is shortlisted again in the same category for this year’s awards, which take place on February 10 at Edgbaston cricket ground.
James Rousell, partner and head of litigation, said: “We are thrilled Vic has joined our ever growing Litigation Department, it shows the continued growth of Wall James Chappell.”
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Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors has announced the appointment of a new associate solicitor.
Stephen Scully (left) has been with the Shropshire law firm since 2008. He covers all aspects of criminal law ranging from summary to indictable-only offences, and has a particular specialism in motoring offences.
He is based at the firm’s office in Shrewsbury.
Adrian Roberts, head of the criminal team at Lanyon Bowdler, said: “Stephen has proved an extremely hard-working and valuable member of the Lanyon Bowdler team, and we are delighted to see him achieve this status.”
Mr Scully, who appears at Magistrates’ Courts across Shropshire, has particular expertise in dealing with youth matters and has helped develop a niche motoring law department at Lanyon Bowdler.
