Legal Appointments: HLW promotes trio; IP specialist joins Lee and Priestley and more
A round-up of the week’s legal appointments.
HLW Commercial Lawyers has announced the promotion of Claire Tulip, Faridah Sarah and Paul Simpson to associate positions.
Ms Tulip practices in a wide range of property areas including construction issues and insolvent estates.
Ms Sarah specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, including contractual disputes, partnership disputes and professional negligence claims.
Mr Simpson joined the corporate team in 2003, dealing with mergers and acquisitions and group re-organisations.
Senior Partner, Ron Whitlam said: “I am very pleased to see them progress to the next level in the firm and certain they will all contribute to the growth of their teams.”
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LEEDS law firm Lee & Priestley has appointed Felicity Harrison as an intellectual property litigation solicitor.
Ms Harrison qualified as a solicitor in 2003 whilst at Richards Butler in London and decided to specialise in IP law after spending some time in the corporate and business affairs department of MTV.
After qualifying, she practised at niche media/IP firm Wiggin in Cheltenham, specialising in IP litigation.
Ms Harrison has particular experience of breach of copyright disputes, defamation, trade mark infringement and passing off and all media issues.
The IP/IT department at Lee & Priestley is also well equipped to advise on all non-contentious matters.
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LAW firm Langleys has appointed Sarah Valentine as an assistant solicitor in the York office to further strengthen its dispute resolution team, part of the firm’s commercial division.
Ms Valentine joins Langleys from completing her legal training contract at Brooke North LLP in Leeds.
Previously, she graduated from Lancaster University with a 2:1 hons LLB before undertaking the Legal Practice course at York’s College of Law.
Jonathan Mortimer, head of dispute resolution at Langleys, said: “We are delighted to welcome Sarah to help strengthen our team in the current economic climate as we are increasingly being asked for advice relating to disputes from our commercial clients. In a down turn, there tends to be more disputes as businesses can spend more time considering their options to bring claims when they are not busy with other profitable activity, and those in financial trouble find reasons not to pay and will defend proceedings to delay payment.”
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IRWIN Mitchell has appointed Paul Johnson as a partner in its corporate team, based in the firm’s Leeds office.
Mr Johnson is an established and well-regarded figure in Yorkshire, having worked in Leeds for 10 years, and he also has strong connections in London.
He was previously at Eversheds and more recently led the corporate team in the Leeds office of Keeble Hawson.
Mr Johnson has extensive experience in corporate finance with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions acting for public and private companies.
He advises on all aspects of company legal issues and works with businesses seeking to grow by raising finance on public markets or through private investment.
This is a further boost to Irwin Mitchell’s Corporate team, which last year appointed James Bullock from niche commercial firm HLW.
Mr Johnson’s arrival also follows the appointment in May of Andrew Woolf from Howard Kennedy, and prior to that, Edward Persse from Baker McKenzie.
