Bristol business leaders have been warned that they are failing to optimise the talents of their people if women are not fairly represented at senior levels in their organisations. The message came from Sir Philip Hampton, chair of the independent Hampton-Alexander Review, which aims to ensure talented women succeed...
Private practice lawyer vacancies in the South West have fallen by 11% over the past year as the sector starts to suffer from uncertainty, according to a new survey. However, the decline is less than the national picture – the data from specialist recruiter Clayton Legal shows vacancies across...
National law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Nick Hodgson as its new finance director based in its Bristol head office. Nick, pictured, joins after eight years at international law firm Simmons & Simmons, where he was initially finance controller for its Middle East operations and then senior finance systems...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has promoted Robert Ridd, a corporate and commercial solicitor in its Bristol office, to partner. Robert, pictured, joined Clarke Willmott in 2010 after stints at firms in the Midlands. He completed his training at Reed Smith in London. Robert specialises in private limited company...
Bristol business figures dominate the nominations for the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) South West regional Director of the Year Awards with seven names on the shortlist. They will join other directors from around the region at the awards ceremony later this month to celebrate outstanding business people and focus UK-wide...
Five senior promotions have been made in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke. They include four new partners and a legal director at the firm, which has its roots in Bristol and now employs more than 400 people in the city. Combined with partner promotions in...
Regional law firm Michelmores has appointed Bristol-based tax, trusts & succession team member James Radcliffe to a partner. The move, along with a partner promotion in its London office, takes the firm’s overall partnership to 64. Michelmores has also promoted two lawyers in its Bristol office to senior associate...
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its pensions offering with the appointment of James Dean as a partner in its Bristol office. James, pictured, who has joined this week from Bristol-headquartered national firm TLT, specialises in pension scheme investments, corporate restructurings/mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and public sector...
Enable Law, regional law firm Foot Anstey’s newly created medical negligence practice, has snapped up a team of 11 people from rival Michelmores, which earlier this year decided to exit the clinical negligence market. Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, launched Enable Law on May 1 as...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has its roots in Bristol, has entered the mainland Chinese market for the first time after admitting a specially-formed Shanghai-based firm to its global network. The move allows Osborne Clarke to advise Western and Asian corporations on complex cross-border transactions and international trade...
Bristol and Portishead law firm Burroughs Day has left the QualitySolicitors branded national network of law firms after seven years. The 180-year-old firm was a founder member of QualitySolicitors, the UK’s biggest single name legal network law with around 60 members. Burroughs Day said it had decided to become...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has promoted healthcare specialist Oliver Pool to partner. The appointment comes hot on the heels of recent growth in the healthcare team including the appointment of partner Paul Werrell and its merger with London-based healthcare practice Lockharts in January. Having trained with...
All the current final year trainee solicitors at Burges Salmon, the national law firm with its headquarters in Bristol, have been offered positions when they qualify in September. All 28 trainees have formally accepted a position at the firm and will work across a range of practices and sector...
