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• Integralis, the UK’s largest provider of IT security and information risk management solutions, has promoted Ian Rigby to UK sales director. Rigby, who joined Theale- based Integralis in 2007 as business unit director, will be responsible for continuing to grow the company’s market share of the managed security, consulting and technology integration services in the UK. Neal Lillywhite, UK managing director at Integralis, said: “Integralis continues to expand its provision of IT security and information risk management solutions worldwide. After four years at Integralis, Ian has an
exceptional knowledge of the market, the industry and of Integralis. He is highly regarded by everyone within the business, and is the right man to drive the sales operations forward.” Rigby said: “I am looking forward to strengthening our sales organisation and expanding our already extensive UK customer base, building on our strong reputation with UK companies and UK-based multinationals. As businesses focus on managing costs, they are faced with numerous security challenges, such as protecting the mobile workforce, managing evolving online threats and the need for compliance, to name but a few. I’ll be working with our experienced teams internally to present our trusted solutions to the organisations that are tackling these issues. This expertise is what makes us the leading pure-play provider of security and information risk management solutions.”
• Tom Poole has joined Grant Thornton’s corporate finance lead advisory team as an associate director in Reading. Poole’s appointment follows the addition of Matt Stamp as associate director earlier this year and further strengthens the Thames Valley team. Previously, Poole spent 10 years working on mid-market M&A deals for Deloitte in Reading.
• Manches Thames Valley has announced the arrival of David Pritchard as its new head of litigation. He will be taking over from present head of department Julie Bond to allow her to focus on her regulatory, professional negligence and commercial dispute practice. Formerly a partner at Buckinghamshire firm, B P Collins, Pritchard brings 20 years of dispute resolution experience to add to the already strong Manches team. Described as “intelligent and aggressive where necessary”, Pritchard’s experience of international arbitration, mediation and chancery litigation in fields ranging from
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• Clifton Ingram LLP solicitors has announced that Carl Rae (above right) and Anne Deller (above left) from the firm’s Wokingham office have both been promoted to partner. Carl Rae works in the firm’s dispute resolution department and has experience in just about every area of litigation with six important cases recorded in the official law reports. Rae has extensive experience in handling a wide variety of commercial disputes and in resolving them through negotiation, mediation and court proceedings as well as particular expertise in the fields of personal injury, property and factoring. Deller has specialised in family law for over 14 years. She acts for high-net-worth clients in divorce proceedings and has significant experience of all aspects of family law including emergency applications, enforcement and pre-nuptial agreements. She represents clients in complex children cases, including those with an international aspect or involving social services. Congratulating the new partners on their promotions, managing partner Ian Graham said, “Carl and Anne are highly valued members of Clifton Ingram and their promotion to partner is well deserved. We are delighted to promote such talented lawyers in key areas across the firm and look forward to their continuing contribution.”
intellectual property through business sale warranties to shareholders’ disputes means he will bring added value to Manches’ clients. At City firm, Simmons & Simmons, where he acted for banks and insurance companies, he was part of the team that advised troubled insurance market
Lloyd’s. In recent years he has focused on the legal needs of medium-sized enterprises where the problems are no less important and urgent, but where the emphasis on proportionality is more acute. At BP Collins managing a team of young lawyers and taking his place on the Board, Pritchard helped build its reputation for client service and litigation success. Of his arrival at Manches, Pritchard commented “Manches has a can-do culture that I admire and some first class lawyers who are encouraged to think big for their clients.
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like that approach and want to be part of the growth it guarantees”.
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