Legal
Promotion for Pinsent Masons Birmingham duo
Law firm Pinsent Masons has announced 23 major promotions – including two in its Birmingham office. Commercial litigation expert,
Andrew Herring (pictured), has been promoted to position of partner. Andrew is recognised as a
‘notable practitioner’ of commercial litigation and he will now be responsible for developing the firm’s regional commercial counter-fraud and asset recovery practice. He is a successful trial litigator
who specialises in conducting complex, multi-party, commercial litigation that has included appearing before the Supreme Court. Andrew is the sitting vice-chair of the Midlands
Fraud Forum, which is the largest counter-fraud NGO outside London, as well as an ADR Group Accredited Mediator and member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association Also in Birmingham, Faye Moore has been
promoted to the position of legal director. Faye has advised on a variety of commercial
disputes and has a particular focus on the universities and higher education sector.
Greg Lowson, head of Pinsent
Masons Birmingham office, said: “The promotion of these individuals is an indication of our investment in Birmingham and to developing our home grown talent. “These promotions also highlight
our ability to offer complex and innovative support for businesses locally and internationally.” Almost one third of the lawyers
being promoted are based outside of the UK. The firm maintained a steady pace of international expansion in 2017, launching offices in Madrid, Dublin, Johannesburg and Perth. Of the individuals promoted,
almost 90 per cent specialise in the
firm's five global sectors – Energy, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Advanced Manufacturing and Technology. One in four of those promoted are female. The
firm’s current gender demographic across the partnership is just over 25 per cent. During the past three years, just over 45 per cent of the firm’s internal promotions have been female as Pinsent Masons strives to reach its next milestone of 30 per cent female partnership by 2020.
Sector Focus
Fraud expert joins Browne Jacobson
Law firm Browne Jacobson has strengthened its counter fraud team with the appointment of intelligence manager Christopher Grocock. Chris joins from Derby-based Analytical Alternatives and ReACon Intelligence and has more than 10 years’ experience in counter fraud intelligence across public and private sector organisations including the Prison Service and Bet365 where he led the fraud analysis team as well as supporting the anti-fraud initiatives within global corporations such as Esso. Chris will be based in the firm’s Birmingham office and will be responsible for supporting client investigations into insider and cyber-enabled fraud, working closely with the firm’s insurance and public sector teams, as well as with the intellectual property team in respect of brand protection. Paul Wainwright, head of counter
fraud at Browne Jacobson, said: “Chris has a proven track record of delivering effective solutions for clients on both UK and multi- jurisdictional matters. “This will be a significant asset
for our UK and international client base.”
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