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South East law firm Coffin Mew has promoted Emma Stevens to partner with immediate effect. Stevens joined the firm in September 2013 as a trainee and has been promoted to partner in the dispute resolution team. She advises clients across all of Coffin Mew’s offices on a wide range of corporate and commercial disputes.
Business advisory firm Quantuma has promoted both marketing expert Marie Wadeson and restructuring specialist Simon Campbell to the position of partner. Wadeson joined the firm as head of marketing in 2016. She has more than 15 years’ experience in senior positions, including eight years at global accounting and audit firm Mazars. She will continue to lead the growing marketing team. Campbell has taken up the role of partner in Quantuma’s Southampton office to help bolster the firm’s presence in the south. He has spent four years at Quantuma as a director, specialising in restructuring, insolvency and corporate recovery. His sector expertise includes technology, property, logistics, agriculture and professional and business services.
Trethowans, a leading law firm in the south, has appointed a new commercial property partner to its Southampton business, who will advise clients on issues such as property investment, leases, land development, property management and finance, and the sale and purchase of business premises. Sarah Humphrey joins Trethowans with over 15 years of commercial property experience and expertise. Humphrey acts for developers, investors, landlords, charities, farms and other businesses and individuals with commercial property needs.
National law firm Blake Morgan has announced the appointment of the immediate past president of the Law Society of England and Wales, Christina Blacklaws, as non- executive director. She will be working closely with Blake Morgan’s managing partner Mike Wilson, the strategy board and the operations team to help to deliver the firm’s growth strategy. With over 25 years’ experience practising law and holding various representative roles in the legal sector, Blacklaws brings with her a wealth of leadership expertise and a track record of driving growth through innovation. Blacklaws will play a key role in developing the firm’s equality, diversity and inclusion policies.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – MAY/JUNE 2020
Law firm Shoosmiths has boosted its national real estate offering with the strategic hire of partner Sara Hampson, a specialist adviser to developers, investors and landowners working across the living sector. Hampson, whose remit will cover the southern region based out of the firm’s Solent office, has significant experience advising housebuilders on the acquisition and sale of development land, strategic site assembly, joint ventures, options, land promotion agreements, development agreements, and the provision of affordable housing.
Leading law firm Blake Morgan has appointed marine law specialist Louise Fuller as a partner in the firm’s South Coast litigation team. Fuller joins from Lester Aldridge and was previously with Shoosmiths and Hill Dickinson. She is a member of the British Marine Federation and has served as a non- executive director there for two years. Fuller will primarily work across the South Coast and will advise on a wide range of marine matters.
Specialist corporate and technology law firm Moorcrofts has strengthened its corporate team as senior associate Nicola Bennett becomes partner. Bennett returned to Moorcrofts in 2018 after having trained and qualified with the firm back in 2008. Before joining Moorcrofts, she was a senior associate at the London office of law firm,
Freeths.Bennett is highly experienced in corporate transactions, investments, restructurings and share schemes and has a well- established reputation in the corporate field. She also has extensive experience of both private practice and in- house work.
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