header-logo header-logo

09 July 2021
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-detail

Birketts—Seamus Clifford

Birketts welcomes new Partner in London office

Birketts’ Corporate Team is welcoming Partner, Seamus Clifford, strengthening the firm’s growing presence in the capital.

A former Partner at an East Anglian law firm, Seamus has spent part of his career working in London and establishing a wide array of contacts in the city and across Essex. With more than 20 years’ experience in corporate law, Seamus has an intricate understanding of corporate finance, reorganisations, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and mergers and acquisitions.

Speaking of his appointment, Seamus said: “I’m excited to take on a new challenge with Birketts. I place the same emphasis on high-quality client service and straightforward legal advice as the firm does, and I’m looking forward to getting started and working with my new colleagues and clients. Complex corporate matters run smoothest when experts can handle each individual aspect, so having the support of a firm with the resources Birketts has will be a huge asset.”

Adrian Seagers, Partner and Head of Corporate, said: “I am delighted that Seamus will be joining our fantastic Corporate Team. His years of work in London places him in excellent stead to expand the legal offering available to clients of our growing practice in the capital. His experience and expertise, combined with excellent client service make him an asset on every matter.”

 

 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
back-to-top-scroll