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24 November 2020
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gunnercooke—17 appointments

17 join in autumn recruitment drive

Law firm gunnercooke has announced the appointment of 17 new hires across its London and Yorkshire offices.

The appointments include former Taylor Wessing partner and banking and finance specialist Paul Harrison, and corporate partner Rebecca Holden who joins from DLA Piper. Wolfgang Richter has come on board to head up the firm’s first overseas office in Berlin`.

Joining the family team are Siddique Patel, bringing expertise in Islamic matrimonial law, and collaborative and family law partner Michelle Camacho.

The Yorkshire office has welcomed real estate partners Marc Warren and Rachael Wilson, and corporate lawyer David Arundel.

Other hires include property litigation expert Paul Pinder, private equity specialist Victoria Sherliker, intellectual property lawyer Rachel Pearse, and real estate lawyer Michael Shaw.

Corporate lawyers Richard Barnett and Simona Falticeanu also join the growing team, as well as dispute resolution partners David Breslin, Philip Rubens and Simon Colledge.

The firm’s co-founder, Sarah Goulbourne, said: ‘The last few months have been extremely strong for recruitment at gunnercooke. We now have over 225 partners at the firm covering a huge range of practice areas and sector expertise. Our newest partners significantly bolster our Yorkshire team and we’ve also welcomed our first German lawyer to the firm.’

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