Keystone Law has continued its expansion with the announcement of an additional 17 members of the team.
The appointments span a wide array of the firm’s practice areas, including corporate, commercial, immigration, intellectual property, private client, property and regulatory law.
The new arrivals are as follows:
- Barry Adamson, Alex Boothman and Luke Trigona, a team of private client lawyers formerly of Berkeley Law;
- Richard Williams, Niall McCann and Marilyn Gayle, a trio of licensing, gambling and regulatory specialists from Joelson;
- Alan Gar, previously a restructuring and insolvency partner at McDermott Will & Emery;
- Mark Parkhouse, an insolvency practitioner and former partner at Reed Smith;
- Mark Beer OBE, an experienced commercial lawyer who was previously a partner with Clyde & Co;
- Richard Temple, an energy, infrastructure and natural resources specialist and previously a partner at Fieldfisher;
- Geoffrey Davies, a corporate lawyer with more than 40 years of experience and former consultant at Lewis Silkin;
- Kash Balogun, a dispute resolution lawyer with a focus on the construction, oil and gas, and finance sectors, who was formerly of Clifford Chance;
- Nick Watson, a commercial lawyer who provides in-house counsel services for companies, and who was previously general counsel at Control Risks;
- Rhodri Thomas, an employment specialist and former senior associate at Baker McKenzie;
- Nick Owens, a former senior associate at Pennington Manches and a commercial, residential and agricultural real estate specialist;
- Anna Law, an employment expert focusing on the banking and financial services industries, who was previously a senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills; and
- Nicola Richards, a business immigration specialist and former senior associate at Doyle Clayton.
Commenting on the appointments, James Knight, CEO and founder of Keystone Law, said: ‘Over the course of 2018 we saw more than 250 applications from lawyers seeking a route out of traditional practice to join us and we have continued to see a high volume of enquiries this year.
‘The Keystone model is not just about making our lawyers happier; it is about making our clients happier. Each of our senior practitioners is totally free to dedicate themselves to servicing the needs of their clients, rather than wasting time on the mechanics of the business.’
