Professor Jonathan Harris, a specialist in private international law and international trusts, joined leading commercial / chancery chambers Serle Court as a tenant on 1 May 2009.
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Star move Serle Court
Professor Jonathan Harris, a specialist in private international law and international trusts, joined leading commercial / chancery chambers Serle Court as a tenant on 1 May 2009.
Jonathan was called to the Bar in 2006, and was previously a practising door tenant at Brick Court Chambers. His practice covers all areas of commercial and chancery law. He has a pre-eminent reputation in the field of private international law and is an editor of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws. He will continue to hold the position of professor of international commercial law at the University of Birmingham.
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Fine move
Finers Stephens Innocent LLP is delighted to confirm the appointment of Jane Amphlett as an employment partner.
Jane joins FSI from Addleshaw Goddard where she was a partner and head of equality and brings considerable expertise in a broad range of employment advice as well as strong industry contacts from her role as the treasurer of the Employment Lawyers Association. Carolyn Brown, head of employment at FSI, says: “Jane is a tremendous addition to our team. To attract so high calibre an individual from a larger City firm underlines FSI's serious credentials in employment law.
“Our growing team of employment lawyers is a widely recognised stand-alone employment practice with diverse areas of specialism and also provides support to the firm's wide range of corporate and commercial clients.”
Talbots & DBL join forces
Two West Midlands law firms, Talbots Solicitors and Dunham, Brindley and Linn, have finalised a merger agreement brokered by The 360 Legal Group. The combined firm will operate from five offices across the region, with a turnover of £4m and 100 staff. Talbots will retain its offices in Stourbridge and Kidderminster, jointly employing 70 people, under its own brand. Dunham, Brindley and Linn, which employs 30 people at its three offices in Wolverhampton, Dudley and Codsall, will be re-branded as DBL Talbots LLP.
