Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has confirmed 13 senior promotions across its UK offices (10 new partners and three legal directors). The promotions bring the total number of UK partners at WBD to 130.
The new partners are:
Leeds-based James Cook. James was previously a legal director in the firm’s Corporate team. James is experienced in advising a variety of clients, from small owner-managed businesses to large corporates, on the full range of corporate matters – with a particular focus on private equity, mergers, acquisitions and shareholder arrangements.
Stacey Hall, Sarah Daun and Gavin Ellison from the Newcastle office. Stacey predominantly focuses on corporate transactional work and has experience working for serial acquirers, owner-managers and investors. Sarah specialises in privacy law and has significant experience of drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements across the public, private and third sectors on a national and international basis, with a focus on the manufacturing sector. Gavin has over 15 years' experience acting for trustees and employers on pensions law, working with clients on formulating and progressing benefit restructuring and transition management exercises for a combination of defined benefit, hybrid and defined contribution schemes.
Chris McLauchlan, Lisa Dromgoole and Emily Pike from the Edinburgh office. Chris leads the Scottish Banking team which covers real estate finance, corporate lending, acquisition finance,...
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