Independent regional accounting firm Milsted Langdon, which has one of its five offices in Bristol, is celebrating a raft of new promotions as it recognises the talent within its teams. A dozen staff members have been promoted to new roles, including three new directors – Martin Johnson, Lyndsay Hardwick...
The construction and engineering team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Katy Wall as a director. Katy, pictured, joins Burges Salmon after 10 years at international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she was a senior associate in its commercial construction & engineering team. Prior...
Regional accountancy group PKF Francis Clark has promoted Sam Phillips, the head of its transaction services team in Bristol, to partner. The move, along with nine other newly promoted partners, takes the number of partners in the firm to 60, the most in its 104-year history. Sam, pictured, joined the...
Full-service national law firm Shakespeare Martineau has made two promotions in Bristol and confirmed the office head and deputy. The firm, which expanded into the South West for the first time last year when it completed its merger with historic Bristol firm GL Law, said the moves were part of its...
Ten promotions have been made in the Bristol office of national law firm Bevan Brittan to recognise what it called the “significant contribution” made by the individuals during a challenging time. The promotions include two new partners, two legal directors, three senior associates and three associates from the firm’s...
National law firm Ashfords has appointed Tom Llewellyn as a partner in the firm’s commercial disputes team in Bristol. Tom, pictured, joins from Bath-headquartered regional law firm RWK Goodman, where he was a partner in its dispute resolution team for nearly three years. Prior to that he worked at...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed two of its partners as departments heads. Rick Read has become its new head of real estate while Jim Aveline now heads private client services. A partner in the firm’s real estate investment and asset management team, Rick, pictured, acts for...
Regional alternative finance lender South West Investment Group (SWIG) has appointed former mergers & acquisitions partner at global accountancy firm PwC Chris Butters as its first group CEO. Chris, pictured, who has been a non-executive director of SWIG for more than two years, will lead on the organisation’s growth...
Staff at regional accountancy firm Milsted Langdon have thanked chairman Tim Close for his work as he prepares to hand over to his successor. Experienced partner Simon Rowe is taking over from Tim, pictured, who has held his position within the practice since 2019 and is stepping down to...
Bristol-based commercial property consultancy Hartnell Taylor Cook has made 15 promotions, including two new partners, following another successful year for the firm. In the past year, during which it celebrated its 100th anniversary, Hartnell Taylor Cook has welcomed a number of new clients and broadened the scope of its services...
An increase in demand for financial planning services has led integrated wealth management and professional services group Evelyn Partners to make two key appointments in its Bristol office. Adam Deacon joins as an experienced associate director and Ben Glynn as an associate financial planner. Adam has more than 10...
Regional law firm Michelmores has appointed six new female partners, lifting its female partnership level to 48% and far exceeding the 30% figure it set itself five years ago. The firm, which has an office in Bristol, has also appointed six new senior associates, taking its proportion of women in...
Steve McGuigan, commercial property partner at Bristol-headquartered national law firm VWV, has been appointed as its new managing partner. Steve, who joined VWV as a trainee solicitor nearly 22 years ago, takes over from Simon Heald, who also trained at the firm and has been managing partner for the past...
