A graduate from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has been named Human Rights Lawyer of the Year by the Law Society. Ravi Naik was awarded the accolade by the representative body for solicitors in England and Wales for his role in the high-profile Cambridge Analytica...
A total of 54 employees have been promoted in the Bristol office of international accountancy group KPMG, including three senior managers who have become directors. Shaun Gealy, Nick Cullimore-Davies and Neil Clarke work in audit, tax and consulting respectively. Shaun, pictured top, has spent 13 years with KPMG and...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its real estate sector team in Bristol with seven new appointments. Managing associate Lorrae Hendry and three new associates – Mary Waters, Joanna Gannon and Martin Bailey – have joined WBD’s Temple Quay office while Kate Higgins, Tomas Griffiths and...
Bristol recruitment consultancy Moxie and Mettle has started a complimentary HR advisory service to help clients ensure their staffing policies support business growth. Every time the Pill-based firm, which specialises in the creative sector, places a new candidate with a client company it will offer a half-day consultation with...
Three more lateral hires from rival Bristol firms have joined regional law firm Ashfords’ office in the city as it continues its strong growth. Derek Moore joins the social housing team as a legal director from TLT, while Michael Duncan arrives from Womble Bond Dickinson to become a member...
The Bristol office of South West law firm Foot Anstey has appointed Mark Li as a legal director in its commercial property team – its second lateral hire from rival Womble Bond Dickinson in a month. Mark, pictured, spent more than 15 years at Womble Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office,...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King has appointed experienced solicitor and former journalist Sharron Athay as its new compliance and risk manager. Sharron, pictured, joins Meade King from the Bristol office of Cardiff-based personal injury firm NewLaw Solicitors, where she was a technical development advisor and compliance auditor responsible...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has strengthened its team with the appointment of two trainee solicitors. Helen Young and Holly Mehigan are both taking their first seats at the firm in the litigation and conveyancing departments respectively. Helen is new to the firm and joins with a first-class degree from...
International property agency CBRE has made a series of new appointments in its Bristol office as it celebrates 15 years in the city. James Towersey joins as director, rating, while Ben Johnson is a new associate director in the building consultancy team. Also joining is Kristen Miskella, associate director,...
Commercial property consultancy Knight Frank has strengthened its Bristol team with the appointment of Dinah Weissenberger as graduate surveyor. Dinah, pictured, has joined the firm’s graduate scheme having gained a degree in Psychology from the University of Exeter. She is also studying for a masters’ degree in Real Estate...
Specialist business advisory firm FRP Advisory has appointed two new members to its Bristol team. Freddie James joins the corporate finance team under Mark Naughton from accountancy giant Deloitte, where has spent the past five years as a manager in transaction services in its Bristol office. He will be...
Sally Cordwell, the former SS Great Britain Trust deputy CEO and director of marketing and visitor experience, has been appointed by Bristol Old Vic as its interim director. Sally, pictured, will undertake the role, which she takes up on November 1, alongside her work as business director in the...
Accountancy group Grant Thornton has appointed Paul Wood as director of corporate finance advisory for its South West region. Paul, pictured, brings more than 25 years’ experience in the sector to his new role, joining from Lloyds Bank, where he was director of strategic debt finance for nearly two-and-a-half...
