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Leading lawyer Paula Swain mentored aspiring law and business students this week, as part of an innovative careers event at Solent University, Southampton.Paula, who is head of Shoosmiths’ Solent office and heads the national law firm’s business to business debt recovery team, joined a panel of business leaders from throughout the region including representatives from Southampton FC, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and NatWest at the ‘Your future at work’ themed event ...

Award-winning broadcaster, writer and adventurer Ben Fogle joined UK law firm Shoosmiths to recount tales of resilience from his illustrious career to a packed audience of the firm’s clients and contacts on Wednesday evening ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has revealed the new head of its Nottingham office.Michael Briggs, a partner and employment law specialist, takes on the role from Deborah Gordon-Brown who has held the post since 2015. Michael, who joined Shoosmiths as an associate in 2013, will lead 77 staff at the firm’s Waterfront House office on Station Street and is set to oversee plans to continue growing its presence in the city and wider region ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has boosted its dispute resolution and litigation practice with the appointment of specialist financial services disputes resolution lawyer Andrew Bowden-Brown as a partner in London.Previously head of banking & finance at Francis Wilks & Jones, Andrew has more than 20 years of experience across the asset-based lending, alternative finance and banking and finance industry ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths and tech start-up and scale-up policy group Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Economy) have partnered to produce Coadec’s latest insight piece - Regional and National Ecosystems: Untapped Potential.The thought leadership collaboration examines the potential for building successful start-up ecosystems across all parts of the UK and concludes there is untapped potential to grow these and other regional tech hubs ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has sponsored the 2022 Gender Index report, with findings demonstrating that female-founders obtain disproportionately less investment compared to male-owned companies.The Gender Index's (TGI) ambition is to help create a more equal future by providing a clear and accurate picture of the disparity between male and female led businesses, by benchmarking the current level of activity undertaken by companies across the UK which are owned or led by female founders ...

Shoosmiths will partner the over age 35 men’s basketball team for the upcoming European Championships in Malaga.The Federation of Masters Basketball Association (FIMBA) European championships take place in from 24 June to 2 July 2022. FIMBA GB is sending 15 teams. Craig Sharland, regional estates manager at Shoosmiths, is captain of the o35 Men’s team ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths is continuing its ambitious growth strategy in the North West with the appointment of Elia Montorio as corporate partner in its Manchester office. Described by Legal 500 as ‘brilliant’ and an ‘exceptional deal counsel’, Elia has built a reputation as one of the leading corporate lawyers in Manchester over the last decade, regularly appearing in the Insider North West’s Top 100 Most Influential Businesswomen league table ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths is celebrating five years in Sheffield, following significant growth and impressive client wins in the region.Based at City Estates’ Speedwell Works development in Sheffield’s thriving cultural industries quarter, the Shoosmiths team has increased its profile in South Yorkshire and built an impressive client roster ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has supported research into the property technology (proptech) sector in partnership with Financial Times backed media platform Sifted Intelligence and proptech VC Pi Labs.The report, Proptech: How the world’s biggest asset class faces digital disruption, is jointly sponsored by Shoosmiths Pi Labs, investigating how technology is reshaping real estate ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has advised global software company Everbridge, Inc. on a significant acquisition of advanced business resilience solutions business, Anvil Group. Everbridge is a Nasdaq listed global software company, providing international clients with best-in-class software applications that automate and accelerate operational response to critical events, its aim to keep businesses running faster and safer ...

Shoosmiths has added new expertise to its construction practice with a partner hire in Manchester.The leading law firm has recruited Ian Hardman who is a specialist non-contentious lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising on construction and engineering matters. Ian arrives at Shoosmiths from Weightmans where he was a partner and head of its Manchester construction team, working on key projects including a £250m distribution centre in the North West ...

An expert in charity law at leading law firm Shoosmiths has welcomed changes to the Charities Bill, claiming they will “make life easier for hard-pushed charities and their trustees in the aftermath of a global pandemic.”They will also “address technical issues that have diverted resources away from charitable activities” and provide “a clearer and less bureaucratic framework”, says Robert Nieri, a charity law specialist at the firm ...

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of new non-executive director, Vikas Shah MBE.Vikas joins the Board alongside Monica Burch, who has been a non-executive director since 2018, and will provide the Board with another expert external view to assist the firm’s strategic development. Vikas is an experienced entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist and visiting professor, with significant experience in the business-to-business sector ...

Shoosmiths has bolstered the ranks of its southern real estate group.The law firm has recruited housebuilder expert Ben Pariser as a partner into its Thames Valley office in Reading. Also joining the team is Simon Dawes who arrives as legal director and is set to provide specialist residential development experience after advising on projects delivering up to 3,000 homes ...

Paula Swain, head of Shoosmiths’ national business debt recovery team and head of the firm’s Solent office, put aspiring lawyers through their paces last week in her first ‘in person’ appointment as a visiting scholar.Paula, who is also the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) representative on the Solent Freeport Consortium Board, lent her valuable expertise to students at Solent University Law School by taking them through the workings of a real-world contract ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has been appointed to the Lovell Partnerships Limited (Lovell) legal services and plot sales panels in England, Scotland and Wales.Work for the residential development expert will commence in January 2022 for three years. The appointment of Shoosmiths will assist Lovell’s housebuilding, affordable living and later living businesses in delivering mixed tenure communities across the UK ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has announced it is set to move its Edinburgh office to a new landmark development, marking ten years of success in Scotland.Shoosmiths has been based at Saltire Court, Castle Terrace since 2012 and has expanded its practice significantly in that time ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has advised Global Critical Logistics (GCL) and its subsidiary Rock-it Global on its acquisition of Dynamic Freight International and Dynamic Doxynamic Dox (collectively ‘Dynamic’). Headquartered in Los Angeles, GCL is the holding company for renowned Rock-it Global – a provider of freight forwarding and logistics for the entertainment, music touring, sports, broadcast, film and TV industry ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths rose to second place for the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions advised on throughout 2021, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report results.  Numerous highlights during 2021 for Shoosmiths include its Manchester corporate team advising on over £1.5 billion worth of transactions and its London corporate team advising on over 60 transactions ...

Law firm Shoosmiths has released both its annual ESG report and 2022 United Nations Global Compact report.The Environmental, Social and Governance (formerly Corporate Responsibility) Report 2020/2021 includes details on the accountability and management of ESG matters, reporting of 79 ESG metrics and progress against 22 targets ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has signed the Green Pledge, a global initiative created by the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations to minimise the environmental impact of this area of law ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has advised Total Developments on the £25m sale of a 16-acre industrial and warehouse park near Leeds.The transaction sees Total Developments sell its remaining interest in Total Park to life and pensions company ReAssure Limited. The sale includes four units at the park, which are let to a range of occupiers ...

LAW firm Shoosmiths has appointed Catherine Williams to head up its Milton Keynes office.Catherine, a real estate partner and head of the law firm’s living sector, has taken up the post from commercial partner Robin Webb who spent four years in the role. Robin is moving on to become national head of the firm’s commercial group following David Jackson’s appointment as Shoosmiths’ CEO, with effect from 1 May 2022 ...

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has advised Henkel UK Operations on an £8.5m sale of three industrial units, located at Winsford Industrial Estate in Cheshire.The deal sees Henkel UK Operations, which owns brands including Loctite, UniBond and Sellotape, sell the properties to Pitalia Real Estate. Pitalia is partnering with Harlex Property to refurbish and reposition two units that are currently vacant ...