DWF continues London growth
7/12/2010Five new starters at DWF
Leading law firm, DWF, has further strengthened its team in London with the appointment of five new lawyers.
Peter Blake, Nick Connolly, James Manning, Dan Verow and Sophie Mourmouris have all joined the insurance team.
Peter has more than eight years' experience in defending high value motor and general liability personal injury claims. He joins from Kennedys as a senior solicitor.
Nick has also been appointed as a senior solicitor and joins the firm from Barlow Lyde and Gilbert where his personal injury specialisation concentrated on multi-million pound brain injury cases. Nick has more than 20 years' experience in insurance law and regularly speaks at seminars on such diverse subjects as mental capacity, periodical payments, professional indemnity issues, privacy and confidentiality.
Dan Verow, a senior solicitor with 10 years experience joins from BLM. Dan specialises in liability claims in the retail and public sectors.
James joins DWF as a legal executive having previously worked for Barlow Lyde and Gilbert. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and specialises in defending personal injury claims with specialist expertise in public and employers' liability claims.
Sophie joins the insurance litigation team as a solicitor having qualified from Baker and McKenzie where she trained.
Graham Dickinson, executive partner at the London office of DWF said: "These are the latest appointments to the insurance practice group which is continuing to grow, with tremendous support from our insurance client base.
"Together with our employment group, we now have 41 lawyers in the London office serving a broad range of insurance and corporate clients and our ability to recruit quality lawyers from established city firms is testament to the exciting potential for DWF in London."
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Notes to editors
DWF LLP is one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK. With over 1,100 people based in Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Preston, DWF provides a range of services grouped in the following sectors:
Corporate
Finance & Restructuring
Litigation
Real Estate
People
Insurance
Private Client
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