Law firm Shoosmiths has recruited five lawyers from fellow legal firm DWF.
Janet Dalton has joined as the new head of the Financial Services team in Manchester. Before this she was head of non-contentious asset finance at DWF. She will advise on all aspects of non-contentious asset finance work, including transactional and regulatory work.
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Dalton has been joined by Suzanna Taylor and Aleea Bhatoo, who have joined Shoosmiths as associates.
In Birmingham, Roger Potgieter has joined as an asset finance partner and Charlotte Healey has joined as a solicitor.
Potgieter specialises in recoveries, general litigation and advice for auto finance and asset finance clients, and will also assist partner
Melanie Chell in managing and growing the Shoosmiths recoveries team.
Stephen Dawson, asset finance partner at Shoosmiths, said: "’The strategic hire of Janet, Roger and their supporting teams, is our bold response to growing demand for advice in the asset finance and regulatory sectors.
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By GlobalData"This year has been exceptional for Shoosmiths. Not only has our team been highly in demand from a range of new clients across the UK, but we have recently been awarded the Asset Finance Legal Provider of the Year award at the prestigious Leasing Life Awards 2014, which recognises the achievements of the European asset finance industry."
