DWF raids DLA Piper and BCLP to boost UK corporate and real estate teams
05 May 2021
DWF raids DLA Piper and BCLP to boost UK corporate and real estate teams
The five new senior hires will be based across the firm s Leeds and London offices
Leeds Shutterstock Listed firm DWF has made five senior hires across its UK business, strengthening both its corporate and real estate teams. The new recruits include former DLA Piper corporate partners Wendy Harrison and Jonathan Procter, as well as corporate partner Alexis Karim, who joins from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Harrison and Procter are based in Leeds, while Karim is based in London. Meantime, real estate partner Andrew Batterton and legal director Naithan McBride also join from DLA Piper in Leeds. Batterton joins the planning team this month, while McBride will join the global construction team in June.