Karl Pocock has joined as a senior associate; Kitty Rosser and Paul Palik have been appointed associates and Nikki Reid as a solicitor.
2014 has been a fantastic year for the corporate services division at Birketts and the corporate team has been involved in some major deals. Since 1 January 2014, Birketts has advised on approximately £500m of corporate transactions across a variety of sectors.
Birketts was recently crowned ‘corporate and commercial regional firm of the year’ at The Legal 500 UK Awards and ‘corporate law firm of the year’ at this year’s Dealmakers Awards.
Separately, Adrian Possener was elected as UK Corporate Governance lawyer of 2014 by Finance Monthly.
Karl Pocock, a corporate tax specialist, said: “Birketts is not only recognised as one of the premier legal practices in Norwich but also as one of the top UK law firms. The firm has built a fantastic reputation over the last 10 years in the city and is now winning national accolades. It’s a hugely exciting time to join and I very much look forward to working with our clients to achieve their goals.”
Adrian Possener, head of Birketts' corporate and commercial team in Norwich added: “I’m delighted to say that we’re seeing a great deal of activity in the market across all our practice areas and we’ve recruited accordingly. Norfolk remains central to our continued success and future growth and we are making a sizeable investment in the region. This is significant growth, which is good news for Birketts and good news for the local economy.”
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Photo (left to right): Lottie Fletcher, Karl Pocock, Nikki Reid, Andrew Wood, Adrian Possener, Greg Allan, Erika Clarke, Paul Palik, Kitty Rosser, Lorraine Porter.