Welcome to Wiggin: Ryan Reynolds’s go-to sports lawyer moves firm
Media, technology and IP firm Wiggin has poached a six-strong sports team from Walker Morris. Led by partner David Hinchliffe, the team works primarily on football matters, having acted for clients including Crystal Palace and Leeds United across contentious and non-contentious mandates. Hinchliffe, who joined Walker Morris 28 years ago, was head of sport at the firm and had been a full equity partner since 2005. He was instructed by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on their purchase of […]
Dickson Minto ushers in new chapter with rare lateral hire
Dickson Minto has made a rare dip into the recruitment market with the appointment of a real estate partner from Walker Morris. The former group head of Leeds-based Walker Morris’ real estate practice Jeremy Moore has joined Scotland’s Dickson Minto as a partner with immediate effect. Moore will be based out of Dickson Minto’s London office, which it set up last year following the departure of most of the firm in the English capital to Milbank. Since then, Dickson Minto […]
Walker Morris sells 34-strong team to Leeds newcomer
Flint Bishop has acquired Walker Morris’s 34-strong volume banking and finance recoveries division to launch in Leeds. As part of the transfer, director Justin Coley will continue in the role of head of recoveries, while Rebecca Calland and Ellen McLean have been promoted to the position of partner. Other key figures joining from Walker Morris include banking litigation senior associates Georgina Davis and Olena Jarockyj. The Walker Morris team is known nationally and is on several bank panels. The move […]
Walker Morris surpasses £70m turnover target
Leeds-based Walker Morris is eyeing up £100m turnover, as it glides past its 2024 target of £70m. The independent firm generated £74m revenue for the 2023/24 financial year (subject to a formal sign-off), representing a 10 per cent increase from the £67.5m generated the previous year. This means that Walker Morris has grown its top-line by more than 30 per cent since 2021, which is when it launched its three-year Ambition strategy and £70m target. Speaking to The Lawyer, the […]