DWF appoints 8 in the North

by Richard Kilner

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DWF has bolstered its presence in the North of England with 8 appointments.

Jennifer Barnes leaves behind Kippax Beaumont Lewis to join DWF in Manchester, where she will serve as solicitor in the corporate team.

Also joining Manchester is Linda Olanipekun who becomes a senior solicitor in the real estate department having left behind Nabarro.

DWF’s Manchester presence is also reinforced with associate Nathan Jones, who comes from Berrymans Lace Mawer, and solicitor Saima Yasmeen who was previously with Keoghs.

The firm’s Leeds office is also bolstered, with a pair of associates, Jonathan Dees and Rada Dragicevic, joining the insurance department.

Dees formerly worked in Carlisle, as a partner of Bell Park Kerridge, and Dragicevic joins from Manchester where she served with Weightmans.

The third office to be strengthened in the raft of recruitments is Liverpool, where Stephen Gilroy has been named as a new solicitor in the insurance fraud department and Wendy Greenwood becomes a solicitor in the construction team.