Professional indemnity specialist Elisabeth Taylor will join the firm’s insurance team on 1 September from rival firm Halliwells’
She will be joined by a team including an associate, a senior lawyer and a paralegal.
Taylor, who was managing partner and head of professional indemnity at James Chapman & Co prior to the insurance specialist’s merger with Halliwells in 2006, will take the
Mills & Reeve managing partner Guy Hichley said: “Insurance is a major strand in our strategy and a key driver to our business.
“We are delighted to have attracted an individual of
“It is very exciting to see our
Mills & Reeve’s insurance team has 10 partners and more than 40 lawyers. The group was recently reappointed to
Taylor’s appointment follows the hire of corporate partner Julian Smith from Wragge & Co to the firm’s Birmingham office earlier in the year and the recent promotion of seven lawyers to its -partnership.
The law firm has reported a 10% increase in turnover for 2007-08 taking revenues to £62.5m. Meanwhile, profits per equity partner grew by 7% to £295,000.
In May former
