Eversheds’ Leeds property head Gerry Mulholland is set to join Pinsents’
Mulholland specialises in real estate finance, acting for lenders providing development and investment finance to property companies, investors and
individuals.
The hires come as Pinsents last week became the latest major law firm to convert to LLP status.
The 1 March conversion to an LLP, which was backed via a partner vote last November, will apply to both full equity and fixed-share partners, though voting rights and internal management will remain the same under the new structure.
The firm’s offices in
Pinsents’ outsourcing partner Iain Monaghan, who heads up the committee handling conversion, told Legal Week: “This is an idea we had been contemplating for a while. As there was no advantage in being first we waited until it was the right time for the firm.”
He added: “We have been expanding over the past two years and partners joining us expect us to become an LLP rather than a partnership — it is increasingly seen as the only way to go.”
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