Huntons builds real estate with LG hire

Marshall, who will head Hunton's City property offering, joined this week from LG, where she has been a partner since 2002.

Prior to joining LG, Marshall worked at Scots leader McGrigor Donald as well as a stint in-house at Pearl Assurance.

Her clients include Scottish Mutual Assurance, for which she advised on the sale of 81-100 Kings Road, Chelsea, to Allied Irish Bank for £55m. She also advised Scottish Mutual Assurance on the sale of 11 The Strand, which comprised a freehold mixed office and retail building totalling approximately 47,167 sq ft. Her other clients include Zurich Assurance, Halifax Bank of Scotland and Capmark.

Huntons European managing partner Martin Thomas said: "We are really delighted with Thelma's hire. We have been looking to hire someone in real estate for a few years now and she was by far and away the best candidate."

He added that in the mid to long term the firm is looking to build the real estate practice, bringing in two or three more partners.

Marshall's arrival takes the number of partners at the firm's City office up to 15 following the transfer of corporate partner Jerry Whitson and energy partner Ferdinand Calice from the US in May this year.

The firm has also made a number of lateral hires in recent months. At the beginning of the year, Roger Dyer joined as head of finance from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and prior to that outsourcing partner Peter Brudenall joined from Simmons & Simmons.