UK Spring newsletter

UK Spring newsletter

UK Regional Newsletter Spring 2022

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Welcome to the Spring UK regional newsletter

I n March we announced that the firm will be merging with BLM, a UK based insurance focused firm which specialises in casualty, healthcare and regional professional lines defence. The merger is all about meeting our strategic objectives of building and maintaining market leadership positions in our chosen sectors, in this case insurance. You will, I hope, have had a chance to join one of the webinars explaining the merger and updating you on the integration. You can find more details in this newsletter, including a Q&A with Matthew Harrington, BLM’s Senior Partner. This is a really positive move for both firms as we build a market leading casualty insurance practice and compete in what is a very dynamic part of the market. We are excited to welcome our new colleagues when the merger goes live on 1 July and I would like to thank all the teams and individuals across the firm who are working so hard to get ready for go live and the integration process that will stretch many months into the future.

As we head into the summer months we can reflect on what we’ve achieved so far. Not only have we continued to win and service mandates across our practices but we also announced and started work on the second biggest UK law firm merger in history.

We recently announced our annual promotions to the Partnership and to Legal Director. It is fantastic to have such large cohorts for both sets of promotions, globally and in the UK, and on behalf of the UK Board I would like to congratulate all those promoted. You can read more about our new Partners and Legal Directors in this newsletter. This newsletter also shares our progress against our strategic priorities this calendar year, along with news from across our region and upcoming activities and initiatives. You will find details about a range of Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion initiatives which have taken place, including the recent launch of the wellbeing app Champion Health. You can also read about the launch of our Clyde+ Information Hub, find details about our recent client and panel wins and read some of the feedback we have received from clients. If you would like to find out more information about any of the topics covered in this newsletter, what is coming up in the future, or you have a story you would like to share in the Summer UK newsletter please email [email protected].

Rob Hill, Chair of the UK Board

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In this issue...

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Our People​

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Burns Night 2022

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Clyde & Co and BLM to merge

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Recognition

Introducing Matthew Harrington, Senior Partner at BLM

07 08 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 14

Partner promotions

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In the news

Legal Director promotions Anniversaries and retirements

Quotes from clients

Lateral hires

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Innovation

Vacancies and referrals Global subscriptions

Culture and values UK summer parties

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Launching the Clyde+ information Hub

Information Technology update

Learning & Development

Russia-Ukraine Hub New Casualty product

The future of Early Careers project

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Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion

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International Women’s Day Bridge to the City Programme LGBTQIA+ History Month Neurodiversity Celebration Week

Race Equality Week

Supporting the humanitarian relief in Ukraine

Looking after your mental health

Champion Health app

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Clients and Growth

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Thought leadership Clients and panel wins

Southbank Centre

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Our people

Beecraigs Park, Linlithgow by Lorna Howard

All the photos used on our title pages in this issue have been taken by colleagues, many show what they got up to over the Easter break.

We love how Lorna has captured the last of the day’s light on the Scottish fields.

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Stronger as one

In March we announced that our partners had voted in favour of a merger with BLM. This followed detailed discussions over many months, including with clients of both firms, and we are excited to welcome BLM colleagues into Clyde & Co when the combination goes live on 1 July.

T he merger is in line with our firm’s strategy – to build and maintain leadership positions in our chosen sectors, which are insurance, aviation, projects and construction and what we now call EMNR (Energy, Marine and Natural Resources). While we are undisputed leaders in insurance law globally and number one in the UK broadly, a strategic review in 2020 identified opportunities to be gained by significantly strengthening our UK casualty insurance offering, our regional professional liability offering and our healthcare practice.

coming together with BLM was the preferred option. The reasons for this were good client and panel alignment, cultural fit and an expectation that combining the two firms would be favourably viewed by clients and the market. Integration plans are well underway and you will receive inviations to meetings to find out more about the integration. In the meantime if you have any questions about the merger, please first refer to the FAQ document which you can access here. If you would like to submit new questions, you can do so here.

We looked at several ways to grow the Casualty practice and concluded that

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Introducing Matthew Harrington, Senior Partner at BLM

Ahead of the combination going live in July Matthew Harrington shares his views on why the merger is a positive development for both BLM and Clyde & Co.

Tell us a bit about your career so far. I joined BLM as Partner in 2007 to set up its Cardiff office and in 2010 extended the firm’s footprint by helping to create a new office in Bristol. Because I joined from a small firm I had quite a mixed practice doing everything from large loss injury, occupational disease and health and safety cases. My practice such as it is now leans more towards Health and Safety. Leading BLM as Senior Partner over the last four years or so as has been a privilege – our experts are second-to- none and we are all very positive as to what the future holds after 1 July. I am very proud to have been at the helm as Senior Partner and see the firm become a market leader in so many areas particularly our suite of award-winning innovative business solutions and work with the London School of Economics.

What does the merger mean to you?

across the regions, as well as elevate our healthcare practice to the top echelons in the UK. Clyde & Co is absolutely the right choice for BLM.

When I became Senior Partner in 2018, I clearly set out my ambitions for the firm which were to continue on our journey in becoming a market-leading insurance and risk law firm. I’m very proud that we achieved that in lots of areas. Now almost four and a half years later, as the market rapidly changes and businesses are consolidating, including our clients, the advantages of a merger with Clyde & Co were obvious. Not only do we share common values, the merger will strengthen our position as an insurance and risk expert with enhanced global capabilities. Clyde & Co’s strategic objectives are very similar to ours and provides us with the much needed growth to develop our business for the benefit of our people and our clients. As a merged firm, we will be the market leader in casualty and extend Clyde & Co’s London Market offering to market leader position

How are the integration plans going?

The integration is going very well, we are working so well with our Clyde colleagues. As you can imagine there are a lot of moving parts during this process and the priority here has to be the wellbeing of our people so we are working hard to ensure the integration is as smooth as possible for all. I’d like to thank everyone from BLM and Clyde & Co that are working tirelessly to support the transition ahead of July.

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Partner promotions

This year we have promoted 23 of our lawyers to equity partner and 21 to senior equity partner. This is one of the biggest cohorts in the firm’s history, with the promotions spread across our practice groups and regions. It is also positive news to see that over half of the equity partner promotions globally are women.

14 of the newly promoted partners are based in the UK. Please join us in congratulating all of our new partners. You can read more about each of them and see the full list of global promotions in this specially prepared pack.

Senior Equity Partners

Equity Partners

L egal Director Promotions

Marta Jarque Branguli Energy, Marine & Natural Resources London Giovanna Cabbia Energy, Marine & Natural Resources London

Emma Ager Insurance London

Bryn Hodges Insurance London

Christopher Leadbetter Projects & Construction London

We have also promoted 36 of our lawyers to Legal Director in the UK.

You can read about them here.

Christopher Pratts Energy, Marine & Natural Resources London

Marie-Anne Moussalli Energy, Marine & Natural Resources London

Anthony Albertini Projects & Construction London

Please join us in congratulating all who have been promoted.

Rebecca Armstrong Energy, Marine & Natural

Annabelle Redman Real Estate London

Laura Coates Projects & Construction London

Andrew Tolmie Insurance Edinburgh

Resources Guildford

Will Deeprose Projects & Construction Guildford

Nicholas Harding Aviation London

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Legal Director promotions 2022

In addition to the partner promotions we also promoted 76 of our lawyers across the world to our Legal Director tier. 36 of those promoted are based in the UK.

Craig Bird Energy, Marine & Natural

Sarah Finnigan Insurance Manchester

Paul Cole Real Estate Guildford

Resources Guildford

Anna Fomina Energy, Marine & Natural

Sima Butt Insurance Manchester

Christopher Cowland Insurance London

Resources Guidlford

Fiona Cassidy Corporate Insurance London

Tristan Cox Insolvency & Reorganisation London

Natalie Gibb Insurance Edinburgh

Kirsty Cassidy Insurance Edinburgh

Franco D’Andrea Insurance London

Stephen Guyll Insurance Manchester

Sabina Cehajic Energy, Marine & Natural Resources London

Kate Dugdale Insurance London

Edward Hamilton International Arbitration London

Ben Chalkley Corporate & Advisory London

Colette Finnieston Insurance Edinburgh

Kate Hargan Insurance Manchester

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Nathaniel Horrocks-Burns Projects & Construction London Legal Director promotions 2022 Please join us in congratulating them all. You can read more about them in this pack.

Ruth Lane Insurance London

Tom Scott Insurance Manchster

David Hutchison Insurance Glasgow

Wynne Lawrence Insurance London

Anna Shaw Insurance London

Helen Kanczes Insurance Manchester

Gary Nicholls Insurance Edinburgh

Laurie Swain Insurance Manchester

Andrew Kelcher Insurance London

Ameeta Panesar Real Estate Glasgow

Kate Vernon Insurance Manchester

Chris Kerr Projects & Construction London

Sian Purath Insurance London

Kim Waterhouse Insurance Manchester

Richard Kniveton Projects & Construction London

Kathryn Salsbury Real Estate London

Paul Widger Forensic Accounting Manchester

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Anniversaries and retirements

Retirements

Anniversaries

Carol Bucknole, Senior Payroll Advisor (Guildford)

40 years

John Whittaker , Partner – Energy, Marine & Natural Resources (London)

Carol joined the firm on 25 January 1999 working in our Guildford office as a Payroll Administrator, and on retiring was Senior Payroll Advisor. Carol is celebrating her retirement by going on a well-deserved holiday to St Lucia and, on her return, plans to spend lots of quality time with her grandchildren, as well as on the golf course and in her garden.

35 years

Simon Culhane, Partner – Energy, Marine & Natural Resources (Guildford)

30 years

Jayne Hamilton, Legal Support Assistant – Energy, Marine & Natural Resources (London)

Gordon Keyden, Consultant (Edinburgh)

G illes G raham , Partner – Casualty (Glasgow)

25 years

After 46 years of service Gordon Keyden retired at the end of April. Gordon was brought up in Kilmacolm, educated at Glenalmond and he completed his law degree at Durham University. He went on to sit his bar exams in London but quickly decided that the City was not for him and in 1976 returned to Scotland, securing a job at Simpson & Marwick.

Siobhan Mullins , Partner – Casualty (Manchester)

Susan Barclay , Paralegal – Casualty (Edinburgh)

Lorraine Callow , Hub Leader – Employment & Pensions (London)

Across more than four decades Gordon built up an impressive practice of many well known insurance and self insured clients. For many years he also acted for clients in occupational disease and later specialised in catastrophic and large loss claims. He took over as Managing Partner of Simpson & Marwick in 2012 and was one of the driving forces behind the merger with Clyde & Co.

We wish Gordon well in his retirement and, as a keen golfer, on the links.

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We have been delighted to welcome two new UK based partners to the firm this year. Lateral hires

Vacancies and Referrals

Loukas Mistelis joined our global international arbitration group as a partner in our London team. Loukas is a leading expert in international dispute resolution and investment treaty law, and has extensive experience as an arbitrator, counsel, and expert witness in complex matters.

Rob Crossingham joined as a partner in our global insurance practice, based in London. He has practised exclusively in the professional liability and financial lines fields since qualifying and has a particular expertise in policy coverage matters.

On Clyde Connected there is a dedicated UK resourcing page which advertises all live job vacancies from across the firm. Click here to see which roles are currently live.

We also have a referral scheme in place. All colleagues are actively encouraged to look at the open vacancies and think about their networks as potential resources for candidates. If your referral meets the criteria and is successful in the application process, you will be entitled to a referral fee.

Loukas Mistelis, Partner

Rob Crossingham, Partner

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Did you know that as a Clyde & Co employee you have access to a number of global subscriptions? Accessing global subscriptions

Culture and values F ocus groups with up to 200 UK colleagues are took place across the month of May to explore perspectives on the current culture and aspirations for the firm’s culture and values going forward. Insights will be taken from these sessions and the recent survey to help us to shape our values, which will be refined across the summer and shared with the UK business in September. Many thanks to everyone who has dedicated their time to this important project so far. If anyone would like further information or to be involved in any way please contact Rachael Martin. Have Your Say

The firm holds a number of global subscriptions that everyone can use, free of charge. Below is the list of subscriptions available globally, along with the details and instructions you need to sign up. Please ensure you use your Clyde & Co email address when signing up.

Fill in the form ensuring you use your Clyde & Co email address. You will then receive an email from Insurance Insider asking you to reset your password. Follow the instructions in the email to finish setting up your account.

As a critical part of our people listening strategy, the first of our regular Have Your Say surveys was launched last month. Feedback on your working life at the firm is invaluable in helping us to continuously improve and offer our people the best experience possible. Results and actions will be shared with all colleagues as soon as possible.

The Lawyer

Once you have your log in details you can access the sites using any device.

Click here to sign up.

UK Summer Parties W e are looking forward to the summer parties taking place in the UK this year.

Follow the “sign in” link at the top right-hand corner of The Lawyer website, then scroll down to the “I don’t have an account” link.

Financial Times

Click here to sign up.

Law.com International

Fill in the form, using your Clyde & Co email address. Once you have access, visit ‘settings and account’ in the top right of the screen and create a password. Once you have this password you can then log into the Financial Times on other devices or through the app.

If you are based in the UK and are connected to the Clyde & Co network via the VPN you should have automatic access to content on the Law. com International website. All of these subscriptions are administered by the library team, as well as many others including all the legal >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31

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