Lawyers on the Move: Recent In-House Appointments / Promotions - 2025 Q3 & Q4 Edition - Yorkshire & North East
Lawyers on the Move: Recent In-House Appointments / Promotions
Congratulations on the names mentioned below. It is a huge achievement to move a move in this market, and I wanted to start celebrating those lawyers who have successfully transitioned to in-house roles. Any moves or promotions that I've omitted, I don't mean to offend. It is literally me collating the news over a period of months. Think Legal keeping it human since 2016.
YORKSHIRE
General Counsel & Head of Legal Appointments
- Gill Stevenson appointed as General Counsel at Steel City
- Nick Heron has been appointed Head of Legal at Verallia
- Laurie Murphy has been promoted to General Counsel at Optum UK
- Nigel Smith has been promoted to General Counsel following the merger of Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group
- Craig Atkinson has been appointed General Counsel at Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) in Doncaster
- Andrew Newton has moved to COEO from Link Scheme Limited as General Counsel
- Sally-Anne Leppington joins Lantern Debt Recovery Services as General Counsel after many years with TransUnion
- Mark Crebbin joins LINK Scheme Ltd as Head of Legal after 13 years with TransUnion
- Sam Lucas joins Havas Market as Head of Legal
- Gemma Lowe has been appointed Head of Legal at Icon Group
Deputy General Counsel & Senior Leadership
- Nathan Bentley has been promoted to Deputy General Counsel at Progeny
- Julia Naylor joins Q-Park as Head of Legal after 3 years at Fenwick
- Patrick Kemp has been appointed Chief Legal Officer at Geobear Global
Senior Legal Counsel Appointments
- Emma Brooke joins ITM Power as Senior Legal Counsel, formerly General Counsel at Avacta Group
- Jenny Jackson has been appointed Senior Legal Counsel at Alder & Allan
- Kimberley Maughan joins Stada Thornton & Ross as Senior Legal Counsel
- Curtis Broadhead has been appointed Senior Legal Counsel at Jumpcloud
- Flo Maxwell joins Bupa as Senior Legal Counsel in the Digital and Data Protection team
- Chris Spendlove moves to Channel 4 as Senior Lawyer
Legal Counsel & Specialist Roles
- Aamir Zaman joins Nasstar from Jet2.com & Jet2 Holidays
- Lucy Leyland joins DFS as Group Commercial Legal Counsel
- Aisha Akhtar moves from MRI Software to MRC Global
- Amy Au makes her first in-house move, joining Froneri from Irwin Mitchell
- Clare Connelly-Spry moves to HSBC's Digital Legal Services team after 8 years with Asda
- Gianluca Bladissone joins Redcentric after 2 years with MRC Global
- Kate Knight appointed Commercial Solicitor at University of Leeds
- Tamina Aslam joins the employment team at Capita
- Jenna Garvey appointed Property Legal Counsel at Mileway
- Sam Fairfield appointed Legal Counsel to National Wealth Fund
- Francesca Marsden makes her first move in-house, joining Ranstad from DLA Piper as Legal Counsel
- Robyn Cutts makes her first move in-house, joining Portakabin from DWF
- Christian Hill moves from KCOM to Quickline Communications
- Priscilla Kolawole moves to SWECO from Portakabin
NORTH EAST
General Counsel & Head of Legal Appointments
- Ian Hornby has been appointed Head of Legal and Compliance at Jiahua Chemicals EMEA
- Rebecca Cooper joins Corlytics as General Counsel and Company Secretary
- Anthony Hulse joins Quorn Foods after 10 years with Mayborn Group
Senior Legal Counsel Appointments
- Jonathan Fudge appointed Senior Legal Counsel at Rackspace Technology
- Jennifer Chan joins Gumtree as Senior Legal Counsel from ZettaScale Technology
- Katrina Hopkin joins Fenwick as Senior Legal Counsel after 12 years with Northumbria University
Legal Counsel & Specialist Roles
- Afroditi Christodoulou joins SCS as Sole Legal Counsel
- Liam Matthews appointed Legal Counsel at Tracerco
- Bede Finnigan makes his first move in-house, joining Admiral Slots as Legal Counsel
- Danielle Grainger joins Red Engineering Design as Legal Counsel after 5 years with Cundall
- Clare Swinhoe appointed Legal Counsel at Express Engineering
- Rachel Fletcher leaves Sembcorp to join FCC Environment
- Luke Jarvis-Smith joins Middlesbrough FC from the English Football League
Congratulations to everyone on their new roles and promotions. We wish you all continued success in your careers.
In-house
Adam Zdravkovic and I have over 30 years' combined experience recruiting in-house lawyers across the UK, with a vast and ever-expanding legal network. We recruit at every level for in-house team from newly qualified lawyers to General Counsel and Company Secretarial roles.
If you'd like to discuss in-house opportunities in confidence or if your organisation is looking to hire, please get in touch.
Contact Information
Andy Balmer - Associate Director – In-house
Email: andyb@thinklegalrecruitment.com
Phone: 07860 650161
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If you'd like to discuss in-house opportunities in confidence or if your organisation is looking to hire, please get in touch.
