Two promoted to partnership at Ward Hadaway
26th May, 2016
LAW firm Ward Hadaway has promoted two of its lawyers to the position of Partner.
Promotion success – (from left) Robert Rushton and James Nightingale have both been promoted to Partner at law firm Ward Hadaway.
James Nightingale and Robert Rushton have now joined the partnership at the firm, which operates from offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester.
James is a Corporate lawyer with over 12 years of experience of acting for private and public companies on an extensive variety of matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, stock market flotations and fundraisings, investments, reorganisations and restructurings.
His work has included advising clients across a range of corporate services operating in a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including healthcare, energy and infrastructure.
Robert Rushton is a member of Ward Hadaway’s extensive Healthcare team.
He has experience in a wide range of areas in the clinical negligence sector and specialises in defending claims on behalf of the NHS Litigation Authority and NHS Trusts.
Robert advises on a broad spectrum of areas including head injury and neurosurgical claims, and obstetric claims.
He also advises acute and mental health NHS Trusts in relation to inquests and is regularly involved in providing training talks to clients on a variety of legal issues.
Jamie Martin, managing partner at Ward Hadaway, said: “We are delighted to announce these promotions – James and Robert are excellent additions to the partnership here at Ward Hadaway.
“In their in-depth expertise, extensive experience and commitment to doing the very best for their clients, they exemplify the qualities which we look for in our lawyers and which we bring to our clients across a wide range of different fields.
“I am sure they will continue to be highly valued members of their respective teams in their new roles.”
Ward Hadaway now has a total of 81 Partners across its three offices. In total, the firm employs more than 450 people.
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