DLA Piper Expands its Sheffield Litigation and Regulatory Practice

15th July 2015

DLA Piper's Sheffield office is strengthening its Litigation & Regulatory team with the introduction of Rebecca Connell to support the team.

Rebecca has joined the team as an associate. She trained and worked at Kinsley Napley LLP in London and qualified into the Crime and Regulatory team. Rebecca will be predominantly doing advisory work in the newly combined Regulatory/Safety, Health and Environment and Corporate Criminal Investigations team headed up by partners Teresa Hitchcock and Stuart Ponting. Along with Rebecca, Hannah Smith, currently a trainee at DLA Piper's Sheffield office will be joining the team as a newly qualified lawyer in September. The Sheffield Litigation & Regulatory team is the leading team in Yorkshire covering local, national and international cases for an extensive client base. Ranked number 1 for South Yorkshire in Chambers UK 2015 and Legal 500 2014 the team and quality of work is second to none. Richard Norman, head of the Sheffield Litigation & Regulatory department, said: "We welcome Rebecca and Hannah into the team. Our new recruits strengthen our offering to the market and reinforce us as the leading Litigation & Regulatory advisors in the region."