Lawyers to jointly lead firm 's Birmingham office
Partners Rachel Lyne and Mike Jackson have been appointed co-heads of office for law firm Browne Jacobson in Birmingham.
The duo will lead the firm 's 180-strong Birmingham office for the next three years.
The announcement is part of a series of new head and deputy head of office appointments for Birmingham, Exeter, London and Manchester offices.
Both heads will combine their new responsibilities with their existing client facing role within their specialist area of expertise.
Rachel Lyne (pictured) is a regulatory lawyer with extensive experience advising clients in association with investigations and enforcement action brought by the Health & Safety Executive, the Police, Food Standards Agency, Environmental Health Officers, the Environment Agency and Fire Authorities.
Rachel also has an extensive public inquires practice advising most recently on the Covid-19, Grenfell Tower and Manchester Arena public inquiries.
As well as Rachel 's contentious work she also undertakes advisory work for a range of clients on all regulatory issues including food, fire safety, health and safety and product safety and compliance.
Mike Jackson is a well-known and experienced corporate lawyer and a tech and venture capital specialist.
He regularly advises corporates, institutional investors and high growth tech companies on M&A, growth capital and cross-border transactions.
Browne Jacobson first opened its Birmingham office in 1999 and this year plans to move into its new flagship offices at 103 Colmore Row.
The office also recently announced the promotion of Nick Smee (commercial) and Nicola Evans (health) to partner, Emma Wake (construction) to legal director and 10 senior associate promotions.
Rachel said: “Birmingham is one of the most exciting and competitive legal markets. I am really excited to be working alongside Mike as we look to further enhance our reputation as one of the region 's leading law firms.
“I am particularly keen to leverage our reputation as the UK 's leading social mobility employer to promote greater equity, diversity and inclusion in the local market and grow our already talented pool of people in the city. ”
Mike Jackson added: “It is a huge privilege to be appointed joint head of Birmingham as we look forward to a hugely exciting new chapter in our history with the move to 103 Colmore Row later this year.
“This move signals our long term ambitions for the firm in the West Midlands and gives us the perfect platform to revolutionise the way we work as a firm and continue to attract the clients and talent pool that is critical to the long term success of the office and firm. ”