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Reported separately in The Lawyer:

News in Brief (The Lawyer - 4 August 2008)

"Mills & Reeve has continued its insurance recruitment spree, hiring Vizards Wyeth partner Nicolas Oldham for its London insurance team.

The firm expects to make another lateral insurance hire by the end of the year.

This follows the recent hire of professional indemnity partner Elisabeth Taylor from Halliwells in Manchester."

And

Mills & Reeve eyes UK Top 30 place with new four-year plan (The Lawyer - 29 September 2008)

"Mills & Reeve has embarked on an aggressive four-year plan in which it hopes to buck the downturn and boost turnover by 60 per cent from the present figure of £62.5m.  "We think, if we’re ­successful, that turnover is likely to be £100m by 2012," says managing partner Guy Hinchley.

The move could potentially propel Mills & Reeve far beyond its current UK 200 ranking of 46. Entry to the 2008 top 30 started with Olswang on £92.9m.  Hinchley explained that, in the 2001 four-year plan, Mills & Reeve was looking for a turnover of £25m with the aim of achieving a well-known brand in the East of England region for advising businesses and their owners, and more widely for insurance, education and the NHS. ...

...The firm has also recruited heavily. Insurance partner Michael Mitchell is set to join its London insurance team from insurance specialists Vizards Wyeth, where he was head of the London office. He follows Vizards partner Nicolas Oldham, who joined Mills & Reeve in July."