Elizabeth Dumbill has joined Salford Quays-based Infinity as an investment director.

She will be working on Infinity’s fund management and regulatory hosting activities as well as helping to develop new services.

Cambridge University graduate Elizabeth has moved from wealth management firm Artorius, where she worked for five years after joining from Deloitte.

During nine years at Deloitte, Elizabeth qualified as a chartered accountant and rose to become a senior manager in the financial services audit group.

From there she joined Manchester-based boutique Artorius as group financial controller, and then moved to the client-facing side of the business.

As an associate client partner, she advised on clients’ investment and wealth planning needs as well as providing family office services to ultra-high net worth individuals.

Elizabeth holds a Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment level six certificate in private client investment advice and management, which she passed with distinction.

She said: “I’m thrilled to join Infinity and look forward to combining my accountancy and wealth management experience to help further enhance the group’s offering to clients.”

Elizabeth is the third senior appointment at Infinity in the past two years, following the arrival of Anna Kerrane from law firm Shoosmiths as an investment director and Paul Wogan as business development director.

Infinity is led by partners Daniel Finestein, Sarah Butler and Phil Vickers. It provides fund management, regulatory hostingand corporate advisory services across the UK and internationally.

The group specialises in the formation, management and operation of investment funds throughout their lifecycle through to exit.

Sarah said: “I am delighted that Elizabeth decided to join us – she is a fantastic addition to our team.

“She brings an array of skills which are a great fit for Infinity as we expand our range of services to clients and continue to invest in our operations despite the wider economic picture.

“The number of new business inquiries we are receiving is increasing as people have time to contemplate what their future should look like following this period of uncertainty.”

National law firm Simpson Millar has promoted Manchester-based Nicola Hardy from Central Management, and Melanie Varey who specialises in Court of Protection, to partners as part of its latest promotions round.

They are joined by a further three new partners at the firm, including Chris Johnson (Operations and Personal Injury), Edward Stansfield (Costs and Solicitor Advocate) and James Lewis (Costs), taking the total number of Partners within the business to 35.

A further five colleagues were appointed Senior Associate – including Charlotte Rankin in Personal Injury, Paul Rimmer in Travel, Liam Goggin in Abuse, Sarah Holdsworth in Medical Negligence, and Silvia Nicolaou Garcia in Education and Community Care.

Three colleagues were appointed Associate – including Verity Altaras and Sarah Collier in Education and Community Care, and Lidia Foster in the Childcare Proceedings department.

With eight strategically located offices nationwide, Simpson Millar is a leading national consumer law firm delivering Personal injury and Private Client legal services including Conveyancing, Wills, Trusts and Probate, Court of Protection, Family Law, Public Law and Education, Industrial Disease and Clinical Negligence.

The firm, which is known as Simpson Millar ‘The Open Lawyers’, and is establishing itself at the forefront of the changing legal services market, is committed to creating a simpler way to tackle challenges and to ‘open’ up the law to make it easier for people to get legal help and support when they need it.

Greg Cox, CEO, commented: “I congratulate all those who have been named as part of our 2020 promotions round.

“They exemplify the strengths and talents that we have within our Simpson Millar team, and they believe in what we are seeking to achieve here. They have demonstrated creativity, responsibility, helpfulness and inclusiveness in their approach, as well as no small measure of resilience.

“Their promotions are thoroughly deserved, and it is our belief that there is much more to come from them all, and that they will play an integral part in helping Simpson Millar to continue to open up the law.

“This is another sign that Simpson Millar is succeeding amidst the challenges brought about by the continuing Covid-19 restrictions, and as the legal services market continues to change and evolve, we will be at the forefront of responding.

“Our people enable us to succeed and we will continue to promote the best talent from within and to recruit the best talent from the market.

“This is an exciting time for all of our thirteen colleagues named, and we wish them all the best in their new positions.”

Simpson Millar has recently been recognised in The Times’ list of the best 200 law firms in England and Wales for the second year running.

The firm has also received a Tier 1 ranking for Education by the Legal 500; an independent legal industry report.

Full-service law firm, Slater Heelis, which has offices in Cheshire and Manchester, has continued the expansion of its property litigation team with the appointment of a new associate solicitor.

Karen Taylor joins the firm with a wealth of experience assisting clients with a wide range of commercial and residential property related disputes and advisory work, including all areas of property management, development disputes, landlord and tenant and asset management issues.

A member of the Property Litigation Association and the Association of Women Solicitors, Karen has previously held positions at specialist property solicitors Land Law LLP, former Top 50 firm Halliwells LLP and corporate firm Cobbetts LLP and is highly thought of within the industry.

Karen’s appointment follows significantly increased demand as the property litigation team’s reputation spreads beyond Manchester and the North West, both nationally and internationally, with clients now based across the UK, the Middle East and the East Asia.

Commenting on her appointment, Karen said: “I was very impressed by the property litigation team’s reputation, level of work and importantly the quality of the work that they do.

“Although fairly new, the team has already grown significantly and is extremely busy, so it’s a really exciting time to be joining the firm. I’m looking forward to playing a key role in servicing existing clients and expanding the team further.

Daniel Stern, partner and head of property litigation at Slater Heelis, added: “The quality of Karen’s training and her employment background made her the obvious choice for this role.

“We have really big ambitions for the team going forward, so we are very selective when bringing new team members on board. Karen’s experience will make her an invaluable asset for the team as we continue growing our client-base by attracting work away from the bigger, more impersonal and less cost effective local and national firms”.