Hall & Wilcox has announced the appointment of an insolvency and commercial litigation team from Cornwall Stodart. The team is led by Wayne Kelcey, who joins Hall & Wilcox as a partner while Katherine Payne has joined the firm as a special counsel. Other members of the team joining Hall & Wilcox are Adrian Lasky, Graeme Scott and Natalie Ayoub.

“We recognised there is a real opportunity at Hall & Wilcox to build our insolvency practice and assist in further developing the firm’s service offering within the dispute resolution and banking area,” said Kelcey.  “The reputation Hall & Wilcox has within the financial services sector was also very important in the decision to move – the firm acts for an extensive list of clients in this space.”