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Leading law firm Pitmans announces a new phase in the development of its corporate department with the promotion of Andrew Peddie to head of corporate and the appointment of Adam Dowdney to the role of corporate business development partner.

Andrew has more than 20 years’ experience of corporate law, specialising in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. He trained and qualified at Linklaters, before becoming a partner at Garretts / Andersen Legal in Reading in 2000 and then merging that office into Olswang in May 2002. He joined Pitmans in April 2009.

Christopher Avery, managing partner of Pitmans, comments: “Since his arrival at the firm, Andrew has proven to be a lawyer of considerable expertise who is respected across the sector. He has been an integral part of our corporate department’s continued success as the leading team in the region.

“His experience and skills make him ideally-suited to leading the department and I am sure, with the support of the rest of the corporate team, he will drive it forward to future success.”

Adam has been a partner at Pitmans since 2007, having also started his career with Linklaters before moving to Charles Russell. As with Andrew, he is a high-profile figure in the Thames Valley professional services community and his focus is on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance work for a wide range of clients in the region.

Christopher Avery continues: “Adam’s abilities both in transaction work and business development are such that we wanted to formalise his role in continuing to drive forward much of the department’s marketing effort, particularly with other professional dealmakers in the Thames Valley among whom he is so well-known.”

Andrew’s promotion to head of corporate follows the standing down of John Hutchinson from the same role to concentrate more on his Epi-V private equity business. John remains a partner of Pitmans and will continue to represent the firm.

Christopher Avery adds: “John’s work with Epi-V has been undertaken with full support of the Pitmans senior management team and we understand his decision to focus more on this venture. He remains a partner of Pitmans and will continue to work with his existing client base to offer the very best levels of advice and representation.”