Freeth Cartwright boosts local government practice with Dobson hire

Freeth Cartwright has bolstered its local government practice with the hire of leading lawyer and governance specialist Nicholas Dobson.

The firm said the recruitment of Dr Dobson – a regular contributor to Local Government Lawyer – demonstrated its increasing commitment to the sector.

Freeth Cartwright chairman, Colin Flanagan, said: “We are delighted to have on board someone like Nicholas with the experience and
reputation to help extend our broad national local government portfolio and deepen our service offering to existing valued local government 
clients.”

Nathan Holden, Local Government and Commercial Partner at Freeth Cartwright, added: “Nicholas has a strong reputation in governance and vires which will fit well into a national team offering local government top flight commercial and governance expertise in a spectrum of key areas.
It is good to have him on board.”

Dr Dobson is also Communications Officer for Lawyers in Local Government.