Withers, the international law firm, appointed partner Julie
Teal to its London
real estate group. Teal is a construction law specialist and joined the
firm from UK
construction practice Fenwick Elliott. In addition, Withers’ real estate
group appointed associates David Holland, who joined the top-tier rural real
estate team from Wilsons Solicitors, and Eloise Morgan, who joined from Falcon
Chambers as a property litigator.

London-based investment manager Sarasin
& Partners, part of Switzerland’s
Bank Sarasin, appointed Phil Collins as a fund manager to its team responsible
for managing multi-asset portfolios. Collins, with more than 25 years’
investment industry experience as a fund manager and analyst, spent 18 years at
Newton Investment Management.