Denton Wilde Sapte’s highly-rated head of employment and pensions Stephanie Dale has quit to join Stevens & Bolton, becoming the second high profile City lawyer to join the Guildford firm in recent months.

Dale, who has been head of the department at Dentons since 2000, will take charge of the five-lawyer team at her new firm at the beginning of May, taking the number of partners at the firm to 24. The move was announced internally at Dentons this week.