Eversheds has recruited a new partner with the hire of legacy Hammonds’ Birmingham employment head Teresa Dolan – the first UK partner-level departure since the national law firm merged with US practice Squire Sanders & Dempsey.

Dolan is set to join Eversheds in the spring as a partner in the firm’s human resources (HR) practice. The move will reunite her with former colleague David Beswick, who joined Eversheds in 2009 from Hammonds, where he was one of the firm’s most senior partners and headed the Birmingham employment practice.