Welsh practice Thomas Graham has hired the founder and former senior partner of rival Palser Grossman. Howard Palser joins the 25-lawyer commercial and litigation boutique this month as a consultant, two years after retiring from the 130-lawyer Cardiff firm he set up in 1992.

Palser is also chair of the advisory board of international lawyers’ network Consulegis and will now work closely with Thomas Graham joint senior partners Rupert Thomas and John Graham.