Shakespeare Putsman introduces new COO
Law firm Shakespeare Putsman has recruited Steve Taylor to the newly-created role of chief operating officer (COO).
Taylor joins the Birmingham-based firm from DHL Europe where he was vice-president of human resources for northern Europe with responsibility for 10,000 colleagues in nine countries.
His role at Shakespeare Putsman will involve providing strategic input and strengthening the firm’s operations to improve the quality of service delivered to clients.
Taylor said: “Shakespeare Putsman is clearly an ambitious and growing business operating against a background of far reaching change. The economic crisis and the upcoming deregulation of the legal sector are causing professional services firms to re-evaluate their whole approach to business. I am really looking forward to learning more about what drives professional services practitioners and to using my experience in industry to bring some fresh ideas to the firm.”
Shakespeare Putsman merged with Warwickshire firm Needham & James on 1 July 2010 and Nottingham firm Berryman on 1 November 2010, creating one of the Midlands’ largest law firms.
