

Ex-City IP lawyer moves to regional firm
Tom Lingard trained at Herbert Smith and spent over three years as an assistant in the IP litigation group there. In March 2007 he moved to Stevens & Bolton, a regional firm based in Guildford and we spoke to him about the change. mtl: Hi Tom, please can you tell us about working in the City? Tom: I trained at Herbert Smith and qualified into the IP group in 2003. I really enjoyed working there and after five years had made lots of friends within the firm. At about 2 yrs P