Lovells has recruited Edward John as a senior associate in its London real estate disputes team. Edward joined the firm on 2 March 2009 from Jones Day. He has particular expertise in insolvency related disputes and in the retail, hotel, leisure and business continuity sectors.

Lovells has recruited Edward John as a senior associate in its London real estate disputes team. Edward joined the firm on 2 March 2009 from Jones Day. He has particular expertise in insolvency related disputes and in the retail, hotel, leisure and business continuity sectors.

The real estate disputes team was also boosted with the recent addition of associate Amelia Smith. Amelia joined the firm as a trainee in March 2007 and qualified into the real estate disputes team on 16 February 2009.

Nicholas Cheffings, Lovells’ head of real estate disputes, said: 'Not surprisingly, our already busy real estate disputes team in London has experienced an increase in workload as a result of the current market conditions. In particular, we are seeing more insolvency related disputes and professional negligence work.'