DWF has continued the growth of its City corporate team with the hire of the head of TLT's commercial services group in London Richard Tall.

Tall, who joins with a team of two solicitors this month, is a corporate lawyer with a particular focus on the financial services sector. He acts for bidders, targets and financial advisers, and has experience of securities offers from unlisted bond issues.

Solicitors Joe Cobley and Caroline Urban, who were part of Tall's deal team at TLT, also make the move to DWF. This year, the trio acted on TUI Travel's acquisition of online destination provider Isango, and Sword Group's £12m takeover of AIM company Active Risk Group.