Here are the latest moves, promotions and achievements from the law firms of Cambridgeshire…
Buckles Solicitors expands into Cambridge despite the pandemic
Buckles Solicitors acquired Cambridge-based Miller Sands Solicitors back in April 2020 at the height of the first COVID lockdown. By combining forces with the former Miller Sands team, Buckles has been able to roll-out a significantly wider range of legal services to corporate and private clients from its office in Cambridge.
Giles Betts, Head of the new Cambridge office says “Our common purpose is to deliver the best possible service to our clients by building strong relationships. Having lived in and around Cambridge for most of my life and previously worked at leading Cambridge firms for more than a decade, I am delighted to return to my roots and help grow the Buckles office in my hometown.”
Duncan Jackson, Buckles’ CEO, adds “With offices located in Peterborough, London, Nottingham and Stamford, the acquisition of Miller Sands reflects the next step in Buckles’ continued growth.”
Buckles’ specialisms include French, Italian and Spanish law, as well as comprehensive commercial law and private client services. It has been a very busy and successful period for the new office in its first nine months, despite the impact of the pandemic, with the residential conveyancing, family, private client, employment and dispute resolution teams in the Cambridge office particularly busy.
New partner for the Greenwoods GRM Real Estate team
Lisa Mantle has joined Greenwoods GRM’s Cambridge Real Estate team as a partner. A commercially focussed lawyer with over 20 years’ experience of advising a vast range of clients, Lisa brings further experience to this already well-established team: “Some might call me crazy starting a new job in a pandemic but Greenwoods GRM has worked so hard to help me feel welcomed and part of the team whilst working remotely. I am very excited to enter 2021 with the firm and support the Real Estate team across all our offices.”
Lisa routinely advises on all aspects of commercial property and secured lending property finance for both investment and development clients (mixed-use; commercial and residential). She has also acted on ultra-high-end residential property sales and purchases of some truly stunning addresses both by way of property sale and corporate share sales. Lisa has a solid background in landlord and tenant having acted for institutional and private landowners, funds, charities and latterly tenants. She is known for providing pragmatic advice on complex and high-value transactions; balancing the competing priorities of stakeholders, speed and certainty.
New Starters and Promotion at Barr Ellison
The Personal Wealth Team continues to grow, with Shireena Sheridan being the most recent addition to bolster the team. Shireena joined the team at our Parkside office from a regional law firm, having qualified as a solicitor in 2018, and is currently completing an MA in Business. Following a period of working at the Parkside office, Shireena will be moving to the firm’s Addenbrooke’s office. Alongside her colleagues, Shireena is engaged with partnering with experts such as financial advisors to ensure the Personal Wealth Team stays at the cutting edge of what is needed for clients. This helps to explain why, for example, the Cambridge University asks the Personal Wealth Team to present to its staff on a regular basis.
The Commercial Property Team is looking to the future also. Eoin Longworth has joined the Commercial Property Team at BE’s Parkside office from a regional law firm, having just successfully completed his training as a solicitor. Eoin deals with a caseload of landlord and tenant matters, sales and purchases of commercial premises. Eoin also supports the residential development offering in which the Team has specialist expertise, acting for Developers on site acquisitions including land assembly agreements, options and conditional contracts and for Promoters of residential and commercial development land regionally and particularly in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.
We are pleased to announce that Helen Murphy has been promoted to Residential Property Partner. Helen joined BE’s residential property team in 1997 and has played a key role in ensuring that property services remain a key strength for BE. Helen has been successfully steering the Residential Property Team through a period of expansion, and is now seeking to take on more high quality staff as the Team continues to grow and cement its position as a central player in Cambridgeshire’s conveyancing market.
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