I’m a Senior Associate at Ashtons and have recently joined the CLS Committee as Website Officer.
I’d been keen for a while to be more involved with the local Law Society so when I spotted the Website Officer vacancy in the CLS Connect Newsletter, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity. The previous CLS website was tired and out of date, so much so that the decision was made to take it off-line. Since then, the Committee has carried out a thorough review of CLS’ requirements in relation to a future website and has recently engaged a team of web designers to build the site. I can’t take any credit for this as much of the work was done before I joined the Committee, but I now hope to play an integral part in bringing the local legal community a modern and engaging website that will inspire and unite the lawyers of Cambridgeshire. If you have any ideas in relation to the website, I’d be delighted to hear them.
Work-wise, I specialise in commercial property law, principally commercial landlord and tenant transactions. I act for investment landlords in connection with all matters relating to their investment portfolios and on the tenant side for a number of household-name occupiers.
I qualified at Barr Ellison in 2009 having joined as a residential conveyancing paralegal and was subsequently taken on to undertake my training contract. I moved to Ashtons in early 2012 and am very proud to work with a fantastic team in a progressive and supportive environment (and I’m not just saying that!).
I have two young daughters who keep me (and my husband – when he’s not playing golf, that is!) busy, but when I do have a few hours to spare I love to spend time with my friends and family, cook, read and enjoy the outdoors. Of course, spending time with friends and family has been difficult for us all of late – but the current situation really has made me realise how important they are; so I’ll certainly be making more time for both as and when things improve.
P.S. Please excuse the informal photo – taken while working from home – it’s very 2020, you know!
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