On the Move: the latest East Midlands hires
Law firm Howes Percival has expanded its Leicester office with the appointment of three associate solicitors.
As a specialist commercial litigation lawyer, Gary Pitt deals with a wide range of commercial matters. His experience includes dealing with contractual disputes in the County Court and High Court, interim applications, urgent injunctions and contentious insolvency matters.
He has a specific interest in restrictive covenant matters, particularly in an employment setting, and can advise on enforcing contracts against employees in breach, or defending ex-employees facing claims. Pitt has successfully assisted both applicants and respondents in High Court injunction applications.
He was previously an in-house solicitor with the Pertemps Network Group, and prior to that; a solicitor at Spearing Waite.
Santino Stifanelli has joined the corporate team as an associate. He advises on a range of corporate transactions (including business sales, acquisitions and restructurings), commercial contracts (including terms & conditions, supply & framework agreements, distribution and franchising arrangements) and financing documents.
He was previously an in-house legal counsel for FTSE 250 company, Domino’s Pizza UK & Ireland.
Kiran Vohra has joined Howes Percival’s commercial property department as an associate and acts for commercial property lenders, property investors and landowners. She undertakes a broad range of real estate transactions including freehold/leasehold sales and purchases, landlord and tenant matters and property finance work. She also assists with corporate support property matters and complicated property transactions.
Vohra was previously with Nelsons Solicitors.
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Financial services broker Midlands Asset Finance (MAF) has hired a new relationship manager.
Covering the Black Country, Shannon Thomson will support SME and corporate businesses across the country with any financial needs, including asset finance, invoice finance and property finance.
She joins MAF after spending two years as a sales and marketing executive at Close Brothers Asset Finance and three years as a mortgage and protection adviser at Oviso Financial Services.
MAF’s growth in the past 12 months has seen nine new starters join the business, making Thomson the tenth appointment over the last year and the third of 2019.
On joining the firm, she said: “MAF is such an exciting place to work. The direction that the business is heading towards feeds through everyone and I can’t wait to get started.
“The Black Country is showing huge signs of growth and my objective is to help businesses in coping with that by helping with their financial needs.”
MAF director Sue Chapman added: “Shannon is an enthusiastic lady who we recognise has amazing potential, which we will bring out through our Talent Development Programme.
“She’s hit the ground running and is already an integral part of the team.
“The business is growing at an extremely fast pace and it will continue to do so as we look to expand our presence across the country.”
