People: Partner appointment at law firm; Senior hire for building consultancy; and more

Birmingham-based charity law specialist Shivaji Shiva is the latest partner to join VWV’s 30-strong charities team.

Shiva advises staff and board members of charities and other not-for-profit organisations on the creation of charities, their dissolution, and most of the issues they encounter in between.

He joins the charities sector team at VWV as a partner from Anthony Collins Solicitors, where he was the charity sector lead.

He advises a wide variety of charities and has a particular reputation for advising religious charities, including Hindu, Sikh and Quaker organisations on governance changes and the resolution of  internal disputes.

Simon Heald, VWV managing partner, said: “Shivaji’s skills and expertise combined with his passion for helping charities to succeed makes him the perfect addition to help develop our regional and national client base.”

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Melissa Osborne has been appointed as principal building surveyor in Trident Building Consultancy’s Birmingham office.

She returns to the Midlands after spending time working in London.

Osborne specialises in conservation, having worked for the National Trust for eight years, managing a large portfolio of nationally significant Grade 1 listed mansions, and then at Buckingham Palace, St James’s Palace, Kensington Palace and the Royal Mews.