Hawkins Hatton strengthens corporate team

BLACK Country law firm Hawkins Hatton has strengthened its corporate service following the qualification of one of its trainees.

Ruth Coleridge has spent the last two years on a training contract at the Dudley-based firm where she has gained broad experience working across the firm’s corporate, commercial property, employment and litigation departments.

Having qualified as a solicitor, Ms Coleridge will now be working in the corporate department advising on a broad range of transactional work including management buy-outs, sales, mergers and acquisitions.

Ms Coleridge, who lives in Wolverhampton, originally graduated with a law degree from Lancaster University, gained a distinction on the Legal Practice Course at Chester College of Law.  

Before joining Hawkins Hatton in March 2008, she worked in Chester as a senior paralegal, specialising in the franchising sector.

A passionate F1 racing follower, she is planning on celebrating her promotion with a trip to this year’s British Grand Prix.

Colin Rodrigues, partner at Hawkins Hatton, said:  “Ruth’s development within the firm is further evidence of our commitment to growing young talent.”