Appointments: Gateley; Stowe Family Law; Santander; Communisis
THE Leeds office of law firm Gateley has made two promotions.
Commercial dispute resolution lawyer Simon Ingham moves up to partner while corporate recovery lawyer Lisa Smith has been made an associate.
Ingham’s practice areas include general contract disputes, breach of warranty claims, shareholder and partner disputes, professional negligence claims and fraud related claims.
Smith specialises in all aspects of non-contentious corporate recovery and insolvency with a particular focus on property related transactions and corporate advisory work, including all types of insolvency appointments.
William Ballmann, corporate recovery partner and head of Gateley’s Leeds office, said: “I am delighted for Simon and Lisa. Their continued commitment to servicing client needs are commendable and the promotions are thoroughly deserved.
“The past 12 months have proven to be a successful year for the Leeds office, and they have been very much part of this. Simon’s promotion to partner follows 2013’s appointment of Nick Emmerson as corporate partner and George Parker-Fuller as residential development partner. The legal team that we are continuing to build means that we are well on track to achieve our target of becoming a full-service practice in the Leeds and wider Yorkshire market.”
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FAMILY law solicitor Katie Kilburn has joined Stowe Family Law’s Harrogate office.
She brings with her experience of dealing with many aspects of family law but has focused predominantly on resolving disputes relating to children, divorce and the division of matrimonial finances and has experience of cases involving domestic violence.
Since qualifying as a solicitor in April 2011 she has dedicated her practice to family law.
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SANTANDER Corporate & Commercial has appointed Richard Eckles and Tavia Sparks as relationship directors covering the Leeds area, and Sarah Hex as the transactional banking and liquidity director for Yorkshire.
Based at the Corporate Business Centre in Leeds, Richard and Tavia will specialise in working with local businesses with an annual turnover of between £2.5m and £25m and Sarah will be working with Yorkshire SMEs with a turnover up to £50m on providing transactional banking solutions.
All three will be responsible for building new customer relationships as the bank looks to expand further into the region.
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COMMUNISIS has appointed Helen Keays, as non-executive director at the provider of personalised customer communication services for major banks and retailers.
Keays has considerable marketing and consumer communications experience across a number of sectors including retail, telecommunications and financial services having held executive management positions within Vodafone, Sears and GE Capital. She is currently a non-executive director of Majestic Wine and Domino’s Pizza Group, and was previously a non-executive director of Mattioli Woods.
Peter Hickson, chairman of Leeds-based Communisis, said: “I am delighted to welcome Helen to Communisis. She brings further breadth and diversity to the Board and her experience as a marketer with consumer facing brands is particularly relevant to our growth strategy.”
