Professionals: Gateley; SMR Architects; Savills
THE Leeds office of law firm Gateley has expanded its practice further with the appointment of legal director Pauline Munro to head its new regulatory team.
Ms Munro joins from Pinsent Masons with more than 20 years’ experience of working for clients facing regulatory intervention.
She will work closely with the Leeds team to offer her expertise to existing clients and with a remit to grow this new practice area for Gateley in the Yorkshire market.
Specialising in a range of areas including health and safety, trading law and standards, food and product safety, product recall and contentious environmental matters, Ms Munro has a proven track record having advised clients such as Northern Rail, Dunelm, Certas Energy UK, Morrisons and William Hill.
William Ballmann, corporate recovery partner and head of the Leeds office, said: “We’ve recently celebrated our third anniversary and what a journey it has been so far as the practice has quadrupled in size. We established the office with an initial focus on corporate recovery, restructuring and finance litigation and on the back of success in those areas have been able to make further key appointments. We’ve expanded into other disciplines including corporate, commercial dispute resolution, residential development and now with Pauline joining, regulatory.
“We are well on our way to building the full commercial practice regionally that mirrors that of our national network and it’s a really positive start to the year for all of us.”
Corporate recovery partner, William Ballmann and legal director, Pauline Munro
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SMR ARCHITECTS is celebrating its launch after successful demerger of the original company Smith Smalley.
The new practice, whose directors are Mathew Smalley, Amanda Marsey and Simon Rispin, is now operating from offices in central Harrogate’s The Exchange building.
Bringing with them clients such as John Lewis, Waitrose, Morrisons, Mace and KPS, the SMR team is looking to build on existing skills and expertise to service existing clients and create new partnerships.
Mr Mathew Smalley said: “These are exciting times and we look forward to developing our firm in a competitive industry. While we are a new entity, we have the market advantage of over two decades of experience in the areas of food retail and logistics. Building on that expertise is a priority and our excellent team are well versed in the technology required to create innovative, practical solutions in order to deliver the highest quality service to the property and construction market.”
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SAVILLS has made a trio of promotions in its Leeds office, with a boost for the building and project consultancy, housing and healthcare as well as planning teams.
Josh Sadgrove has been made director in the building and project consultancy division.
Kate Collins has moved up to associate in the housing and healthcare team, while the planning team has made Oliver Freer an associate
Paul Fairhurst, head of Savills Leeds, said: “I’d like to congratulate Josh, Kate and Oliver on their well deserved promotions as they continue to play an important role in the success of their divisions and the wider business.”
