Appointments: Law firm welcomes partner; Bank makes key regional hire; Architects boost team
THE dispute resolution team at Langleys Solicitors has recruited James Henson as partner.
Mr Henson joins York and Lincoln-based Langleys from Nabarro in Sheffield and is based in the firm’s York office.
He advises on all types of commercial contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, claims against directors, civil fraud and professional negligence claims against accountants, lawyers and other professionals.
Mr Henson also acts for utilities companies and other network operators in civil claims, particularly involving damage to apparatus. James is frequently instructed by the European Commission, for whom he has acted for many years.
Tim Cross, head of commercial law at Langleys, said: “James is an excellent addition to our team. He is an expert in many different areas of dispute resolution and his knowledge will further enhance the advice that we offer to our clients. We are continually looking to recruit quality people.”
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BARCLAYS has welcomed Craig Ingram, who has been appointed as the area business manager for Humber, York and the North Yorkshire coastal area with responsibility for the SME sector in the region.
Mr Ingram, who started his career at Paragon Square’s Hull branch in 2004, has a wealth of experience in corporate and SME markets across the Humber region.
Previous roles include responsibility for business customers across Hull and supporting corporate clients across the Humber region as a relationship support manager
He said: “I am really looking forward to consistently putting customers and clients’ interests at the heart of everything that we do – striving to improve the service that we provide and making responsible decisions in how we manage our business.”
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AN architecture practice in Leeds has appointed two team members and is recruiting across all levels of the business in response to a number of new contract wins.
Chris Johnson joins Headingley-based Brewster Bye Architects as an architectural assistant, and Jack Dooley as a junior technologist.
Both have experience across a number of sectors including the residential property market, the healthcare sector, the commercial sector and the public sector.
Managing director Chris Austin said: “These two new appointments mean that our team has continued to grow as our business expands and secure new contracts. Since the firm was founded 23 years ago, we have built up an impressive client list across both the private and public sectors, and have further growth plans in the pipeline this year, which means we are actively looking to employ more experienced architects and architectural assistants.”
