Appointments: Harrison Drury, RSM Tenon & Knight Frank

LANCASHIRE commercial law firm Harrison Drury has appointed property and corporate lawyer Naomi Fell to its team.

Fell joins the Preston-headquartered firm from Cumbria-based law firm Hayton Winkley where she was a director.

She specialises in commercial property transactions, particularly for the development of land, and also has specialist expertise in advising offshore companies on the sale, purchase and leasing of commercial properties.

Owen McKenna, partner and head of the commercial property team, said: “Naomi is incredibly well connected across the North West, which will be of enormous benefit to the firm as we continue to grow.”

Fell qualified as a solicitor in 1982 and was made a partner at Hayton Winkley in 1996, later becoming a director when the firm incorporated. Prior to this she worked for Aaron and Partners in Chester.

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RSM Tenon has recruited 26 trainees in accounts, audit, risk management, outsourcing, recovery and tax, across its Northern offices.

The new trainees spent their first week with the firm attending the first in a series of training programmes covering technical, behavioural and core development skills.

The firm said the sessions will complement their professional training and the practical work experience.

RSM has offices in Rochdale, Chorley and Bolton, and two in Manchester.

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KNIGHT Frank has expanded its workplace and building consultancy team in Manchester with the appointment of David Whitney as senior surveyor.

Whitney, who was previously at Jones Lang LaSalle, joins partner Simon Matley and James Ingle, surveyor, in the team.

He has experience in contract administration and dilapidations, and has nine years’ experience working on properties across the region.

In the valuation team, David Crawford has begun a year’s work placement from Sheffield Hallam University working under Charles Ardern.