Appointments: Brabners, Mottram Hall, Deloitte & more
COMMERCIAL law firm Brabners has hired two new partners adding expertise to its corporate, real estate and specialist energy teams as part of an ‘aggressive talent acquisition strategy’ to support its growth plans.
The two new hires are Mark Whiteside, who joins the Manchester firm’s corporate team from KPMG, and Claire Petricca-Riding, who has been appointed as head of planning and environmental law.
The firm has also reappointed corporate lawyer Mark Brandwood as managing partner for a third term. Brandwood has overseen sustained growth over his six-year tenure as managing partner, which most recently saw revenues rise by 4.5% cent to £30.2m in 2014.
Brandwood said: “We’ve achieved growth in a turbulent legal market through an absolute focus on delivering excellence in core commercial work. That focus remains and we’re aggressively pursuing the best talent to bolster the skills of our established teams.
“Mark’s tax expertise adds further weight to our renowned corporate practice, which has been the most consistently active legal team in the region’s M&A market over recent years, as well as bringing specialist VAT and real estate tax capabilities to the firm. Claire’s 13 years’ of experience will complement both our property team and our specialist renewable energy practice, which acts for developers, investors and operators in a growing sector of the regional and national economy.
“In my third term as managing partner I’m looking forward to driving forward our plans to significantly grow revenues over the medium term.
Hiring and developing the best talent is a fundamental part of that plan.”
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CONFERENCE and event operator QHotels has appointed Michael Lavizani as the new general manager of Mottram Hall in Cheshire.
The appointment follows his recent success as general manager at Mottram’s sister hotels, the Telford Hotel and Golf Resort and Bridgewood Manor in Kent.
Lavizani is now responsible for the running of the hotel’s leisure operations, with 120 bedrooms and 11 conferencing, event and meeting spaces catering for up to 180 delegates, following a £6m refurbishment of the building’s spectacular features and facilities.
Mottram Hall one of QHotels’ 27 unique and luxury four and five-star hotels.
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DELOITTE’S Manchester office has bolstered its team with the appointment of four new recruits to its planning, surveying and development advisory teams.
It welcomes both Matthew Stringer and Greg Salisbury to the construction advisory team, Anna Dooley to development advisory and Katie Wray to the planning team.
Stringer joins Deloitte as a senior surveyor from Watts Group, bringing an extensive knowledge in building surveying and project management having worked with clients nationally including MEPC, Thomson and The Co-operative Group.
Also joining the advisory team is Salisbury as an assistant surveyor. He has already worked for Edinburgh City Council, and is now training to become a fully chartered member of the RICS whilst he progresses his role at Deloitte.
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CHARTERED Surveyors Roger Hannah & Co has expanded its valuation and compulsory purchase teams with the recruitment of Paul Lowe and Irfan Arif.
Lowe joins from Fisher Wrathall Chartered Surveyors where he was head of agency in their Lancaster Office and specialised in providing valuation advice on both residential and commercial property.
Irfan joins from Burnley Borough Council’s Property Services Department where he was involved in providing strategic valuations and also advised in respect of compulsory purchase orders.
Jonathan Harrison, director at Manchester-based Roger Hannah & Co, said: “We are committed to expansion to meet the growing needs of our Clients. The addition of Paul and Irfan to the Valuation and Compulsory Purchase departments improves our valuation service provision and cements our position as the largest Compulsory Purchase Teams in the North West.”
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COMMERCIAL property consultancy Lamber Smith Hampton has recruited Nick Mullins and Paul Jolley as directors from CBRE.
Hampton has joined LSH’s Manchester office as head of funding and development while Jolley is the new head of property.
Their appointments follow the recent acquisitions of ES Group and Manchester-based retail specialist Tushingham Moore.
Mullins said: “This is a great time to be joining Lambert Smith Hampton in the North West as it continues to develop the specialisms that will allow us to exploit new opportunities in a growing market.”
Jolley said: “Lambert Smith Hampton has a strong track record working on high-profile instructions for national funds such as TIAA Henderson, IVG, Lothbury and Rockspring. Our focus is to retain this key strength while also growing our local and regional client roster.”
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MANCHESTER and Stockport accounty firm HURST has strengthened its business services team with the appointment of John Glover as a senior manager.
Glover, 36, has joined HURST from BDO in Manchester. He has experience of advising listed, private equity-backed and owner-managed businesses in sectors including manufacturing, retail, recruitment and financial services.
Glover has also undertaken several client secondments, giving him a commercial angle to his experience.
HURST plans to further expand its business services team – which provides audit, accounting and compliance services to clients – with at least five more appointments before the end of the year.
