City’s real-estate growth has law firm investing in specialist teams
COMMERCIAL law firm Hill Dickinson has recruited a new real-estate and real-estate litigation team at its Birmingham office.
The two new teams will join the firm’s five-strong corporate team, which recently spearheaded the launch of its new office in Newhall Street in February.
All the new staff are lateral hires from rival firm Irwin Mitchell.
The real-estate team is led by partner Ben Acheson, previously head of Irwin Mitchell’s Birmingham realestate team.
He has more than 15 years of experience, with expertise in investment and development transactions, acting for both landlords and tenants.
Joining him is senior associate Stuart McDonald, who will support Ben on a wide variety of property work, with experience in strategic land and development, landlord and tenant, and corporate banking support.
Completing the real-estate team are paralegals Sufyan Mulla and Leah Bouckley and apprentice solicitor Alicia Robinson.
Heading up the real-estate litigation team is partner Tim Rayner, who joins with a career spanning more than 20 years, dealing with real-estate disputes.
The team deals with the full range of commercial property disputes but
with a focus on investor-landlords and corporate occupiers, specialising in dilapidations.
He is joined by legal director Alison Willis, who brings with her almost 11 years of experience in realestate disputes, also with an emphasis on landlord-and-tenant matters, and associate Sana Ikhlaq.
The additions form part of the firm’s growth plans to strengthen its corporate and banking services nationally from the new Birmingham base.
Craig Scott, chief executive elect and head of business services, said: “The real-estate market in Birmingham continues to grow so it’s the perfect
time to be establishing a dedicated real-estate team in the city to fulfil the growing demand we are seeing for our services here.
“The expertise that Ben, Tim and the wider team bring will allow us to strengthen our commercial offering across the Midlands market, along with our national capabilities.”