New arrivals add expertise to firm’s social housing team
NATIONAL law firm Clarke Willmott has enhanced its social housing team with the appointment of 11 new team members.
Following some recent departures, the firm has taken the opportunity to reshape and grow the team which has a presence in each of its seven offices.
The team has been joined by partner Hannah Langford, previously a property and contracts lawyer at Clarion Housing, one of the UK’s largest social housing providers.
Also joining the team are senior associates Joanna Jackson, previously a specialist at Devonshires, Angela Byrne, who has 25 years’ experience in social housing litigation, and associate Muzammel Mian, an experienced social housing solicitor previously with the Metropolitan Housing Trust.
Three new solicitors, Sarah Cave, who has previously worked in Devonshires’ property team, Victoria Smith, who worked for social housing specialists Glazer Delmar, and Alexis Campbell, who comes from Simply Social Housing Limited, together with trainee legal executive Nafisa Bibi, previously in-house at social housing provider Guinness, have also joined the team.
The team will be supported by three new paralegals – Ashleigh Draper, Cecilia Fletcher and Laura Rolls.
Kary Withers, sector head of social housing at Clarke Willmott, said: “Over the past six months we have been reshaping our social housing team into specialist units and recruiting fresh, talented industry experts.
“Because Clarke Willmott has such an established reputation for the quality of its social housing work, we have been able to attract some of the best and most experienced people in the sector, as well as a few up-and-coming legal stars of tomorrow.”