This week's Yorkshire appointments

Carter Towler, the Leeds-based chartered surveyors, has increased year-on-year profits by 15% (September 2017 year end), made two senior promotions and appointed six additional staff.

Josh Holmes and Chris Green have been made directors, bringing the total number of directors at Carter Towler to ten.

Josh, who joined Carter Towler five years ago, has concluded over 450,000 sq ft of deals on multi-let industrial estates in the last year.

Chris Green was appointed in 2015 to head up Carter Towler’s professional services team. Working with a number of high street banks and secondary lenders, Chris has more than doubled the department’s fee income.

The six recent appointments are: Max Vause, trainee surveyor; Chris Harrison, assistant surveyor; Mark Marshall, compliance co-ordinator; Zack Sorkin, graduate property management surveyor; Kim Gray, credit controller and Gary Lewsley, service charge manager.

Ian Greenwood, managing director Ian Greenwood, said: “I am delighted to announce that Carter Towler has had another very good year. We have been consistently active across all departments – retail, office, industrial, property management and building consultancy – and this is reflected in our solid financial performance.

“We have extended the business significantly in the last two years not only in terms of the services we offer but also our geographical reach. Whilst the company has its roots firmly in Yorkshire we are now working with a broad range of clients across the whole of the country.

“Succession planning is of course instrumental to our continued growth and therefore I am extremely pleased to welcome two new, young and very astute directors to the Carter Towler board. Their promotions are well deserved.”

Sasha Williams (left), Jones Myers

A solicitor with a track record in family law and social care law is further enhancing the reputation of the children’s department at family law firm, Jones Myers.

Sasha Williams joins the department’s nine-strong team - which includes an ‘in house’ counsel - and attracts complex and varied casework in the UK and overseas. Her experience spans areas including residence, contact, immigration, asylum and domestic violence.

Based in Leeds and London, the firm specialises in international child abduction and is accredited by a specialist Panel operated by the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit.

Sasha said: “The reputation of Jones Myers, which is among the country’s most respected family law firms, is second to none and I’m looking forward to contributing to the ongoing success of the practice.”

Headed by Kate Banerjee - who has Higher Court Rights and is a member of the International Child Abduction and Custody Unit - the department’s team members jointly combine almost nine decades of expertise.

Kate added: “In today’s evolving modern world, families are more diverse – bringing wider issues, which impact on children.

“With a wealth of experience in family law and social care law, Sasha’s expertise compliments our skills as our national and international casework continues to increase.”

Rob Garraghan, Andrew Malloy, Jacques Esterhuizen and Edward Barker, Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield has made four new appointments to its Leeds office.

Jacques Esterhuizen joins the office as an associate from CBRE. He joins the investment team having spent three years with CBRE where he covered the North East industrial market.

Prior to this he spent three years within DTZ’s industrial agency team before its merger with Cushman & Wakefield. In his new role he will be working alongside Tim Cameron-Jones (partner) and Richard Brooke (associate).

Rob Garraghan joins the office as a consultant in the Public Sector Advisory team. He recently graduated with a first-class honours in Building Surveying and previously worked at Plymouth University.

In his new role, he will be involved in the procurement of student accommodation for university clients, as well as providing consultancy advice to public sector organisations such as local authorities and government bodies.

Andrew Malloy joins the Project Management & Consultancy team as a building surveyor from Faithful + Gould in Nottingham. He has experience in design and specification, contract administration, project management and condition surveys and will be working with a range of public and private sector clients in his new role.

Edward Barker joins as a cost consultant. An Economics Graduate from Newcastle University, Edward will be part of the Cost Consultancy team and is currently undertaking an MSc in Quantity Surveying.

Keith Hardman, partner and head of Cushman & Wakefield’s Leeds office, said: “I am pleased to welcome Jacques, Rob, Andrew and Edward to the office.

“Our team in Leeds services a range of private and public sector clients across Yorkshire and further afield and their expertise and experience will be enable us to provide them with a market leading service offering.”

Samuel Peake, Andrew Jackson

Regional law firm Andrew Jackson Solicitors LLP has announced the appointment of solicitor Samuel Peake to its property practice.

With legal experience covering commercial and agricultural property work, Samuel will provide valuable support to the existing property team from the firm’s York office.

Paul Barker, partner and head of property at Andrew Jackson, said: - “I am delighted to welcome Samuel to our property team, who joins as we continue to gain significant local and regional market share and expansion further afield.

“Samuel’s appointment underlines our commitment to providing clients with high quality, value for money advice from our partner-led property team, where demand for our services remains high.”

Eleanor Temple, R3

Insolvency barrister, Eleanor Temple, has been appointed as regional chair of R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body.

She is the first member of the Bar to be appointed as a regional chair in Yorkshire.

Eleanor is a barrister at Kings Chambers in Leeds; she practices in all aspects of chancery and commercial litigation and advisory work, with a specialism in corporate and personal insolvency, company and partnership law, directors’ disqualification, banking and finance, and asset tracing claims.

Eleanor has been a member of R3 for over 15 years and is the founder of the R3 North West Women in Business Recovery Group as well as serving on the Yorkshire Regional Committee since 2012.

Having acted as vice-chair for R3 in Yorkshire for the last year, Eleanor takes over from Adrian Berry, restructuring partner at Deloitte LLP in Leeds, who has been regional chair of Yorkshire and the Humber for the last two years.

Eleanor will promote the work of R3’s qualified, regulated members who help businesses and individuals facing financial distress; the organisation supports best practice for the insolvency profession, as well as increasing public understanding of personal and corporate insolvency issues.

Eleanor said: “It is a great privilege to be appointed chair, and over the next two years, I aim to raise R3’s profile within the local business community and to forge strong links with the local judiciary, other trade bodies and practitioners, particularly currently under-represented groups such as the Smaller Practices Group, during what promises to be an interesting time for business and our economy.”

Eleanor is also chair of a new barristers association, the North Eastern Circuit Commercial Bar Association (NECCBA).

David Williams, Clarion

Commercial litigator David Williams has joined Clarion from Walker Morris as a partner in its 11-strong commercial litigation and arbitration practice.

With more than 30 years’ experience, David spent 22 years as a partner at Hammonds (now Squire Patton Boggs) and has been a partner at Walker Morris since 2010.

With expertise across a wide range of commercial and corporate disputes, including regulatory issues, David is also a CEDR and ADR Group accredited mediator. His experience includes domestic and international arbitration, expert determination and adjudication.

David has acted for clients in disputes both in the UK and overseas and across a variety of sectors from energy, oil, food and drink to pharmaceuticals, high tech engineering and manufacturing.

Simon Young, partner and head of the dispute resolution practice at Clarion, commented: “With his extensive and proven track record, including significant experience in overseas litigation and arbitration, David has the necessary expertise and experience to strengthen our domestic offering and to broaden our international capability in a number of key sectors.

“With demand for our services continuing to grow based on our strong reputation for consistently delivering for our clients, David will play a key role in our future development.”

David added: “Clarion’s ethos has service excellence at its heart, coupled with a vibrant, fresh and innovative approach which has proved extremely attractive to clients both in the UK and overseas.

“I am excited to be joining such a dynamic firm whose commitment to providing highly responsive and commercially focussed legal support to clients fits so closely with my own values.”

Georgia Sanderson, Christine Tillery, Matthew Lilley and Judith McCoy, Ironmonger Curtis

Sheffield business law specialist Ironmonger Curtis has made four new appointments to its team.

The commercial department of the Edmund Road-based company is strengthened by the arrival of paralegals Christine Tillery and Matthew Lilley.

The firm’s new practice manager, Judith McCoy, has an accountancy background. She spent ten years with a local firm of chartered accountants followed by a period as finance director for a Sheffield engineering company.

Christine has worked in the legal sector for over 15 years. She studied with the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives while working in a Lincoln law practice.

Matthew, who recently completed a masters degree in corporate and commercial law at the University of Sheffield, is involved in commercial transactions, purchase and sale agreements and commercial contracts.

Meanwhile Georgia Sanderson joins the commercial property department as a paralegal. She previously worked in residential property as a secretary.

Jon Curtis, founding partner, added: “We are confident that the four new faces will contribute greatly to the firm’s future success.

“We are gaining many years of expertise from the arrival of Judith and Christine in particular and are delighted to welcome two young people with fresh ideas and an eagerness to advance.”