This week's National appointments: Featuring CBRE, Agent & Blacks Solicitors

This week’s round up of National appointments includes CBRE, Agent & Blacks Solicitors. Read on to find out more.

Joe Rigby, CBRE

CBRE has appointed Joe Rigby as Head of Office Agency for the northern region to continue delivering on market leading strategies for its investor and occupier clients.

Rigby has been with CBRE since 2014 and took over as the northern region’s Head of Occupier Services in 2019, utilising his global expertise to advise occupiers on their real estate strategy and direction.

John Ogden, MD of CBRE’s Northern Business, said; “To transition to Head of Office Agency for our northern region is a natural step for Joe and our fantastic team will further prosper under his leadership.”

Joe Rigby said: “To be taking the helm of the northern Office Agency team is incredibly exciting and I am looking forward to working across our whole client portfolio to bring strategic advice and vision to projects and organisations.”

Drew Grant & Daniel Byrne, Agent

Award winning full-service brand and communications agency, Agent, has announced two senior promotions, ahead of a year of ambitious growth.

The North West-based agency which has offices in Manchester and Liverpool has promoted Drew Grant to creative director, and Daniel Byrne to strategy director. Both have been fundamental to the agency’s growth in recent years, with Drew spearheading its recent re-brand, which was revealed earlier this year.

The promotions follow significant success for the agency this year and will allow it to expand its offer for its high-profile client roster, which includes the Road Haulage Association, Peel Ports, Nippon Electric Glass and United Utilities.

On his new role, Daniel Byrne, strategy director said: “I’m delighted to be taking up this new role. I’m looking forward to continuing our growth at Agent and building on the work we have been doing with our clients, making sure there is a golden strategic thread that runs through everything we do.”

Drew Grant, creative director, added: “I’m excited about the opportunity this new role presents in terms of being able to put a real focus on our creative direction as a business. Given the expansion of the team, we’re in a brilliant position to explore even more growth, opening ourselves up to new projects and clients, and really making a difference in everything we do.”

Pete Bott, Blacks Solicitors

Blacks Solicitors is paving the way for music talent in the north of England with the appointment of a Partner to head up the new music law arm of the Firm.

Pete Bott, who trained at Blacks Solicitors and then worked at boutique music firm Sound Advice (Legal) LLP in London, brings with him a decade of specialist experience in supporting successful musicians, writers, producers and other music talent, as well as independent record labels and managers.

Commenting on his appointment, Pete said: “After seven years of honing my craft at specialist law firms in London, I felt that it was time to return home to Blacks Solicitors to offer my support to northern talent in an area of the country where music law specialists are sadly few and far between.”

Pete works with a number of well-known clients including Leeds Conservatoire, While She Sleeps, Hybrid Minds, DnB Allstars and Bring Me The Horizon who headlined this year’s Leeds & Reading Festival and opened the BRIT Awards in collaboration with Ed Sheeran.

Chris Allen, managing partner at Blacks Solicitors, added: “We will work closely to grow this new specialism available to clients, and lay the groundwork for a strong team of legal professionals that will give us the edge over our competitors.”

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