Position: Head of Private Client

Areas of Expertise: Wills & Probate

Date Joined: 2000

Email: carolineb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4259

Background:

Caroline is a specialist in Wills, Probate, Trusts and Inheritance Tax. This is generically entitled 'Private Client' and is the area in which Caroline has worked since qualification in 1997.

Following the successful expansion of the Residential Conveyancing and Private Client Department, it became apparent that Private Client should progress in its own right. Caroline joined the Firm in 2000 to take on this role. Since then, the Department has grown to such an extent that four specialist Fee Earners now practice solely in this area. Caroline became a Partner of the Practice in April 2006.

Expertise:

Caroline and her colleagues in the Private Client department have a wealth of experience in the following:

• Wills
• Probate
• Trusts
• Inheritance Tax Planning
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Receivership (Court of Protection Procedures)
• Long Term Care Planning

The Department also specialises in Contentious Probate matters where disputes arise concerning deceased's estates. Very few firms in the area are able to offer advice in this highly complex area of law.

Caroline believes specialism is an absolute must in modern day practice and that the ever diverse needs of Clients can only be met by specialist practitioners working together to provide a complete service.

Caroline is a member of the Probate Section of the Law Society, Solicitors for the Elderly and an Associate member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She strongly advocates Partnership of such institutions as a way of independently warranting to Clients that the advice and service they receive from the Firm is of the highest standard, albeit delivered in a friendly and down to earth manner.

Personal:

Born in Coventry, Caroline has remained local and lives in Meriden with her husband and daughter. Her main priority when not working is to spend as much time as possible with her family. She also enjoys good wine and eating out.

Position: Head of Property / Member

Areas of Expertise: Registered Provider acquisition and disposal, elderly retirement Villages and specialist tenure leasehold enquiries.

Date Joined: 1998

Email: louised@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4230

Background:

Louise trained as a solicitor with a small provincial practice in Coventry between 1993 and 1995. She qualified in September 1995 and specialised in residential property and general private client work. In 1998 she was approached by Newsome Vaughan to head up their property department but this soon developed into a new specialism when the firm won the contract for legal services for a leading local Housing Association. Since 1998, Louise has focused her skills on the area of affordable housing.

Expertise:

Louise acts for a number of registered providers and charities across the country in the acquisition of new development schemes, sales and purchases, shared ownership and large scale disposals, particularly in the delivery of new extra care schemes. She is knowledgeable in housing policy and is experienced in the drafting of leases, transfers, section 106 agreements and residential development packages. She is also experienced in Right to Buy/Right to Acquire transactions, Leasehold Schemes for the Elderly and Mortgage Rescue. More recently, Louise has spent a great deal of time assisting clients in Leasehold management issues centring around affordable home ownership. She has a good overall knowledge of Housing Association governance together with housing policy and the challenges facing registered social landlords from the public, private and regulated sectors.

Personal:

Louise enjoys spending time with her dogs and has a keen interest in cookery and fine wine. She also enjoys exploring the World through foreign and UK travel.

Position: Member / Operations Manager

Areas of Expertise: Housing Association

Date Joined: 1999

Email: emmag@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4236

Background:

Emma served a full Apprenticeship in Business and Finance at the G.E.C. in Coventry. Following a spell in Australia in a Property Investment Company, Emma worked for a leading Housing Association in the Midlands in the Sales Team and later closely with the Executive. Emma brought her knowledge of the internal workings of a Housing Association sales team to Newsome Vaughan in 1999.

Expertise:

Emma studied Management and Personnel practices with Coventry University. Emma is now the Operations Manager being directly responsible for a team of housing specialists.

Emma specialises in Elderly Mutual schemes, Shared Ownership/Stair-casing, Leasehold Schemes for the Elderly and Right to Buy. She also handles disposals for Housing Associations.

Emma is most proud of the progress she has made within the Department, culminating in her promotion to Member in 2011.

Personal:

Most of Emma’s free time is spent being a mother to three children. Emma enjoys shopping, attends kick boxing classes and goes walking and running with friends.

Position: Member

Areas of Expertise: Property

Date Joined: 1978

Email: iang@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4203

Background:

Ian qualified in 1980 having trained with the Firm. He became a Partner in 1984.

During his career he has headed the Residential Conveyancing Department, the Private Client Department and the Re-mortgage Department.

Expertise:

Ian specialises in Property work covering residential, commercial, agricultural and development work for a wide range of clients.

Personal:

Ian is “a local boy” born in Warwickshire and having lived all of his life there.

He was educated at Coventry Preparatory School and King Henry VIII Coventry and went on to study Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College Oxford.

He is married with two children and spends too much of his time spectating football, rugby and cricket.

He still regularly participates in five-a-side football with fellow lawyers from the locality who still describe themselves as “Warwickshire Young Lawyers”. They travel to Europe each year in search of other aged professionals who are prepared to compete with them on the football pitch.

Position: Member (FILEX)

Areas of Expertise: Practice Manager

Date Joined: February 1980

Email: wendyl@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4218

Background:

Wendy joined the Firm in 1980 – initially as an Accounts Junior. She then moved into Fee-earning work, whilst studying and qualifying as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in November 1990. After a period of dealing with Claimant Personal Injury work, she became the Firm's first Practice Manager in April 2004 and became a Member of the Firm in April 2010.

Expertise:

Wendy works closely with the Firm's Chief Executive, Paul Saunders, providing general management support to the Firm; having responsibility for all HR and Personnel functions and ensuring compliance with the Firm's Lexcel management standard.

To support this role, she has obtained a Credit pass Level 3 Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety (NEBOSH National General Certificate) and a Distinction pass CIPD Certificate in Personnel Practice.

Personal:

Wendy is Coventry born and bred and is married with two children. She spends her time out of the office supporting her Husband's and children's hobbies as the perfect excuse not to find time to 'go to the gym'.

Position: Member

Areas of Expertise: Residential Property Development

Date Joined: July 2007

Email: samanthao@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4223

Background:

Samantha graduated in 1988 with a joint Honours degree in Business Law and Marketing from Strathclyde University in Glasgow. She worked in industry for a few years and completed Law Finals at Birmingham University and qualified as a Solicitor in 1996. She trained and qualified with local Birmingham firms and moved to Wragge and Co until 2003. She then worked for national house builders Bovis Homes and David Wilson Homes as an in house property development solicitor. She joined Newsome Vaughan in 2007.

Expertise:

Samantha has worked mainly for national house-builders since 1999 both in house and in private practice and specialises in land acquisition and residential property development work for developers and housing associations. She became a Member of the Firm in October 2011.

Personal:

Originally from Glasgow Samantha has lived in Warwickshire since 1988. Samantha is a keen skier and loves to travel and play the piano in her spare time.

Position: Chief Executive

Areas of Expertise: Commercial

Date Joined: 1994

Email: pauls@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4207

Background:

Qualifying in August 1989, Paul has developed a specialism in acting on behalf of commercial organisations and institutions on a quasi in-house basis. Refining and setting up departments to service the legal needs of the clients he has set up and run most aspects of commercial organisational legal requirements. This includes the initial setting up and conduct of the work for Touchstone Housing Association.

Expertise:

Paul's role is designed to serve the business needs of commercial organisations ensuring that the legal services provided by the Firm are tailored to fit their specific requirements. Paul places great importance in getting to know a client's business to ensure that its needs are met in an effective, inexpensive and timely manner.

Working with teams in the Firm, Paul has set up specialist departments to deal with Housing Association requirements, mainstream Mortgage Lender representation. The European arm of 2 large American Corporation's legal representation is handled from the firm's offices, which locally gives the firm a unique level of experience in European wide large scale legal work. Further, the UK Company Secretarial and commercial requirements for 50 registered Companies are administered from the specialist Company's Secretarial Department headed by Paul, running the blue print administration system.

On a day to day basis Paul specialises in corporate work with an emphasis on commercial contracts, the review of Terms and Conditions and proactive legal training.

Much of Paul's time is spent at the client's premises liaising between the client and the teams at the Firm to ensure that the services we deliver meet the client's needs. This has resulted in, for example, specialised billing packages, monthly retainer packages and the facility to have seconded employees for specific tasks.

Paul is currently the Chief Executive of the firm and is keen to see the practice move with a quickly changing market place to ensure that the IT systems and work areas within the firm are some of the most advanced in the region.

Personal:

Paul is keen on fitness and a regular at the gym. His weekends are filled with Sailing the south coast of the UK or travelling.

Position: Consultant Solicitor

Areas of Expertise: Commercial Property

Date Joined: November 2010

Email: elizabethw@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4240

Background:

Elizabeth graduated in 1995 and worked for a couple of years as a paralegal before completing her LPC and qualifying as a Solicitor in 2000. Elizabeth worked for Brethertons LLP at both their Rugby and Banbury Offices for eight years before setting up her own specialist commercial property law practice in 2007. Elizabeth joined Newsome Vaughan LLP on 1st November 2010.

Expertise:

Elizabeth provides practical and clear legal advice on all aspects of non-contentious Property Law. Elizabeth works with a variety of clients including retail clients, new business start ups, commercial landlords and small to medium sized businesses. Elizabeth can assist on a range of matters including:

• Commercial Leases – offices, retail shop/pub and hotel Leases
• Industrial Leases - Factories and Warehouses
• Surrender and Renewal of Business Leases
• Freehold sales and purchases
• Acquisitions and disposals of land
• Sale and purchase of small business

Personal:

Married with two young children Elizabeth lives in Kenilworth. She is Secretary to Kenilworth Chamber of Trade and enjoys working to promote and protect the interests of businesses within the town. Elizabeth enjoys running in her spare time and will get round to running a marathon – one day .....!

Position: Employed Consultant

Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution

Date Joined: 1990

Email: alanl@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4205

Background:

Following an LLB from the University of Exeter, Alan qualified as a solicitor in 1977 with Blyth Dutton in Holborn before joining Durrant Piesse (now Lovells) in the City of London. Here Alan worked on heavy litigation for commercial clients, plus employment work, doing frequent advocacy. After a short period in Winchester Alan came to Coventry in 1983 where he was a partner in another local firm before joining the Firm in 1990.

Alan has some 30 years' experience in the whole range of litigation, including property litigation, commercial disputes, company and chancery matters, landlord and tenant cases and injunctions, and a detailed knowledge of local lawyers, judges and experts.

Alan has been the Contentious Business representative on the Warwickshire Law Society for many years, liaising between local solicitors and the courts.

Expertise:

Alan now concentrates on disputes that businesses and other organisations have with tenants, suppliers, customers and others, working with other members of the firm where appropriate to provide a speedy and effective solution to problems. This does not always involve court action, unless it is to the client's advantage. However, Alan is a very experienced advocate and litigator and is able to bring his skills and knowledge to a broad range of proceedings.

Alan also deals with the more substantial disputes that arise for private individuals or for trusts, and problems arising out of insolvency, and disputes inside companies and Partnerships.

Alan is involved in training and in keeping up to date with the frequent changes in law and procedure, both for the firm and for clients in the form of seminars and newsletters.

Personal:

With one daughter at university and the other nearly there Alan is gradually finding some time of his own to pursue his interests in music, walking and the garden.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution/Employment

Date Joined: March 2006

Email: helene@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4227

Background:

Helen has a Law (with American Law) LLB degree from the University of Nottingham, having graduated in 1993. She was one of the first to obtain this degree, which involved spending a year studying American law at the University of Texas in Austin. Helen gained her LPC from Nottingham Trent University in 1994. She trained with Howes Percival and qualified as a solicitor in 1996, specialising in dispute resolution. In 1999 Helen joined edge ellison in Birmingham, which later became Hammonds, where she remained until joining the Firm.

Expertise:

Helen regularly advises businesses in relation to disputes that they may have with their suppliers, customers, distributors, contractors or employees. Helen takes a practical and commercial approach to disputes. She recognises that court action is not always the best option and is well versed in alternative dispute resolution techniques.

The disputes that Helen deals with are predominantly those of a commercial nature, including those relating to:

• breach of contract, including, for example, supply, distribution and agency
• warranty claims
• negligence and tort generally, including professional negligence and defamation
• employment issues
• Data Protection Act issues
• Human Rights Act issues
• breaches of the Commercial Agents Regulations

Personal:

As a mother of four young children, Helen finds that much of her spare time (if such a thing exists!) is spent at various safari parks, zoos and farms throughout the Midlands, or in organising or attending children's parties! Given half a chance, Helen would enjoy reading, travel and trips to the theatre…

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Commercial Property

Date Joined: September 1999

Email: lucieb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4235

Background:

Lucie is in her second spell at Newsome Vaughan, having first worked at the firm during her LLB Sandwich Law degree placement year. Following conclusion of her studies at Nottingham Law school she returned to Newsome Vaughan to complete her training contract. She qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and joined the Commercial Property team. Lucie was promoted in 2006 to the position of Associate Solicitor.

Expertise:

Lucie specialises in Commercial Property law and her main areas of practise are:

• Commercial Landlord and Tenant - acting for Landlord or Tenant
• Sales and Purchases including purchases of fully let investment properties and mixed residential/commercial properties
• Sale and Purchases of Licensed premises
• Commercial property finance acting for Lender, Borrower or both
• Grant Funding Work for major clients

Lucie handles a full range of commercial property transactions such as warehousing, offices, shops and pubs and restaurants. She acts for both small local businesses and large national and international organisations. She also has experience in small business sales and residential property.

Lucie maintains close links with local property professionals and lenders.

Personal:

Lucie is a Coventry resident and has been known to enjoy the odd night out in her local pub in Earlsdon. She also likes to keep fit and attends outdoor fitness classes, whatever the weather. Lucie is a keen cricket fan attending test matches at home and abroad when time and budget allow.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Company Commercial

Date Joined: January 2007

Email: davidl@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4265

Background:

The son of expatriates David was born in Zimbabwe and educated there up to 'A' level. He attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa where he did his first degree majoring in both Classical Civilisation and Legal Theory before going on and completing the post-graduate LLB degree. David subsequently returned to Zimbabwe where he trained and qualified before realising that it was too hot and he heeded the call of his ancestors, returning to England in 1999.

Expertise:

David has worked in private practice in the City as well as serving his time working as in-house legal counsel for two large American corporations and in local government. It is this wide ranging experience that helps him to tackle commercial matters from different angles with empathy.

David deals with:

• General advice as to company law.
• Advice, negotiation and drafting of commercial and corporate documentation.
• Formation of all types of companies.
• Maintenance of all company secretarial duties inclusive of minutes, resolutions, statutory filings and liaising with Companies House.

Personal:

David is an anorak when it comes to cricket and football and despite his tender years is an ardent supporter of real ale.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Residential Conveyancing

Date Joined: 2000

Email: janeb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4226

Background:

Jane has a Law degree from the Coventry University having graduated in 1998 and completed the Legal Practice Course in 2002 after attending the De Montfort University, Leicester. Jane qualified as a Solicitor in January 2006 after completing her training with the Firm.

Jane commenced her employment at the Firm in the Remortgage Department in 2000 and transferred into the Property Department in 2002 where she has remained.

Expertise:

Jane specialises in Residential Conveyancing and her main areas of practice include:

• Sales and purchases of freehold
• New builds and unregistered properties
• Dealing with Transfer of Equity matters and remortgages
• Purchases of leasehold and Shared Ownership properties
• Lease extensions under the statutory route and on an informal basis

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Social housing, development work and residential conveyancing

Date Joined: February 2011

Email: lindan@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4206

Background:

Linda started her career in the Legal Department of the Warwick Borough Council, and after three years joined Wright Hassall of Leamington Spa as a law clerk. Since then Linda has had a variety of roles at a number of local practices, always with a heavy bias towards property work. Linda had a three year break from her career, following the arrival of her daughter, and then rejoined Wright Hassall as a Conveyancing executive. During that time Linda gained significant experience in the social housing sector and it was this area in particular that brought her to Newsome Vaughan.

Expertise:

Linda specialises in the following fields of both residential and social housing:

Linda’s social housing expertise includes:

• Acquisition of land for development by Registered Social Providers for affordable housing for both shared ownership and rent
• Rural housing schemes
• Negotiation of the Planning Agreements with the relevant Authorities
• Section 38, 104 and 278 Agreements
• Setting up of documentation for shared ownership sales
• Acquisition of portfolios of properties between Registered Social Providers and the charging of the same to the Lending Institution
• Right to buy/right to acquire sales
• Variations of covenants, easements and boundary issues
• Grant Agreements
• Charging of large portfolios of properties
• Option Agreements

Linda has considerable experience in residential conveyancing as follows:

• Sales, purchases and mortgages of residential property
• Acquisition on behalf of Developers of land and all matters ancillary thereto;
• Sales of the new properties following the completion of the development

Linda has over 35 years legal experience and has built up a reputation in both fields of residential and social housing conveyancing, and has clients of longstanding.

Personal:

Linda is married with one daughter, and in her spare time enjoys her National Trust membership, reading and cooking.

Position: Member

Areas of Expertise: Property

Date Joined: 1978

Email: iang@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4203

Background:

Ian qualified in 1980 having trained with the Firm. He became a Partner in 1984.

During his career he has headed the Residential Conveyancing Department, the Private Client Department and the Re-mortgage Department.

Expertise:

Ian specialises in Property work covering residential, commercial, agricultural and development work for a wide range of clients.

Personal:

Ian is “a local boy” born in Warwickshire and having lived all of his life there.

He was educated at Coventry Preparatory School and King Henry VIII Coventry and went on to study Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Magdalen College Oxford.

He is married with two children and spends too much of his time spectating football, rugby and cricket.

He still regularly participates in five-a-side football with fellow lawyers from the locality who still describe themselves as “Warwickshire Young Lawyers”. They travel to Europe each year in search of other aged professionals who are prepared to compete with them on the football pitch.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Commercial Property

Date Joined: September 1999

Email: lucieb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4235

Background:

Lucie is in her second spell at Newsome Vaughan, having first worked at the firm during her LLB Sandwich Law degree placement year. Following conclusion of her studies at Nottingham Law school she returned to Newsome Vaughan to complete her training contract. She qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and joined the Commercial Property team. Lucie was promoted in 2006 to the position of Associate Solicitor.

Expertise:

Lucie specialises in Commercial Property law and her main areas of practise are:

• Commercial Landlord and Tenant - acting for Landlord or Tenant
• Sales and Purchases including purchases of fully let investment properties and mixed residential/commercial properties
• Sale and Purchases of Licensed premises
• Commercial property finance acting for Lender, Borrower or both
• Grant Funding Work for major clients

Lucie handles a full range of commercial property transactions such as warehousing, offices, shops and pubs and restaurants. She acts for both small local businesses and large national and international organisations. She also has experience in small business sales and residential property.

Lucie maintains close links with local property professionals and lenders.

Personal:

Lucie is a Coventry resident and has been known to enjoy the odd night out in her local pub in Earlsdon. She also likes to keep fit and attends outdoor fitness classes, whatever the weather. Lucie is a keen cricket fan attending test matches at home and abroad when time and budget allow.

Position: Consultant Solicitor

Areas of Expertise: Commercial Property

Date Joined: November 2010

Email: elizabethw@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4240

Background:

Elizabeth graduated in 1995 and worked for a couple of years as a paralegal before completing her LPC and qualifying as a Solicitor in 2000. Elizabeth worked for Brethertons LLP at both their Rugby and Banbury Offices for eight years before setting up her own specialist commercial property law practice in 2007. Elizabeth joined Newsome Vaughan LLP on 1st November 2010.

Expertise:

Elizabeth provides practical and clear legal advice on all aspects of non-contentious Property Law. Elizabeth works with a variety of clients including retail clients, new business start ups, commercial landlords and small to medium sized businesses. Elizabeth can assist on a range of matters including:

• Commercial Leases – offices, retail shop/pub and hotel Leases
• Industrial Leases - Factories and Warehouses
• Surrender and Renewal of Business Leases
• Freehold sales and purchases
• Acquisitions and disposals of land
• Sale and purchase of small business

Personal:

Married with two young children Elizabeth lives in Kenilworth. She is Secretary to Kenilworth Chamber of Trade and enjoys working to promote and protect the interests of businesses within the town. Elizabeth enjoys running in her spare time and will get round to running a marathon – one day .....!

Position: Chief Executive

Areas of Expertise: Commercial

Date Joined: 1994

Email: pauls@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4207

Background:

Qualifying in August 1989, Paul has developed a specialism in acting on behalf of commercial organisations and institutions on a quasi in-house basis. Refining and setting up departments to service the legal needs of the clients he has set up and run most aspects of commercial organisational legal requirements. This includes the initial setting up and conduct of the work for Touchstone Housing Association.

Expertise:

Paul's role is designed to serve the business needs of commercial organisations ensuring that the legal services provided by the Firm are tailored to fit their specific requirements. Paul places great importance in getting to know a client's business to ensure that its needs are met in an effective, inexpensive and timely manner.

Working with teams in the Firm, Paul has set up specialist departments to deal with Housing Association requirements, mainstream Mortgage Lender representation. The European arm of 2 large American Corporation's legal representation is handled from the firm's offices, which locally gives the firm a unique level of experience in European wide large scale legal work. Further, the UK Company Secretarial and commercial requirements for 50 registered Companies are administered from the specialist Company's Secretarial Department headed by Paul, running the blue print administration system.

On a day to day basis Paul specialises in corporate work with an emphasis on commercial contracts, the review of Terms and Conditions and proactive legal training.

Much of Paul's time is spent at the client's premises liaising between the client and the teams at the Firm to ensure that the services we deliver meet the client's needs. This has resulted in, for example, specialised billing packages, monthly retainer packages and the facility to have seconded employees for specific tasks.

Paul is currently the Chief Executive of the firm and is keen to see the practice move with a quickly changing market place to ensure that the IT systems and work areas within the firm are some of the most advanced in the region.

Personal:

Paul is keen on fitness and a regular at the gym. His weekends are filled with Sailing the south coast of the UK or travelling.

Position: Operational Relationship Manager

Areas of Expertise: Housing and Company Commercial

Date Joined: September 2002

Email: jayneh@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4267

Background:

Jayne has extensive experience in the legal and management fields. In the 1980s, she worked as a Property Sales Negotiator before joining a major British company, where she worked in the field of HR, specialising in Executive Recruitment. Wanting to pursue her career in the legal world, Jayne decided to join the conveyancing department of a local firm of solicitors before coming to the Firm in 2002.

Expertise:

• organising Marketing events
• overseeing all marketing, advertising and promotional material
• client relationship liaison within Housing and Company Commercial Departments
• Company incorporations;
• maintaining the Register of Shareholders;
• monitoring changes in share ownership of Companies;
• maintaining Company Registers;
• preparation and submission of annual returns;
• developing and overseeing the systems that ensure Client Companies comply with all applicable codes as well as legal and statutory requirements.
• use of Blueprint Software package
• Housing Association shared ownership work and conveyancing work for a large Building Society Client.
• Disposals of ExtraCare new build plots

Personal:

Had Jayne not chosen a career in law, she would have made a successful interior designer and she has thoroughly contributed to the interior development of the firm and rebranding. She enjoys travel, gardening and restoring furniture.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Company Commercial

Date Joined: January 2007

Email: davidl@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4265

Background:

The son of expatriates David was born in Zimbabwe and educated there up to 'A' level. He attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa where he did his first degree majoring in both Classical Civilisation and Legal Theory before going on and completing the post-graduate LLB degree. David subsequently returned to Zimbabwe where he trained and qualified before realising that it was too hot and he heeded the call of his ancestors, returning to England in 1999.

Expertise:

David has worked in private practice in the City as well as serving his time working as in-house legal counsel for two large American corporations and in local government. It is this wide ranging experience that helps him to tackle commercial matters from different angles with empathy.

David deals with:

• General advice as to company law.
• Advice, negotiation and drafting of commercial and corporate documentation.
• Formation of all types of companies.
• Maintenance of all company secretarial duties inclusive of minutes, resolutions, statutory filings and liaising with Companies House.

Personal:

David is an anorak when it comes to cricket and football and despite his tender years is an ardent supporter of real ale.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution/Employment

Date Joined: March 2006

Email: helene@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4227

Background:

Helen has a Law (with American Law) LLB degree from the University of Nottingham, having graduated in 1993. She was one of the first to obtain this degree, which involved spending a year studying American law at the University of Texas in Austin. Helen gained her LPC from Nottingham Trent University in 1994. She trained with Howes Percival and qualified as a solicitor in 1996, specialising in dispute resolution. In 1999 Helen joined edge ellison in Birmingham, which later became Hammonds, where she remained until joining the Firm.

Expertise:

Helen regularly advises businesses in relation to disputes that they may have with their suppliers, customers, distributors, contractors or employees. Helen takes a practical and commercial approach to disputes. She recognises that court action is not always the best option and is well versed in alternative dispute resolution techniques.

The disputes that Helen deals with are predominantly those of a commercial nature, including those relating to:

• breach of contract, including, for example, supply, distribution and agency
• warranty claims
• negligence and tort generally, including professional negligence and defamation
• employment issues
• Data Protection Act issues
• Human Rights Act issues
• breaches of the Commercial Agents Regulations

Personal:

As a mother of four young children, Helen finds that much of her spare time (if such a thing exists!) is spent at various safari parks, zoos and farms throughout the Midlands, or in organising or attending children's parties! Given half a chance, Helen would enjoy reading, travel and trips to the theatre…

Position: Employed Consultant

Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution

Date Joined: 1990

Email: alanl@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4205

Background:

Following an LLB from the University of Exeter, Alan qualified as a solicitor in 1977 with Blyth Dutton in Holborn before joining Durrant Piesse (now Lovells) in the City of London. Here Alan worked on heavy litigation for commercial clients, plus employment work, doing frequent advocacy. After a short period in Winchester Alan came to Coventry in 1983 where he was a partner in another local firm before joining the Firm in 1990.

Alan has some 30 years' experience in the whole range of litigation, including property litigation, commercial disputes, company and chancery matters, landlord and tenant cases and injunctions, and a detailed knowledge of local lawyers, judges and experts.

Alan has been the Contentious Business representative on the Warwickshire Law Society for many years, liaising between local solicitors and the courts.

Expertise:

Alan now concentrates on disputes that businesses and other organisations have with tenants, suppliers, customers and others, working with other members of the firm where appropriate to provide a speedy and effective solution to problems. This does not always involve court action, unless it is to the client's advantage. However, Alan is a very experienced advocate and litigator and is able to bring his skills and knowledge to a broad range of proceedings.

Alan also deals with the more substantial disputes that arise for private individuals or for trusts, and problems arising out of insolvency, and disputes inside companies and Partnerships.

Alan is involved in training and in keeping up to date with the frequent changes in law and procedure, both for the firm and for clients in the form of seminars and newsletters.

Personal:

With one daughter at university and the other nearly there Alan is gradually finding some time of his own to pursue his interests in music, walking and the garden.

Position: Paralegal

Areas of Expertise: Civil Litigation

Date Joined: 1999

Email: emmat@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4262

Background:

Emma has worked in the legal world for over 18 years. Starting as an office junior in 1988 at a local firm, she worked her way up to become a Legal Assistant, a position she retained at the Firm when she joined in 1999.

Expertise:

Emma has extensive experience in various aspects of legal work, including:

• insolvency
• company secretarial
• debt recovery
• mortgage repossession
• personal injury
• civil litigation

Personal:

As a mother of two young children, Emma enjoys spending time with her family and also enjoys escaping from it from time to time by going to her local gym. If she had the chance, she would escape further, as she is also a very keen traveller.

Position: Assistant Solicitor

Areas of Expertise: Property; Commercial and Civil Litigation; Employment Law

Date Joined: September 2010

Email: bridgetsw@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4211

Background:

Bridget studied Law with German at Birmingham University spending one year of her degree course studying German Law at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. She graduated in 2001 and embarked upon a career in teaching before completing the LPC at the College of Law in Birmingham in 2006.

Bridget trained with Needham and James (now Shakespeare Putsman), qualifying as a Solicitor in 2009. She joined Newsome Vaughan LLP in September 2010.

Expertise:

Bridget advises individuals, businesses from a variety of sectors, social housing providers, Landlords and others on a range of contentious issues, including:

• Property - Landlord and Tenant disputes; forfeiture proceedings; possession proceedings; recovery of rent/service charge arrears; re-possession of residential and commercial properties; resolution of boundary disputes and enforcement of Freehold and Leasehold Covenants.
• Commercial - Disputes regarding the supply of goods and/or services and breach of Contract claims; including debt recovery.
• Employment - Drafting of Contracts of Employment, Policies, Procedures and Employee Handbooks; progression of Claims and/or Defences in respect of Unfair Dismissal and Discrimination and negotiation of Compromise Agreements.

Personal:

Bridget moved to Atherstone in 2007, having previously lived in Birmingham for 10 years. She enjoys socialising; spending time with family and friends; walking her 3 unruly dogs and then visiting her local Pub to recover! Bridget also likes baking, reading and travel.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Dispute Resolution/Employment

Date Joined: March 2006

Email: helene@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4227

Background:

Helen has a Law (with American Law) LLB degree from the University of Nottingham, having graduated in 1993. She was one of the first to obtain this degree, which involved spending a year studying American law at the University of Texas in Austin. Helen gained her LPC from Nottingham Trent University in 1994. She trained with Howes Percival and qualified as a solicitor in 1996, specialising in dispute resolution. In 1999 Helen joined edge ellison in Birmingham, which later became Hammonds, where she remained until joining the Firm.

Expertise:

Helen regularly advises businesses in relation to disputes that they may have with their suppliers, customers, distributors, contractors or employees. Helen takes a practical and commercial approach to disputes. She recognises that court action is not always the best option and is well versed in alternative dispute resolution techniques.

The disputes that Helen deals with are predominantly those of a commercial nature, including those relating to:

• breach of contract, including, for example, supply, distribution and agency
• warranty claims
• negligence and tort generally, including professional negligence and defamation
• employment issues
• Data Protection Act issues
• Human Rights Act issues
• breaches of the Commercial Agents Regulations

Personal:

As a mother of four young children, Helen finds that much of her spare time (if such a thing exists!) is spent at various safari parks, zoos and farms throughout the Midlands, or in organising or attending children's parties! Given half a chance, Helen would enjoy reading, travel and trips to the theatre…

Position: Head of Property / Member

Areas of Expertise: Registered Provider acquisition and disposal, elderly retirement Villages and specialist tenure leasehold enquiries.

Date Joined: 1998

Email: louised@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4230

Background:

Louise trained as a solicitor with a small provincial practice in Coventry between 1993 and 1995. She qualified in September 1995 and specialised in residential property and general private client work. In 1998 she was approached by Newsome Vaughan to head up their property department but this soon developed into a new specialism when the firm won the contract for legal services for a leading local Housing Association. Since 1998, Louise has focused her skills on the area of affordable housing.

Expertise:

Louise acts for a number of registered providers and charities across the country in the acquisition of new development schemes, sales and purchases, shared ownership and large scale disposals, particularly in the delivery of new extra care schemes. She is knowledgeable in housing policy and is experienced in the drafting of leases, transfers, section 106 agreements and residential development packages. She is also experienced in Right to Buy/Right to Acquire transactions, Leasehold Schemes for the Elderly and Mortgage Rescue. More recently, Louise has spent a great deal of time assisting clients in Leasehold management issues centring around affordable home ownership. She has a good overall knowledge of Housing Association governance together with housing policy and the challenges facing registered social landlords from the public, private and regulated sectors.

Personal:

Louise enjoys spending time with her dogs and has a keen interest in cookery and fine wine. She also enjoys exploring the World through foreign and UK travel.

Position: Member / Operations Manager

Areas of Expertise: Housing Association

Date Joined: 1999

Email: emmag@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4236

Background:

Emma served a full Apprenticeship in Business and Finance at the G.E.C. in Coventry. Following a spell in Australia in a Property Investment Company, Emma worked for a leading Housing Association in the Midlands in the Sales Team and later closely with the Executive. Emma brought her knowledge of the internal workings of a Housing Association sales team to Newsome Vaughan in 1999.

Expertise:

Emma studied Management and Personnel practices with Coventry University. Emma is now the Operations Manager being directly responsible for a team of housing specialists.

Emma specialises in Elderly Mutual schemes, Shared Ownership/Stair-casing, Leasehold Schemes for the Elderly and Right to Buy. She also handles disposals for Housing Associations.

Emma is most proud of the progress she has made within the Department, culminating in her promotion to Member in 2011.

Personal:

Most of Emma’s free time is spent being a mother to three children. Emma enjoys shopping, attends kick boxing classes and goes walking and running with friends.

Position: Chief Executive

Areas of Expertise: Commercial

Date Joined: 1994

Email: pauls@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4207

Background:

Qualifying in August 1989, Paul has developed a specialism in acting on behalf of commercial organisations and institutions on a quasi in-house basis. Refining and setting up departments to service the legal needs of the clients he has set up and run most aspects of commercial organisational legal requirements. This includes the initial setting up and conduct of the work for Touchstone Housing Association.

Expertise:

Paul's role is designed to serve the business needs of commercial organisations ensuring that the legal services provided by the Firm are tailored to fit their specific requirements. Paul places great importance in getting to know a client's business to ensure that its needs are met in an effective, inexpensive and timely manner.

Working with teams in the Firm, Paul has set up specialist departments to deal with Housing Association requirements, mainstream Mortgage Lender representation. The European arm of 2 large American Corporation's legal representation is handled from the firm's offices, which locally gives the firm a unique level of experience in European wide large scale legal work. Further, the UK Company Secretarial and commercial requirements for 50 registered Companies are administered from the specialist Company's Secretarial Department headed by Paul, running the blue print administration system.

On a day to day basis Paul specialises in corporate work with an emphasis on commercial contracts, the review of Terms and Conditions and proactive legal training.

Much of Paul's time is spent at the client's premises liaising between the client and the teams at the Firm to ensure that the services we deliver meet the client's needs. This has resulted in, for example, specialised billing packages, monthly retainer packages and the facility to have seconded employees for specific tasks.

Paul is currently the Chief Executive of the firm and is keen to see the practice move with a quickly changing market place to ensure that the IT systems and work areas within the firm are some of the most advanced in the region.

Personal:

Paul is keen on fitness and a regular at the gym. His weekends are filled with Sailing the south coast of the UK or travelling.

Position: Member

Areas of Expertise: Residential Property Development

Date Joined: July 2007

Email: samanthao@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4223

Background:

Samantha graduated in 1988 with a joint Honours degree in Business Law and Marketing from Strathclyde University in Glasgow. She worked in industry for a few years and completed Law Finals at Birmingham University and qualified as a Solicitor in 1996. She trained and qualified with local Birmingham firms and moved to Wragge and Co until 2003. She then worked for national house builders Bovis Homes and David Wilson Homes as an in house property development solicitor. She joined Newsome Vaughan in 2007.

Expertise:

Samantha has worked mainly for national house-builders since 1999 both in house and in private practice and specialises in land acquisition and residential property development work for developers and housing associations. She became a Member of the Firm in October 2011.

Personal:

Originally from Glasgow Samantha has lived in Warwickshire since 1988. Samantha is a keen skier and loves to travel and play the piano in her spare time.

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Social housing, development work and residential conveyancing

Date Joined: February 2011

Email: lindan@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4206

Background:

Linda started her career in the Legal Department of the Warwick Borough Council, and after three years joined Wright Hassall of Leamington Spa as a law clerk. Since then Linda has had a variety of roles at a number of local practices, always with a heavy bias towards property work. Linda had a three year break from her career, following the arrival of her daughter, and then rejoined Wright Hassall as a Conveyancing executive. During that time Linda gained significant experience in the social housing sector and it was this area in particular that brought her to Newsome Vaughan.

Expertise:

Linda specialises in the following fields of both residential and social housing:

Linda’s social housing expertise includes:

• Acquisition of land for development by Registered Social Providers for affordable housing for both shared ownership and rent
• Rural housing schemes
• Negotiation of the Planning Agreements with the relevant Authorities
• Section 38, 104 and 278 Agreements
• Setting up of documentation for shared ownership sales
• Acquisition of portfolios of properties between Registered Social Providers and the charging of the same to the Lending Institution
• Right to buy/right to acquire sales
• Variations of covenants, easements and boundary issues
• Grant Agreements
• Charging of large portfolios of properties
• Option Agreements

Linda has considerable experience in residential conveyancing as follows:

• Sales, purchases and mortgages of residential property
• Acquisition on behalf of Developers of land and all matters ancillary thereto;
• Sales of the new properties following the completion of the development

Linda has over 35 years legal experience and has built up a reputation in both fields of residential and social housing conveyancing, and has clients of longstanding.

Personal:

Linda is married with one daughter, and in her spare time enjoys her National Trust membership, reading and cooking.

Position: Senior Solicitor

Areas of Expertise: Housing and Residential Property

Date Joined: April 2008

Email: clairel@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4268

Background:

Claire graduated from Wolverhampton University with an honours degree in Law before qualifying as a Solicitor in 2007 where she began her career as a residential property solicitor in Hertfordshire. Claire then relocated back to the Midlands and joined the Housing team at Newsome Vaughan in 2008.

Expertise:

• Shared Ownership transactions and stair-casing
• Freehold and Leasehold Sales and Purchases
• New build Purchases
• Shared ownership Development set ups
• Repossessions

Personal:

Claire enjoys attending the gym and running. Claire is a keen supporter of Worcester Warriors Rugby team and regularly attends home matches throughout the season. Claire also enjoys shopping and travelling and would like to spend more time doing both!

Position: Operational Relationship Manager

Areas of Expertise: Housing and Company Commercial

Date Joined: September 2002

Email: jayneh@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4267

Background:

Jayne has extensive experience in the legal and management fields. In the 1980s, she worked as a Property Sales Negotiator before joining a major British company, where she worked in the field of HR, specialising in Executive Recruitment. Wanting to pursue her career in the legal world, Jayne decided to join the conveyancing department of a local firm of solicitors before coming to the Firm in 2002.

Expertise:

• organising Marketing events
• overseeing all marketing, advertising and promotional material
• client relationship liaison within Housing and Company Commercial Departments
• Company incorporations;
• maintaining the Register of Shareholders;
• monitoring changes in share ownership of Companies;
• maintaining Company Registers;
• preparation and submission of annual returns;
• developing and overseeing the systems that ensure Client Companies comply with all applicable codes as well as legal and statutory requirements.
• use of Blueprint Software package
• Housing Association shared ownership work and conveyancing work for a large Building Society Client.
• Disposals of ExtraCare new build plots

Personal:

Had Jayne not chosen a career in law, she would have made a successful interior designer and she has thoroughly contributed to the interior development of the firm and rebranding. She enjoys travel, gardening and restoring furniture.

Position: Housing Executive

Areas of Expertise: Conveyancing

Date Joined: November 1995

Email: dinahe@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4242

Background:

Dinah began her career at Lincolnshire firm, Maples and Son, in 1990, starting as a receptionist and progressing to the role of secretary in the housing and conveyancing department. In 1995, she joined Newsome Vaughan, initially as a secretary in the company commercial team, then moving on to the role of personal assistant to the managing partner. As her role grew, she assisted with company secretarial matters and became increasingly involved in repossession sales for one of the firm’s key clients. Dinah joined the firm’s Housing Association team in December 2005.

Expertise:

Dinah has dealt with various aspects of conveyancing while with the firm and currently deals with all aspects of the sale of shared ownership properties for Housing Association clients. This has recently included dealing with the sale of 145 properties in a retirement village. Dinah is currently in the process of training to be a Member of Specialist Paralegal Practitioner in Conveyancing.

Personal:

Dinah is married with a young child. Dinah spends lot of her free time working for the national charity Epilepsy Action, a charity close to her heart as Treasurer for the Coventry Branch. Dinah has always been known for her wacky dress sense along with co-ordinating hair, and indeed complemented this a few years ago by studying for a fashion and design course with a local college! Dinah recently fulfilled a holiday ambition of visiting the beautiful island of Bermuda where she learnt to swim.

Position: Administrative Team Leader

Areas of Expertise: Housing Association

Date Joined: February 2007

Email: sharonj@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4198

Background:

Prior to joining the Firm, Sharon worked for a leading Housing Association for just over 8 years in varying roles within the Sales and Property Management Department, gaining valuable experience within the Housing Sector.

Expertise:

As the Administration Team leader for the Housing Association Department, Sharon juggles a variety of tasks; assisting with the day to day running of Shared Ownership, Staircase, Disposals and Leasehold Schemes for the Elderly transactions.

Personal:

When not at work Sharon enjoys spending time with her children and catching up with friends.

Position: Housing Executive

Areas of Expertise: Housing and Remortgage

Date Joined: March 2011

Email: kieranb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4263

Background:

Kieran graduated from Birmingham University in 2008 with a degree in Ancient History. Following this, she went on to complete her GDL and LPC at the College of Law in Birmingham. Kieran joined the firm as an Assistant Case Handler in the Remortgage Department before moving to the Housing Department.

Expertise:

Kieran has developed good knowledge of the remortgage process and is currently enhancing her skills in learning shared ownership transactions and elderly packages.

Personal:

Kieran enjoys travelling, keeping fit and has a keen interest in a variety of sports including football, cricket and tennis (watching not playing!) However, what she finds most fulfilling is shopping!

Position: Head of Private Client

Areas of Expertise: Wills & Probate

Date Joined: 2000

Email: carolineb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4259

Background:

Caroline is a specialist in Wills, Probate, Trusts and Inheritance Tax. This is generically entitled 'Private Client' and is the area in which Caroline has worked since qualification in 1997.

Following the successful expansion of the Residential Conveyancing and Private Client Department, it became apparent that Private Client should progress in its own right. Caroline joined the Firm in 2000 to take on this role. Since then, the Department has grown to such an extent that four specialist Fee Earners now practice solely in this area. Caroline became a Partner of the Practice in April 2006.

Expertise:

Caroline and her colleagues in the Private Client department have a wealth of experience in the following:

• Wills
• Probate
• Trusts
• Inheritance Tax Planning
• Enduring Powers of Attorney
• Receivership (Court of Protection Procedures)
• Long Term Care Planning

The Department also specialises in Contentious Probate matters where disputes arise concerning deceased's estates. Very few firms in the area are able to offer advice in this highly complex area of law.

Caroline believes specialism is an absolute must in modern day practice and that the ever diverse needs of Clients can only be met by specialist practitioners working together to provide a complete service.

Caroline is a member of the Probate Section of the Law Society, Solicitors for the Elderly and an Associate member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She strongly advocates Partnership of such institutions as a way of independently warranting to Clients that the advice and service they receive from the Firm is of the highest standard, albeit delivered in a friendly and down to earth manner.

Personal:

Born in Coventry, Caroline has remained local and lives in Meriden with her husband and daughter. Her main priority when not working is to spend as much time as possible with her family. She also enjoys good wine and eating out.

Position: Senior Solicitor

Areas of Expertise: Private Client

Date Joined: January 2012

Email: helens@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4247

Background:

Helen specialises in Wills, Probate, Trusts and Inheritance Tax. This area of law is usually referred to as “Private Client”. Having trained with Eversheds in Birmingham, Helen qualified as a Solicitor in March 1996. Helen spent 13 years at Lodders Solicitors in Stratford-upon-Avon where she specialised in Private Client. After a brief spell in Birmingham, Helen joined Newsome Vaughan in January 2012 as a Senior Solicitor.

Expertise:

As with the other members of the Private Client Department, Helen has a wealth of experience in the preparation of Wills, advising on matters following death including Grants of Probate and Intestacy, Trusts, Estate and Inheritance Tax Planning and Powers of Attorney. Helen also has a particular interest and experience of acting for Clients with overseas property. Helen is a member of the Private Client Section of the Law Society and has been praised in the past by her Clients for being friendly, down to earth and for giving straightforward and practical advice.

Personal:

Helen was born in Solihull and has lived in Warwickshire for the past 20 years. She has two children and likes to spend as much time with her family as she can. Being part of her local community is very important to her and she served for a number of years as a School Governor in Stratford-upon-Avon. If she gets any spare time at all, she likes nothing better than to go walking in the beautiful Warwickshire countryside. She also enjoys dancing and Zumba.

Position: Probate Executive

Areas of Expertise: Private Client

Date Joined: 1999

Email: deniseg@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4212

Background:

Denise has worked within the law for 30 years, having gained considerable experience as a Secretary/PA in areas such as wills and probate, residential conveyancing, criminal law and county court matters.

Denise originally joined the Remortgage Department at the Firm in March 1999 and transferred over to the newly opened Private Client Department in September 1999 as a Secretary to Caroline Lindsay.

After a number of years Denise progressed to become a Probate Executive and has completed the Part I stage of becoming a Legal Executive and is now studying Probate Practice and Probate & Succession.

Expertise:

Denise specialises in Private Client work and deals with wills, administration of estates, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection applications, elderly client issues such as long term care and benefits advice and information.

Personal:

Denise has a teenage daughter Aimie and quite a lot of her spare time is spent home tutoring her daughter, although other interests include her many pet moggies, reading, and DIY! [or at least she has a go], and studying for her ILEX exams.

Position: Private Client / Probate Assistant

Areas of Expertise: Probate, Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney

Date Joined: September 2011

Email: samanthac@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4209

Background:

Samantha has previously worked for two local firms of Solicitors for a period of 7 years. After completing her A Levels, Samantha starting out as an Office Junior and worked her way up to being a Legal Secretary specialising in matrimonial law. She then moved to another firm where she carried out the position of PA in the Probate Department before joining Newsome Vaughan in 2011.

Expertise:

Samantha has covered most areas during her time working within the Law. However, her main area of expertise is Probate, Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Position: Probate Assistant

Date Joined: November 2009

Email: adams@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4195

Background:

Adam began studying for ILEX exams in Leamington full time and then, in 2009 took up employment with the firm and is now attempting to complete his ILEX Level 3 along with full time work.

Expertise:

Along with the rest of the department Adam specialises in Wills, Probate, Trusts, Inheritance Tax Planning, Lasting Powers of Attorney and Receivership (Court of Protection Procedures)

Personal:

Most of Adam’s time is spent between reading and following Coventry City Football Club to all corners of the country through thin and thinner.

Position: Chief Executive

Areas of Expertise: Commercial

Date Joined: 1994

Email: pauls@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4207

Background:

Qualifying in August 1989, Paul has developed a specialism in acting on behalf of commercial organisations and institutions on a quasi in-house basis. Refining and setting up departments to service the legal needs of the clients he has set up and run most aspects of commercial organisational legal requirements. This includes the initial setting up and conduct of the work for Touchstone Housing Association.

Expertise:

Paul's role is designed to serve the business needs of commercial organisations ensuring that the legal services provided by the Firm are tailored to fit their specific requirements. Paul places great importance in getting to know a client's business to ensure that its needs are met in an effective, inexpensive and timely manner.

Working with teams in the Firm, Paul has set up specialist departments to deal with Housing Association requirements, mainstream Mortgage Lender representation. The European arm of 2 large American Corporation's legal representation is handled from the firm's offices, which locally gives the firm a unique level of experience in European wide large scale legal work. Further, the UK Company Secretarial and commercial requirements for 50 registered Companies are administered from the specialist Company's Secretarial Department headed by Paul, running the blue print administration system.

On a day to day basis Paul specialises in corporate work with an emphasis on commercial contracts, the review of Terms and Conditions and proactive legal training.

Much of Paul's time is spent at the client's premises liaising between the client and the teams at the Firm to ensure that the services we deliver meet the client's needs. This has resulted in, for example, specialised billing packages, monthly retainer packages and the facility to have seconded employees for specific tasks.

Paul is currently the Chief Executive of the firm and is keen to see the practice move with a quickly changing market place to ensure that the IT systems and work areas within the firm are some of the most advanced in the region.

Personal:

Paul is keen on fitness and a regular at the gym. His weekends are filled with Sailing the south coast of the UK or travelling.

Email: jackyb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4264

Email: renas@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4222

Email: ruthw@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4243

Email: kellym@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4197

Email: amanjots@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4246

Email: jemmaL@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4254

Email: sarahd@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4190

Position: Associate

Areas of Expertise: Residential Conveyancing

Date Joined: 2000

Email: janeb@n-v.co.uk

Direct Dial: 024 7623 4226

Background:

Jane has a Law degree from the Coventry University having graduated in 1998 and completed the Legal Practice Course in 2002 after attending the De Montfort University, Leicester. Jane qualified as a Solicitor in January 2006 after completing her training with the Firm.

Jane commenced her employment at the Firm in the Remortgage Department in 2000 and transferred into the Property Department in 2002 where she has remained.

Expertise:

Jane specialises in Residential Conveyancing and her main areas of practice include:

• Sales and purchases of freehold
• New builds and unregistered properties
• Dealing with Transfer of Equity matters and remortgages
• Purchases of leasehold and Shared Ownership properties
• Lease extensions under the statutory route and on an informal basis