Further expansion for Gloucestershire law firm Willans

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Nicky Godding

Gloucestershire law firm Willans LLP has expanded its employment and business immigration, agriculture and estates and residential property teams with the appointment of three lawyers.

Sarah Richardson has joined as a senior associate solicitor working with partners Robin Beckley and Adam Hale in the firm’s agriculture & estates team. She is a member of the Country Land and Business Association and Agricultural Law Association and brings more than five years’ experience in advising farmers, landowners, landed estates, trustees and farm businesses.

The employment law and business immigration team has welcomed solicitor Hayley Ainsworth who has joined the firm after a stint in an in-house HR role. She qualified with a Bristol-headquartered heavyweight firm and will support partner Matthew Clayton and senior associate solicitor Jenny Hawrot on a wide range of matters from tribunal proceedings to operational advice on employee relations issues.

Willans’ residential property team has welcomed back licensed conveyancer Tina Caster to the 12 lawyer-strong team. Tina previously worked in the team for around 17 years so is a well-known face at the firm. She helps people with all sorts of conveyancing but tends to predominately handle freehold and leasehold property sales and purchases.

The three appointments takes the firm’s headcount to around 90 people with 35 new joiners since the beginning of 2020.

Bridget Redmond, managing partner at Willans LLP said: “It’s a pleasure to welcome Sarah and Hayley to Willans and to have Tina return to us. Like many, we are experiencing an increased need for legal services across many of our teams and in this period of steady growth we are delighted to attract such talented, approachable and friendly lawyers.”

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.