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Partner promotions at specialist rural law firm Agri Advisor
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gri Advisor has announced two internal promotions with experienced Solicitors Arwyn Reed and Llio Phillips being promoted to Partners at the firm. Established over a decade ago, Agri Advisor has enjoyed continued growth and expansion over the years and currently has five offices serving clients throughout Wales and the border counties with plans for further expansion this year. It was also awarded the prestigious Cynnig Cymraeg badge from the Welsh Language Commissioner last year for its commitment to providing Welsh language services to its clients. Managing Partner and founder Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones said “I am delighted to welcome both Arwyn and Llio to the Management Board. They have proven themselves to be invaluable assets to our firm since they both joined us in 2020 and are highly experienced in their respective departments. Our firm places a great emphasis on
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e congratulate two of our colleagues who have been appointed partners and welcome a new partner.
Paul Ellis joined Lanyon Bowdler in 2017 having had previous experience as a Group Financial Controller for Severnside Housing and prior to that spent ten years working in accountancy practice. Lucy Speed specialises in Court of Protection work and mental capacity issues, in particular dealing with clients who have suffered brain injuries. Lucy also deals with our work experience programme. Full details about the process and how to apply can be found here: www.lblaw.co.uk/careers. New partner Matthew Bowering has joined the Commercial and Agricultural Property Department based in the Shrewsbury office. Matthew is a well-respected commercial property lawyer who has extensive experience in providing practical and professional advice on all non-contentious commercial and agricultural property- related issues. Training Contracts Lanyon Bowdler take on four to six trainees each year, so with training contracts usually being for two years we generally have at least eight trainees with us at any one time, and usually around ten. Trainees usually spend six months in each "seat", so they gain experience in four areas of work. Read our blog: Training Contract Selection and listen to our podcast about Training to be a Solicitor at Lanyon Bowdler here these will give you an idea as to our recruitment process 18 S H ROP SH IR E L AW YER
Arwyn Reed
Llio Phillips
developing and promoting talent from within and we are very proud of Arwyn and Llio’s successes to date.” Both Arwyn and Llio have specialist agricultural knowledge and experience covering a range of legal areas. Arwyn was raised on a farm in the Gwaun Valley in Pembrokeshire. Based in the firm’s Cardiff office, Arwyn heads up the firm’s Residential Property team and also deals with Wills and Probate and Family work. Head of Dispute Resolution, Llio, has decades of experience in Civil Litigation, Family Law and Dispute Resolution to include land and property disputes, contract and debt disputes. She is predominantly based from the firm’s Newcastle Emlyn office and lives on the family farm overlooking the Tivy Estuary. Agri Advisor was recently announced as a finalist for the Law Firm of the Year award at the 2022 Wales Legal Awards which celebrates excellence in teams practicing in and providing services to the legal profession in Wales. The awards ceremony takes place in Cardiff on Friday 20 May.
and what you may expect during any interview to which you are invited as well as, if you are successful, information prior to commencing your training contract with us. The 2023 applications are now closed. We are currently accepting applications for 2024. Please ensure your application is submitted by the end of December 2022. If you would like to apply, please send your CV and covering letter to brian.evans@lblaw.co.uk. Full details can be found here www.lblaw.co.uk/careers/training-contracts. Podcasts The Legal Lounge has been a very busy place, after a successful season one, we have recently launched season two. If you have not visited yet you can do so here: The Legal Lounge (lblaw.co.uk) There are lots of interesting topics covered so far including episodes about work experience and how to apply to be a trainee with Lanyon Bowdler. Charities we support The firm has a charity committee which meets several times each year. Lanyon Bowdler supports two local charities, nominated and chosen by those who work at the firm. The chosen charities for the twelve months running from 1 October 2021 are ELY memorial fund, which offers financial help for funeral costs when young ones are tragically killed in road traffic accidents in Herefordshire and Crest, which is a charity based in North Wales. Initially the project was established with one of the very first lottery grants and the aim of the project was to establish a community co-operative, to help disabled and unemployed people increase their skills and gain employment – either within the co-operative or to move on to sustainable employment within the community.
