MOVERS AND SHAKERS Kate Harris Associate Solicitor Irwin Mitchell
We have seen some exciting new moves and promotions since our last Movers and Shakers feature; it is fantastic to see the wealth of expertise we have in Cambridgeshire and in our member firms. Here’s what we have to celebrate in this edition…
Ashtons Legal welcomes new additions At Ashtons Legal in Cambridge there have been two Partner appointments and a number of promotions in the past few months. Andrew Skuse and Sheila Small have joined the firm’s Residential and Commercial Property teams as Partners, James Eden, Solicitor, has returned to the Employment team and Jo Cotgrove, Family lawyer has been promoted to Associate. We are also pleased to welcome to the Cambridge Disputes
NATASHA ADAMS
JAMES EDEN
ANDREW SKUSE
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team Natasha Adams, winner of the Cambridge Law Society Legal Excellence Awards Trainee of the Year, who recently qualified as a Solicitor after completing her training contract. In another part of the firm, Cambridge-based Stefan Mitham has been promoted to BD & Marketing Manager and leads a team of eight providing CRM, PR, digital marketing, events and sales support across Ashtons.
JO COTGROVE
STEFAN MITHAM
SHEILA SMALL
New starters and promotions at Hewitsons Solicitor Chloe Harbutt joined the private wealth team at the Cambridge office of Hewitsons in September. Newly-qualified Chloe joins Hewitsons from a national law firm where she worked in its tax, trusts and estates team, dealing with a wide range of matters including will drafting, estate administration, lasting powers of attorney, UK inheritance tax and succession planning advice for domestic and international clients Solicitor Samuel Mitchell has recently joined the agriculture and rural property team at Hewitsons in Cambridge. Samuel specialises in agricultural property, while also having experience in the commercial property sector, and joins the firm from a well-known legal practice in Cumbria. Bradley Armorgie has recently been promoted to an Associate at Hewitsons, where residential sales continue to flourish. Bradley joined the residential property team in 2016 and has experience of all aspects of residential property including sales and purchases of freehold and leasehold properties, remortgages, lease extensions and enfranchisement work. Five promising young trainees have recently qualified as solicitors at Hewitsons, with two new trainees also joining the firm for a two-year fixed training period. In Cambridge, newly-qualified Emma Elston has qualified into the dispute resolution team, Joe Greenstock
