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Leading the M&A strategy at Fairstone, the most trusted, independent, whole-of-market wealth advisory firm in the UK and Ireland.Underpinned by the unique and highly successful Downstream Buy-Out model, the M&A team at Fairstone are committed to working in partnership with successful IFA and Wealth Management business owners, promoting a progressive.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester

Creating opportunities, developing relationships and delivering a first-class client experience at Ward Hadaway, one of the UK’s Top 100 law firms and a major force in the North of England with offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester. Acknowledged as one of the leading law firms in the country by independent legal guides Legal 500 and Chambers &.

• A new role in the business focusing on: strategic business planning and business development strategy; client engagement; identifying and targeting new business opportunities; introducing new clients and work.
• Leading and implementing a review and overhaul of the firm’s business planning process.
• Design and delivery of a Market Insights Programme feeding into a strategic business review.
• Developing our profile in the region and in the sectors that we chose to compete.
• Key client programme.
• Leading on firm business development.

A three month sabbatical taken after completing the handover to my successor as Managing Partner and before stepping into a newly created role as Client and Strategic Development Partner. After fifteen years at Muckle LLP, with eleven of them as managing partner, this was a welcome chance to recharge the batteries and spend some unashamedly “selfish" time.

• Chief Executive of a highly successful, award-winning professional services business. Delivering growth, culture change, increased brand awareness, large-scale internal infrastructure projects, financial success and a.
• John Lewis Leadership Conference
• The Managing Partner 6th annual conference on remuneration and reward strategies for law firms
• CBI HR Group – service excellence, culture change and investing in your people
• Bank of Santander Corporate Banking NE and Cumbria strategy and planning day
• Panel member at the Be World Class conference

Leading and developing our banking and insolvency team

Member of the Business Restructuring and Insolvency team, working mainly with Robin Spencer, Joe Bannister, Debbie Gregory and Chris Hanson on all matters relating to business restructuring and insolvency.

A 9 month secondment with the Restructuring Services team. Working on back to back trading administrative receivership appointments in the motor, leisure vehicle and marketing sectors. I gained a huge amount of business experience in my time with the team - the importance of gathering as much relevant information as possible and making informed decisions.

I qualified as a solicitor into the corporate insolvency team, specialising in advice to insolvency practitioners who were trading businesses following an appointment as administrative receiver, the sale of distressed or insolvent businesses, general advice to insolvency practitioners both pre and post appointment, advice to banks and other financial.

Professional training contract

Law

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