TWO new appointments and the imminent qualification of a third lawyer has strengthened the expertise in commercial and agricultural property at a North East law firm.
Mark Clayton and Ira Ghosh have joined BHP Law as demand for the firm's services in land, business and industrial premises, together with corporate landlord and tenancy work, has increased.
Associate level solicitor Mark will be based at the firm's office in Darlington, where he is well known having worked for two other firms in the town for the last ten years since moving from practices in Newcastle.
Legal executive Ira has travelled across the Pennines having worked for a high street firm in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Matthew Copeland, who is the son of well known BHP solicitor Gary Copeland, graduated from Northumbria University, trained with BHP Law in the areas of dispute resolution, corporate and commercial and commercial property and is due to qualify in March.
Overseen by Peter Blackett and led by Jane French, the new additions have built significant capacity into the department.
Jane said: "Commercial and agricultural property has always been a particular strength of BHP Law and as well as additional work from existing clients we are seeing an increase in new work. We've restructured the department and recruited some high quality expertise into the team to meet the growth in demand."
Mark, who specialises in agricultural property, added: "The local rural property market is particularly buoyant at the moment, both in land and residential properties, even in areas where prices are high."