A trio of new appointment has led a Midlands based law firm to boost its private client and corporate teams.
Vicky Khandker, John Rouse and Nicole Romera have recently been hired by Lodders, and are all due to work in the firm’s Warwickshire office. The firm states that the new appointments are part of a wider growth strategy.
Mr Rouse joins the Private Client team a partner, having worked at Wright Hassall since 2004, The experienced will, tax and trusts lawyer is well known as a key advisor to high net worth individuals in numerous matters such as succession planning, estate and tax queries.
Joining from the Wilkes Partnership, Vicky Khandker has been appointed to the Dispute Resolution team at Lodders. The property litigation specialist works for over a decade at Birmingham based Wilkes, and her role as a Senior Associate enabled her to gain valuable experience in all areas of property disputes.
Nicole Romera joins the Corporate & Commercial team as a solicitor, following a 14 year period at Brethertons Solicitors where she had worked within commercial property, litigation and company commercial teams. She is a specialist is in both corporate and commercial transactional as well as contracts work.
Commenting on the new appointments was the firm’s senior partner, Martin Green. He stated: “Lodders continues to achieve sustained growth. We have already made five senior appointments across our office network so far this year, and boosted our family law expertise with our merger with Divorce and Family Law Practice (DFLP), one of Birmingham’s leading family and divorce legal practice.
“The hire of John Rouse represents a heavyweight addition to our Private Client practice, which is one of the largest in the region and remains number one in the Legal 500 and Chambers UK, for its advice. John’s expertise and knowledge, especially of the agricultural sector, rural and farming communities, are a perfect fit for the firm and our clients.”
