Member Article

This week's Yorkshire appointments

Irwin Mitchell, James Foster

The Sheffield office of national law firm has again boosted its Corporate team with the appointment of associate, James Foster.

James, who moves from Pinsent Masons in Leeds, specialises in advising public and large private companies on a range of corporate matters, including acquisitions and disposals, private equity investments, joint ventures, reorganisations, fundraising and general company law issues.

Commenting on his reasons for deciding to join Irwin Mitchell, James said: “Irwin Mitchell is a progressive and innovative law firm and clearly in a very strong position to take advantage of what is a fast-changing legal sector.

“I’ve been impressed with its growth in recent years and the investment it has made in its commercial practice and I look forward to working with the team and its wide range of clients as it looks to build on this.”

Andrea Cropley, partner and Head of Irwin Mitchell’s Corporate team in the North, said: “Our deal pipeline in Yorkshire is very healthy and it is important for Irwin Mitchell to continue recruiting high quality lawyers so that we can continue to provide our corporate clients with first class advice”.

CBRE, Scott Morrison

The Leeds office of CBRE has appointed Scott Morrison as Surveyor within its National Valuation & Advisory Services team. Previously at Eddisons, Scott be working with the firm’s extensive client base across the North of England.

Dacre Son & Hartley, Steven Potts and Tim Usherwood

Steven and Tim have been promoted to directors at Dacre Son & Hartley.

Steven has been with the firm for almost 20 years and has managed the company’s Bingley office for seven years. Tim also joined the firm over 20 years ago and has successfully run the Skipton office for 13 years.

Patrick McCutcheon, head of residential sales at Dacre, Son & Hartley, which has 20 offices across North and West Yorkshire, says: “Both Steven and Tim are incredibly valuable members of the team here at Dacres and have unrivalled levels of knowledge and experience.

“Both the Bingley and Skipton branches have thrived under their stewardship and what Steven and Tim don’t know about the property market isn’t worth knowing!”

Steven is a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents, he also attained a Diploma in Residential Estate Agency, studying at The University of Reading College of Estates Management. Steven says: “I manage both sales and lettings from the Bingley office and have sold millions of pounds worth of homes since I started here at Dacres.

“I have also worked at the Keighley and Saltaire branches during my time at the firm and currently manage a fantastic team marketing almost 200 homes in and around the thriving market town of Bingley.”

Tim oversees residential sales and lettings surrounding the Craven area and the Yorkshire Dales, handling all manner of property from traditional Dales cottages to smallholdings, farms and estates.

Tim says: “Dacres has operated in Skipton for more than 50 years and the town is incredibly vibrant and has vast appeal. Known as the ‘Gateway to the Dales’ the market town’s character, range of services and idyllic location combine to drive demand for property here and our office, which is based in the heart of the town centre, has sold more than £37 million worth of property in the area over the last twelve months alone.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .