SAVAGE SILK LIMITED - Key Persons
Amy qualified as a solicitor in 2015 and her practice covers many aspects of residential conveyancing, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, estate properties, re-mortgages, buy-to-let properties, right-to-buy properties, first registrations, new build properties and auction properties. Amy prides herself on her friendly, attentive and proactive approach and tailors her advice to suit the needs of each client; whether they are a first-time buyer or a property investor expanding their portfolio. She has acted for many of her clients and their wider families for a number of years and her reliability and attention to detail means clients feel supported throughout their property transaction and beyond.
Job Titles:
- Head of Dispute Resolution
Beverley has worked in the legal sector for over 30 years and, more specifically, has worked as a secretary within a litigation team. As a result, Beverley has a wealth of experience in supporting client and colleague requirements. Beverley works closely with clients during any and all stages of their matters, whether that be in the commercial team through to dispute resolution team, ensuring things run as smoothly as possible. This has meant Beverley has also developed strong relationships with the clients. Beverley's experience and understanding of the processes in the legal sector allows her to support clients at what can sometimes be a stressful time.
Chris's practice covers both commercial property and corporate matters, including sales, purchases, leases, refinances and a varied range of both commercial and company law, including drafting terms and conditions, distribution and supply contracts, share transfers, company share buybacks and shareholder agreements. He also has experience in dealing with insolvent property and acting for insolvency practitioners in property matters. Chris has a loyal client base which has been established through him consistently providing solid and pragmatic advice and he has acted for many of his clients for several years. Chris has been published in several legal journals and has lectured at Northumbria University on commercial law matters.
David is a Partner in the Commercial Property Team and has a wealth of experience in acting for clients on a diverse range of property issues, including sales and acquisitions, leasehold management, financing of portfolios, advising on development matters, corporate sales and purchases and shareholder agreements. David recognises that in each transaction his clients will have a unique set of circumstances that are particular to them and which require detailed attention. He also works with other professionals to ensure mutual clients are in a position to achieve their goals in both the short term and the future.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Head of Our Employment Team
Elizabeth is Head of our Employment Team and provides employment law and HR support to a wide range of businesses, from small through to large organisations, and to managers and executives on a personal basis. Elizabeth enables clients to successfully tackle and resolve employment concerns and instils confidence to take action. She provides practical, direct and cost-effective advice, involving translating law and tactics into personal and easy to use documents and guidance. Work areas include reorganisations, on site project work, investigations, redundancy, consultation, TUPE, confidential exits, settlement agreements, disciplinary, grievances, absence, wellbeing, performance, corporate support, strategy, contracts, training and tribunal defence.
Emma joined the Accounts Team in September 2018 and has become a valued member of the team. She has 7 years' experience of legal accounting and during that time has built up a strong skill set. Emma supports the team in ensuring that a high quality client service is provided at all times.
Job Titles:
- Client Relationship Director
Graham hails from a Corporate & Retail Banking background, with 30+ years' experience, including Senior and National Management in both bank & non-bank lending environments. During this time, he was instrumental in launching a new brand of challenger bank for the SME marketplace. Graham has a passion for ensuring clients receive the most appropriate advice to ensure long term sustainability and growth and is committed to ensuring the best possible service is provided. Graham aims to enhance our existing client relationships further in helping to understand the pressures faced by them and ensure the teams continue to deliver pragmatic solutions to all our client's requirements.
Harmeet qualified as a Solicitor in 2019 and specialises in Commercial Property acting for a range of clients such as SME's, banks and charities. Harmeet is able to advise and assist clients with a range of matters, such as commercial property purchases, sales, new leases (both for Landlords and Tenants) and assignments and is also able to deal with business acquisitions and sales. Over the years, he has helped acquire or sell convenience stores, post offices, gift shops, restaurants, cafes, takeaways, bars, hairdressers, beauty salons, industrial warehouses and even a bowling alley. Harmeet prides himself on his attention to detail and providing a high quality service to each of his clients.
Job Titles:
- Finance & Operations Director
Helen is a skilled and experienced operator and is the driving force behind the finance and operations functions. She ensures the smooth management of the functions across the businesses, which in turn means the rest of the teams can focus on providing a discrete, high quality and responsive service to clients.
Joanne is one of the key people in our residential conveyancing completions team and prides herself on ensuring things go as smoothly as possible for all concerned. Clients value her discreet, approachable and friendly manner and their experience is at the centre of everything she does. Joanne has a wealth of experience in client service and has built up a sound knowledge of residential conveyancing.
Katie joined our Business Services team in November 2022 to provide admin support to the wider firm. She approaches everything in a friendly manner and is helping the team continue to provide a high level of client service across the various disciplines. Katie is currently studying towards her apprenticeship, which will help her further develop knowledge and skills in administration and enable her to apply these to her role.
Kelly has over 20 years legal experience in litigation, family and property. She joined Savage Silk earlier this year to assist the Commercial Property team with their day to day requirements and to ensure that the team runs smoothly and effectively. Due to her experience, she knows how a law firm works and the systems and processes required. Kelly has excellent client care skills and provides clients with the best service with a very friendly outlook.
Lauren provides tactical employment and HR support to HR and management teams, including advice and assistance on a range of issues such as disciplinary and grievance procedures, sickness and performance management and restructures and redundancy consultation, together with SOSR dismissal of senior personnel, complex harassment and bullying issues, reasonable adjustments and negotiated exit agreements. She is experienced in conducting workplace investigations, including grievances, disciplinaries and appeals against dismissal. Lauren also supports clients in the Employment Tribunal process at all stages, from the drafting of proceedings to case management and preparing the case for hearing. In addition to this, she also regularly assists in the employment aspects of corporate transactions ranging from due diligence, negotiating and reviewing warranties and indemnities to numerous collective TUPE consultations.
Linda has over 30 years' experience as a Legal Cashier and heads up the Finance Team alongside Helen Casely. Her role is to ensure a high quality and efficient accounts function is provided to all businesses, and through this smooth running of both the back office and client related functions this enables the rest of the teams to focus on providing a high level of service to clients.
Malana is great example of what is possible at Savage Silk. She initially joined the firm as a highly experienced paralegal, however it soon became clear that her organisational skills were being wasted and after a year she moved to our Business Services team as Operations Manager. As part of this role she deals with HR matters, including recruitment and induction, and assists with the development and implementation of the firm's policies and procedures. She also plays an integral part in compliance and risk management and is a great support to the Finance and Operations Director in the general running of the various offices.
Margaret has worked in the legal industry for over 20 years and has a vast knowledge of the conveyancing process. She currently works in the Completions Team, dealing with exchange of contracts and the completion formalities.
Job Titles:
- New Business Co - Ordinator
Michael spent the first 19 years of his career working at a well-established North East estate agency and as a result has gained a wealth of experience in supporting clients throughout the moving process. He has knowledge of every stage of a transaction and is able to help guide clients through what can be a stressful time. By using the smart onboarding system, which aims to speed up every transaction, Michael is on hand to assist with any questions and to provide support to clients during the initial stages of the conveyancing process.
Moni qualified as a Solicitor in 2019 into the Residential Conveyancing Team and has a number of years' experience in this area of law. Moni's clients appreciate her attention to detail, particularly when dealing with complex title enquiries. She is approachable and has an appreciation for client care above that of the usual young lawyer. She strives to make sure her clients know exactly where their matter is and what is coming next.
Job Titles:
- Post Completions Executive
Natalie has worked in the legal sector for many years, and more specifically has worked as an assistant in residential conveyancing for over 10 years. This role requires her to work closely with clients during all stages of the process to ensure things run as smoothly as possible and has meant she has also developed strong relationships with estate agents. Natalie's experience and understanding of the conveyancing process means she is able to support and guide clients throughout their transaction at what can sometimes be a daunting and stressful experience.
Paul is a long established and experienced solicitor. He spent the first 20 years of his legal career dealing with a real mix of property, matrimonial, crime and even private parliamentary bill work. Paul then settled down to commercial civil litigation with an emphasis on agricultural work. He is also a qualified civil courts advocate, qualified mediator and is involved in many law report and publicised cases.
Paul has been widely recognised for some years as one of the North East's leading corporate and commercial lawyers. He has a wealth of experience of dealing with a wide range of matters across a broad spectrum of sectors, including acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructuring, investments, corporate governance, commercial contracts and intellectual property. Recognising that irrespective of its size, complexity and value each matter is important to his clients, Paul's focus is always on providing solutions to problems and achieving the best possible commercial outcome for his clients. Paul has also acted as mentor to a number of other corporate and commercial lawyers practicing in the North East and beyond.
Job Titles:
- Head of Commercial Property - Newcastle
Paul qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and has significant experience advising clients on commercial property deals. He has a number of loyal clients, particularly owner managed property companies, but also has a good reputation with property professionals leading to regular referrals of new business. Paul has particular experience in property investment deals, landlord and tenant matters, representing sellers and buyers in development transactions and advising tenants on their trading portfolio or head office leases. He is a problem solver and provides pragmatic advice that focusses on the most material issues for his clients.
Robin is a highly experienced private client lawyer and is a trusted adviser to numerous high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and family businesses. He specialises in succession planning, matrimonial issues and financial settlements.
Robyn is a Trainee Solicitor and supports the Private Client and Dispute Resolution teams. She graduated with an LLB Law degree from Teesside University in 2020 and achieved an LLM/LPC postgraduate degree from the University of Sunderland in 2022. Robyn has good experience working in different Law Clinics and has advised on many areas of law. She is proactive, thorough and always strives to do the best she can for clients. Robyn is keen to develop her skills further and is looking forward to continuing to build on her knowledge and experience.
Ruth qualified as a Solicitor in 2008 and specialises in all aspects of residential conveyancing. She heads up the Residential Conveyancing Team and is able to assist with all sales, purchases, transfer of equity and re-mortgages. Ruth prides herself on her client care and strives to ensure that all clients receive the best service possible.
Job Titles:
- Admin
- Solicitor Apprentice
Sarah joined Savage Silk as an admin apprentice following on from her A-Levels. Since joining she has really grown and developed her skill sets and, after completing her apprenticeship, has become the go to person for admin assistance in the Private Client Team. Sarah is excellent at supporting clients during what is often a very difficult time and always shows empathy and compassion in everything she does. Sarah is keen to explore this area of law further and develop her knowledge and expertise.
Satpal has a wealth of experience working for and developing long lasting relationships with entrepreneurs, high net worth individuals and SMEs. He has detailed knowledge and experience of a wide range of legal issues on an expanded range of commercial matters. Satpal provides a holistic assessment of needs to clients and represents them in the property, leisure, retail and healthcare sectors, which has enabled him to build up a good knowledge of legislation which affects those sectors. Satpal's clients value the commerciality he brings to their projects and how he always looks at the issue from their perspective as well as delivering positive results. Satpal delivers solutions to his clients in a commercial and pragmatic way.
Simon is an experienced lawyer and a director of Savage Silk. He has had extensive experience of working on major private and public sector projects. Simon's clients value his commercial approach, his ability to see things from their perspective and the care he takes to understand both their personal and commercial requirements. For his many clients, Simon is a respected and trusted adviser that they rely upon for their commercial and legal needs.
Toni is part of our Business Services team and deals with the various transactional aspects of running a busy legal practice. She works closely with her colleagues to provide excellent service to ensure that transactions complete as quickly and as smoothly as possible and always does so in a friendly and approachable manner.
Vicky is an experienced private client solicitor and carries out all aspects of the preparation of Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and dealing with probate matters. She became a member of Solicitors for the Elderly in 2017 and is working towards becoming a member of STEP in the near future. Vicky understands that all clients have different needs and personal situations and her friendly, open and honest approach and advice to these differing needs makes her clients feel comfortable and puts them at ease.