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Bermans announce highest turnover in firms’ history with revenues of over £5m
HRC Law expands property department with new appointment
North West law firm Bermans has announced record financial results for the third consecutive year with the firm reporting an increase in turnover from £5.14M to £5.3M for the fi- nancial year ending 30th June 2017.
The firm has made a num- ber of key appointments and internal promotions over the past 12 months, as well as securing some sig- nificant new clients and completing on some major deals, all of which have con- tributed to these financial results.
The employment team has continued working with Handelsbanken Northern UK Region and the commer- cial department has worked with jewellers, Boodles, in providing the terms of busi- ness, website user terms and privacy policy for the launch of its new website. The property team has been active in the hotel sector for a number of clients includ- ing acting on the acquisi- tion of The Stonecross Manor, Kendal, The Wild Pheasant Hotel, Llangollen and The Regency Hotel, Cheltenham as well as the sale of The Comfort Inn, Middleton.
Senior recruits to the firm include Partners Andrew Koffman to the litigation team and Anton Stirrett to the corporate team. Inter- nally, the firm has promoted Jon Davage to head of cor- porate and Guy Pattison, to partner in the firm’s prop- erty team. Fergal O’Cleirigh,
head of property and fi- nancedirectorsaid:“Jonhas shown energy and enthusi- asm for all aspects of the business and is constantly looking for ways to improve our offering, we look for- ward to him playing a key role in the development of our Manchester office.” In re- spect of Guy, he added, “Guy has made a significant contribution since joining the firm in 2006, not only in terms of his fee earning but also practice development and in the supervision of others.”
Innovation is at the heart of the firm’s expansion and success and the firm has re- cently launched a new suite of innovative funding solu- tions bespoke to the SME market including products: Capitalise, escalate and vIP.
vIP focuses on helping SMEs exploit the value inherent in their intellectual property, Capitalise is a unique fund- ing aggregator platform and escalate is a disruptive product in the litigation market that affords SMEs a wholly contingent, fully funded and insured option for contested disputes and debts. As Bermans is rooted in the SME space, the prod- ucts have given the firm a real cutting edge, added value to clients and have generated additional in- come streams for the firm as well as its referrer network.
Fergal O’Cleirigh says: “It is an exciting time for us at Bermans and we believe we are in strong position to de- liver the legal services that
our clients require. All de- partments across the firm have performed very well, with the level of transac- tional activity being unaf- fected by Brexit, and I am delighted with our growth and the projections for the next 12 months. “
“The wealth of experience and skills injected into the firm through recent promo- tions and newly appointed team members will be sig- nificant in our ongoing commitment in providing excellent service to our clients and also to the con- tinued growth of Bermans. We intend to build on what we have achieved and con- tinue to develop with strate- gic acquisitions and offerings.”
Alex Chapman, partner and head of asset based lending also added:
“Our national reputation in the asset based lending in- dustry continues to thrive il- lustrated by the fact that firstly we have had a record year and secondly by excit- ing new client wins. We con- tinue to be a market leader in asset and invoice finance and these financial results demonstrate our position in the industry.”
Bermans is a full commercial law firm with offices in Liv- erpool and Manchester and are credited as a top tier firm in the Legal 500 for debt recovery and ranked in the London listing for Fi- nance in the asset based lending specialism of the Legal 500 Directory.
To support ongoing growth, full service com- mercial law firm, HRC Law, has expanded its team with the appointment of Nasrin Ali.
Nasrin joins the firm’s grow- ing commercial property department as an associate and has over 19 years’ expe- rience. She joins from Slater & Gordon where she held the position of senior asso- ciate. Prior to this she trained at Cameron McKenna, held positions at Allen & Overy and Addle- shaw Goddard and was a sole practitioner for 11 years.
Her property experience ex- tends beyond property law as Nasrin also is a qualified civil engineer and she worked at Balfour Beatty early in her career, before training as a solicitor.
Nasrin is also the deputy chair of Manchester Plan- ning and Highways Com- mittee and is a judge of the First Tier Residential Prop- erty Tribunal as well as a school governor. She will continue with these com- mitments whilst working in the team, bringing comple- mentary experience to the firm from each role.
The property team, headed by partner Helen Marsh, was formed two years ago and has experienced rapid
Nasrin Ali
growth in line with the rest of the firm, advising on many high profile transac- tions such as The Fragrance Shop’s Oxford Street flag- ship store and DOMU Brands’ (formerly Designer Habitat) new office head- quarters and warehouse ex- pansion. Nasrin will be advising the firm’s clients on a full spectrum of commer- cial property law issues ranging from one-off trans- actions to year-round prop- erty portfolio management. Commenting on her ap- pointment Nasrin said: “As soon as I met the team at HRC Law, I was absolutely clear this was the right move for me. The firm works
in partnership with its ambi- tious client list and collabo- rates brilliantly across teams to help clients’ businesses succeed.”
Property partner, Helen Marsh said: “At HRC Law we look for cultural fit, technical skill and deep sector expert- ise in our new hires. Nasrin ticked every box and was the obvious choice. Our clients look to us for our problem-solving approach and to have an eye on op- portunities for them and their business. Nasrin brings such a wealth of industry in- sight, we’re looking forward to the value she will add to the firm and our clients.”
IMD Solicitors announces Partner promotion
Multi-national and inter- national law firm IMD So- licitors LLP have announced the promotion of Olexandr Kyrychenko to Partner effective from 1 August 2017.
Promoted to Partner shortly after completion of his first year of employment at IMD Solicitors, Olexandr spe- cialises in both civil and commercial litigation along with general commercial matters. Olexandr has and continues to develop a strong commercial client base and day to day advises Russian, Ukrainian and Eng- lish speaking business clients whether based in the UK or abroad.
Olexandr started his profes- sional career in 2011 at Hor- wich Farrelly Solicitors as Litigation Executive in their Defendant Fraud Depart- ment. Following which, Olexandr took up an 18- month training contract where as a Trainee Solicitor he completed seats in Real Estate & Commercial, Em- ployment and Defendant
Insurance Litigation. He then went on to qualify in September 2013 and joined IMD Solicitors in June 2016.
Marcin Durlak, Senior Part- ner and Head of Commer- cial at IMD says: “We are delighted to welcome Olexandr as Partner of the firm. In the short time that he has been with us, he has made a significant impact not only in his practice area but by also assisting in the development and growth of the firm as a whole.”
Marcin added: “We are very lucky to have a whole host of talented individuals within the business and, as our firm continues its ex- pansion and growth, we are committed to helping them develop further within their careers.”
IMD Solicitors are a leading provider of individual and business legal services to Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Latvian, Czech and Slovak communities throughout England, Wales and abroad.
Olexandr Kyrychenko
Fergal O’Cleirigh