Pictured above: Berryman's hat-trick of new hires in its private client team - Amanda Gale, Vijay Singh, Kirstin Thompson.

Nottingham law firm Berryman's Private Client team, which is ranked in the top tier in the latest Legal 500, has hired three solicitors, bringing its number of fee earners to eight and making it one of the city's largest teams dedicated to private client work.

The three new solicitors are Kirstin Thompson, Amanda Gale and Vijay Singh. They join as instructions for Berryman's Private Client team continue to rise as Partner Jacqueline Lewis explains: "The last six months has seen the number of instructions considerably and consistently increase, with in particular a dramatic hike in the volume of probate and tax planning instructions for private clients.

"The new additions to our team each bring a unique specialism and expertise which compliment and enhance the incumbent expertise of our legal team and extend the areas of knowledge and niche specialism available to our growing client base."

Kirstin Thompson joins Berryman from Top 50 law firm Cobbetts LLP Birmingham office. She is a Member of the Charity Law Association and has a broad experience in work for trustees and charities and is a Trustee of Birmingham Crisis Centre, a local refuge for victims of domestic violence. 

Amanda Gale, specialises in Wills, Trusts and Probate and is recognised by local public, private and charitable sectors as a mental health specialist, proactively driving the mental health and dignity agenda, in particular through her involvement in the recent review of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. She was previously a solicitor at Roythornes Solicitors in Nottingham.

Vijay Singh joins from the Private Client team in the Cambridge office of Mills & Reeve LLP, where he completed his training contract with the firm and developed extensive experience dealing with private individuals, trustees and trusts. A Law graduate from Nottingham Trent University, Vijay studied at Nottingham Law School and undertook work experience at Nottingham law firms Freeth Cartwright LLP and Eversheds LLP.