Pictured above: Tax, trusts and estates solicitor Catriona
Attride has joined the private client team of Needham & James
as partner
Tax, trusts and estates solicitor Catriona Attride has joined
Needham & James, the Stratford upon Avon office of Midlands'
law firm Shakespeare Putsman, as a partner in the private client
team.
She is the latest in a series of senior hires for the firm's
private client team which includes Sarah Walker who joined the firm
as a partner in March this year.
Catriona was formerly partner and head of the private client
team at Williamson & Soden based in Shirley, where she grew the
team to seven fee earners during her five years with the firm.
She was previously with the private client team at Wragge &
Co in Birmingham, and moved with the team when it transferred to
Mills & Reeve in May 2005.
A specialist in all matters for private clients at all levels,
Catriona has extensive experience in tax planning, particularly for
high net worth clients, estate planning, as well as contentious
probate and Wills cases.
Commenting on her appointment, Catriona said: "The firm is very
much focussed on delivering the best possible service for clients,
an ethos which fits extremely well with the way I work with clients
and their families.
"As a partner in the private client team I have a great platform
to work with the existing very strong team and to build the
specialist service provided to both existing and new clients. The
private client team combines specialist solicitors with extensive
and proven experience of delivering a high quality, full service to
clients, and together present a robust and dependable law firm of
choice for the local community."
She added: "Shakespeare Putsman is one of the largest providers
of legal services operating from key locations across the Midlands.
Needham & James already has an excellent reputation in
Stratford, the Cotswolds and the wider South Midlands area, and we
have the ideal team to match the needs of the high quality client
work across the area."
Needham & James merged with Midlands law firm Shakespeare
Putsman LLP last year. The combined firm has around 440 people
located in five offices - Birmingham, Nottingham, and Stratford
upon Avon, together with Shipston on Stour and Moreton in Marsh in
the Cotswolds. It is one of the largest providers of legal advice
in the Midlands and ranks within the top 100 law firms in the
UK.