Pictured:  Shivaji Shiva

Birmingham law firm Anthony Collins Solicitors is delighted to announce the appointment of ten new members of staff.

Shivaji Shiva joins the firm as Senior Associate. With over 10 years experience in the Charities sector, he has worked with a broad client base ranging from campaign groups and national children's charities to health care and sustainable transport charities. Shivaji is also an active member and former Secretary of the Charity Law Association.

Senior Partner, Romaine Thompson said: "Despite the challenging economic conditions affecting many organisations, we continue to grow our firm and our client base. We're extremely pleased to welcome Shivaji to the firm. His strong background in the charities sector will help us further build on our skills and experience, adding yet more weight to the quality and breadth of support we can offer our clients.

We are committed to working with individuals, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and public sector bodies throughout the UK who align with our main focus areas which reflect our passion and expertise."

These seven focus areas of the firm are Transforming Communities, Enterprise, Private Legal Services, Faith Communities, Housing, Children and Young Adults and Health and Social Care.

Newly qualified Emma Fuller, Cynyr Rhys, Sophie Fenn and David Taylor also join the firm having successfully completed their trainee contracts at Anthony Collins in September.

David Taylor said, "Anthony Collins Solicitors has a strong reputation for being leaders in their focus areas and the firm's passion to contribute to the wellbeing of society makes it a rewarding place to work. I'm looking forward to a long and successful career surrounded by some of the best legal minds in the Midlands here at Anthony Collins Solicitors."

September also saw four new trainees join the firm for their two year contract; Helen Monro, Davinder Samra, Steven Graham and Emilie Pownall.

Another recent addition to the growing team is Jo Barry, who joins the firm as Senior Marketing Executive. With a background in design and marketing, Jo has worked for not for profit organisation, Energy Saving Trust since graduating from University.

Claire Ingram, Head of Marketing said, "It's great to see the firm investing in its marketing department, particularly as the legal market is becoming increasingly competitive. We will be working to further develop the Anthony Collins brand, support fee earners to service existing clients as effectively as possible and help grow the firm's customer base in its specialist areas."

Romaine Thompson concluded, "These new appointments demonstrate our continued commitment to building on our already established reputation in many areas of law and to growing our practice here in Birmingham."