Gateley Plc appoints legal director to head up new residential conveyancing offering

Our Nottingham office has appointed legal director Lesley Brentnall to head up its new Residential Conveyancing offering.

Lesley has more than 25 years’ experience in residential property law and was previously Head of Transactional at Nottingham based firm, Brady Solicitors. Prior to this she worked for Shakespeare Martineau and Eversheds, both in the East Midlands.

The new offering will be managed by Lesley from Gateley Plc’s Nottingham office. As well as having experience in dealing with all aspects of residential property matters for individuals, property investors and developers, Lesley has considerable experience in lease extension work.

Andy Matthews, Real Estate partner and head of Gateley Plc’s Nottingham office said: “I am delighted to welcome Lesley to Gateley. Her experience in property is invaluable and her appointment will see us expand our offering throughout the region, as well as nationally.”

Lesley added: “This service complements the other areas of property that Gateley specialises in and will enable the business to work as an integrated team. Gateley is a collaborative business and is well-regarded in the East Midlands professional services community and I look forward to developing the residential conveyancing offering over the coming months.”

As well as residential conveyancing, Gateley Plc’s specialist teams cover all aspects of legal services, including corporate, commercial, banking, real estate, restructuring, technology, construction, employment, pensions, dispute resolution, regulatory, private wealth and family, tax, and shipping and transport, as well as global mobility which encompasses the management of the selection and relocation of employees for international assignments.