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James joined Steeles Law’s as a paralegal in February 2016 and now acts as a Solicitor in the employment team.

He has a wealth of experience advising and assisting both employers and employees on a wide range of issues including disciplinary and grievance processes involving challenges under the Equality Act where allegations of discrimination arise, settlement and redundancies. He has experience in drafting and reviewing contracts of employment, consultancy agreements and staff handbooks.

Denise joined the company in 2002 and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. After many years of experience within the Litigation Department, she is also a member of the Employment Team.

Denise manages the bespoke debt recovery service within the team as well as assisting the dispute resolution team with its general litigation matters.

Denise is mainly instructed by employers and assists them in drafting Contracts of Employment and Company Handbooks as well as advising on any issues that arise during day to day business. This can be concerning grievance or disciplinary procedures, assisting clients who have to go through a redundancy process or advising and taking action in respect of a breach of restrictive covenants. Denise is also experienced in drafting and negotiating Settlement Agreements, both acting on behalf of an employer and advising employees on the obligations contained in a Settlement Agreement.

Michael is head of our real estate team and has over 20 years’ commercial property experience gained both in private practice and in-house.

A chartered legal executive with over 20 years’ experience, Karen is head of our wills, probate and tax team. She advises on Wills, Inheritance Tax, estate planning and probate, Lasting Powers of Attorney and the creation and administration of trusts. Karen is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Following a successful career as an HR manager in both the public and private sector, Oliver trained as a barrister before converting to a solicitor in 2001, specialising in employment law. He is the head of the employment team at Steeles Law.

Oliver excels in providing pragmatic, solution-based advice in an industrial relations context. His background provides him with a rare understanding of the role of the HR manager and his advice is designed to assist clients to achieve their objectives, rather than frustrate them in their efforts to run a business.

Richard is head of our company commercial team and one of Steeles Law’s most experienced solicitors.

He advises on large scale corporate transactions, non contentious intellectual property and directors’ duties. Richard has received national recognition for his work in the area of commercial agency and franchising. He represents numerous national and international trade organisations and associations.

Referred to in the 2017 Legal 500 as a ‘Rising Star’, Robert advises businesses ranging from multi-national corporations to local SME’s on all aspects of employment law, including advising on corporate restructures, TUPE consultations, and defending employment tribunal claims.

He also assists employers with immigration matters, including the process for sponsoring migrants to work in the UK.

Alistair is a commercial solicitor, with a keen focus on supporting business clients across a range of sectors.

He has nearly 20 years’ experience, half of which was spent working in-house, where he developed his commercial and client/colleague-facing skills, which still give him an edge today.

He always aim to provide practical, no-nonsense advice, in honest, plain-English, focusing on delivering a cost-effective, value-adding service and regular receives very high client-satisfaction feedback.

The types of matters he typically advises on include business sales and acquisitions, partnership and LLP agreements, company formations and shareholders’ agreements as well as all types of supplier and procurement contracts (including e-commerce), terms and conditions for products and services, data protection, brand exploitation and protection, joint ventures, agency and distribution agreements.

He also has considerable experience dealing with corporate banking arrangements, employment-related matters and has advised a number of professional sportspeople, on a variety of contractual issues.

Damian joined Steeles Law in May 2018 as a litigation solicitor following a relocation to Norfolk and is recommended in the Legal 500 as being “bright and thorough”.

Damian was educated at the University of St Andrews having studied for a Masters in Medieval history. He later converted to the law at City University before being called to the Bar in 2009. Damian cross-qualified as solicitor in 2012.

Damian specialises in property litigation and financial services litigation. His general property litigation work for private individuals encompasses acting for clients in boundary disputes, Party Wall matters, actions for interference with rights of way and rights of light. Damian acts for residential private landlords on possession and rent arrears claims. For commercial clients, Damian is experienced in: opposed and unopposed business lease renewals; terminal dilapidations claims; and forfeiture of commercial leases. Damian also has a wealth of experience in lease extension and collective enfranchisement matters.

Natasha joined Steeles Law in October 2019 bringing with her 4 years of experience in Residential Property together with 5 years of experience working in Equity Release.

Natasha supports both Michael Fahy and Simon Nicolaides in the Commercial Property Team.

Simon typically advises on:

• Leasehold commercial property sales and acquisitions
• Landlord and Tenant, leases, licences and renewals
• Auction sales and acquisitions
• SME business sales and purchases
• Residential leasehold and freehold site developments
• Leasehold enfranchisement
• Finance i.e. acting for both lenders and borrowers in relation to first and second charges along with advising on third party charges.

Simon prides himself on being able to break complex issues down for clients, speak clearly about the issues and respond to questions as simply as possible. He was recently nominated for young lawyer of the year award and reached the final four in a competition which took applicants from over 70 law firms.

Sylvia qualified as a solicitor in 2000 and has since worked exclusively in real estate, specialising in commercial property law. She has over 14 years’ experience dealing with all aspects of property law, both commercial and residential property.

Sylvia has extensive experience in acting for a varied range of clients, from national house builders to single individual investors. She is experienced and confident in giving practical and technical advice on all aspects of property law including landlord and tenant matters and portfolio acquisitions and disposals.