Congratulations to our colleagues Alex Barr, Ben Foulds and Charles Mather who have become our latest newly qualified solicitors after completing their training contracts.
Alex has qualified into our employment and HR team and will continue to assist clients with a range of contentious and non-contentious matters including settlement agreements, employment contracts and staff handbooks.
Ben has qualified into our corporate team in Manchester and will be advising clients on a range of corporate issues including mergers and acquisitions and general governance matters.
Charles has qualified into our regulatory and compliance team and will support clients on contentious and non-contentious matters, including local authority and regulatory investigations, planning and licensing, and data protection.
Picture above: Alex Barr, Charles Mather and Ben Foulds
James Robbins, training principal and insolvency partner at Harrison Drury, comments: “I’m so excited to congratulate our newly qualified solicitors, Alex, Ben, and Charles. This is an excellent achievement and a testament to their hard work and dedication.
“By investing in our team’s growth, we’ve watched them become confident solicitors ready to support our clients and pursue long and successful careers. Their accomplishments are a great sign for the future of Harrison Drury, and I can’t wait to see them continue to thrive with us.”
We create opportunities for people to become solicitors through the national Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) programme, which offers a more flexible path to qualification that allows our people to earn while they learn.
Trainees complete two sets of exams and two years of qualifying work experience, where they receive practical training and advice from our experienced team and gain first-hand knowledge of the role.
We still accept applications from candidates who have completed or are pursuing their legal practice course (LPC), as well as through our apprenticeship programme.
We recently announced eight new trainee and apprentice positions as part of our 2024 training programme intake. To date, our programmes have created 47 trainee solicitor and apprentice roles over the last 10 years and 16 of our current solicitors started as a trainee or apprentice.
To find out more about our Harrison Drury training programme visit our careers page.