Law firm Stone King has taken on 14 more solicitors and support staff in its Bath office to work across its growing education, charity, business and private client divisions.
They include Helen Tucker, who joins as a partner in the firm’s independent schools team. She was previously head of the education sector team at regional law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office and head of legal for The Girls’ Day School Trust, the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools.
Helen advises independent schools on a range of issues including strategic review papers for trustees, complex safeguarding and child protection cases, educational negligence claims and allegations of discrimination.
Also joining Stone King as a solicitor in its Bath commercial property team is Kara Gosden, who previously worked at CMS Cameron McKenna in Bristol. Kara has experience advising clients in a number of areas including property disposals and acquisitions, leases, deeds of variations and consents.
Other new faces include Tim Roche, who becomes Stone King’s new head of IT. Tim has worked in the legal industry for the past 15 years and joins Stone King from Reading law firm Boyes Turner, where he held a similar position.
He has worked for global and national firms providing expertise in IT technical management, holding IT director and CIO roles delivering IT services, project management, strategic planning and IT transformation programmes. He has also worked in the private banking and financial services sectors, as well as the automotive industry at IT manager and director level.
A number of new trainee solicitors have also joined, including Deborah Camp, who joins the education team, and Lucy Blackwell who starts work in the firm’s business property team.
Other new trainee solicitors include Alice O’Mahony, who becomes a member of Stone King’s employment, regulation and dispute resolution team, and Rachel Feilden, who takes up a role in the charity and social enterprise team.
Meanwhile, Sarah Paul and Courteney Reynolds have joined as paralegals in the trusts and estates team while Kiran Johal joins the team as a legal secretary.
Other new appointments within are purchase ledger and general accounts apprentice Karolina Papina, HR adviser Katie Walker, business development executive George Capon, and Doreen Gordon, who is a legal secretary in the employment, regulation and dispute resolution team.
Stone King managing partner Steven Greenwood said: “It’s a pleasure to welcome so many new faces to our growing office here in Bath.
“Their arrival is part of a strategy to grow our regional and national legal teams by recruiting the very best legal practitioners and graduates.”
Stone King also has offices in London, Cambridge and Leeds.
Pictured, from left: Kara Gosden, Tim Roche and Helen Tucker are among Stone King’s new appointment at its Bath office
