news Law firm’s new home


South Wales’ solicitors, Everett Tomlin Lloyd & Pratt has purchased new office premises in Newport in deal secured by the Cardiff office of DTZ. ETLP have bought the freehold interest in 4,746 sq ft of space


at 19-20 Gold Tops, an imposing, detached period office building with generous car parking. DTZ acted on behalf of the landlord, the Home Office. The building was converted from a pair of Victorian, semi-


detached residential dwellings to provide office accommodation arranged over lower ground, ground and two upper floors. Alex Easton, of DTZ in Cardiff, said: “Gold Tops is an established


business location on the fringe of Newport city centre and remains popular among professional practices including solicitors, surveyors and accountants. It will no doubt be great base for ETLP to grow its business.” ETLP has been providing legal services to people and businesses in


south east Wales since the early 1800s. The firm employs about 40 staff in total across offices in Newport and Pontypool. Ashley Harkus, managing partner at ETLP, said: “We are


delighted with our new office. Having outgrown our last premises, we were searching for office space which could accommodate future expansion for the business and was, importantly, in a strong location for both our staff and clients.”


Hat trick of new partners


A trio of lawyers at South Wales legal practice QualitySolicitors Rubin Lewis O’Brien has been appointed new partners at the firm. The three, Damian Lines, Laura


Selby and Rhys Warren, who specialise in Elderly Client Continuing Care, Wills and Probate and Childcare and Family law, are all based at the firm’s head office in Gwent Square, Cwmbran. The new appointments bring the


firm’s current team of partners to nine.


Managing partner Jerome O’Brien


said: “We’re extremely proud and delighted to have been able to appoint these three excellent and highly talented individuals as partners at QualitySolicitors Rubin Lewis O’Brien. They have each consistently delivered exemplary and quite outstanding work over recent years for their clients.” Damian Lines, a solicitor in the


Wills and Probate team, joined the firm three years ago. Laura Selby, who trained with the firm before qualifying as a solicitor, is


Rhys Warren, Laura Selby and Damian Lines


a specialist adviser on Wills, Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection applications, Trusts and Care Home Fees.


Rhys Warren, who also qualified


with the firm in the childcare department, qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and continues to specialise in Childcare Proceedings. Rhys was admitted onto the


specialist Law Society Children Panel in 2011.


Further growth planned with key appointment


Left to right: Gareth Edwards (Partner, ETLP), Robert Twigg (Partner, ETLP), Jason Pearce (Partner, ETLP), Alex Easton (Associate Director,


DTZ), Ashley Harkus (Partner, ETLP), Angela O’Brien (Partner, ETLP), James Campbell (Partner, ETLP) and Kirsten Tuck (Partner, ETLP)


Kieron joins the team


Newport-based M4 Property Consultants has recruited experienced chartered surveyor Kieron Whitcombe to oversee the development of the new property management side of the business. Having recently won a


contract to manage an extensive portfolio of properties across five industrial estates in south east Wales, comprising more than 150 units let to 85 different tenants, Kieron Whitcombe has been appointed as management surveyor with the responsibilities of providing proactive and creative property and asset management.


6 THEbusiness QUARTER Kieron joins from Associated


British Ports where he worked for 28 years managing their land and property assets in South Wales. The property management


department will be working with a range of commercial property landlords including property companies, pension funds and private individuals. Dan Smith, director of M4


Property Consultants said: “With a significant contract to service immediately we needed to ensure we had a running start with the launch of the management department.”


Expanding South Wales law firm Keith Evans & Company has signalled its plan to boost growth further in 2012 with the appointment of Jo Fisher to a new division. Jo has been recruited by the


Newport-headquartered firm to help drive forward its newly created commercial and corporate division. The firm also has offices in


Abergavenny, Cwmbran, Monmouth, Tredegar and most recently Chepstow. Jo, aged 32, has 11 years commercial


experience gained in South Wales with Eversheds and previously with RDP. Jo, appointed as an associate, said:


“I will be taking a key role within the new commercial and corporate side of the Keith Evans & Company business alongside Elliott Evans and Scott Bowen, managing partner and senior litigator respectively. “It’s a brilliant opportunity to further


develop and enhance the well-established Keith Evans brand. It has been a strategic move into the commercial market for the practice after some extensive expansion over the last two years which has seen the practice grow to now have six offices throughout south east Wales. The introduction of a commercial


arm was natural progression and a well received expansion for the business.” Elliott Evans, Managing Partner, said:


“We’re delighted to have been able to appoint Jo, with her wealth of experience in the commercial sector built up over more than a decade, to the practice. The aim of this expansion is to present new and established businesses with the offering of a straight forward corporate service, that they would normally expect to receive from one of the larger firms, from a local practice on a more approachable basis.” Keith Evans and Company,


established in 1990, now employs some 50 people across its six offices.


New appointment: Jo Fisher (centre) with Keith Evans (left) and Elliott Evans


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