Three areas of legal expertise at Bath-headquartered law firm Stone King have been enhanced with a number of new appointments.
The firm’s leading charity team has been further strengthened by the appointment of Frances Godden as a senior associate, and its dispute resolution team has also been boosted with the appointment of senior associate Dan Carter and solicitor Elle McDonald.
Meanwhile, Tessa Bonser has joined the firm’s trusts & estates team as a senior associate.
Frances, who has arrived from East Anglian law firm Birketts, specialises in charity law and ecclesiastical law and has extensive experience as a deputy diocesan registrar.
She also has expertise in education law, and the law as it relates to matters of art and heritage. She will support and enhance the firm’s work with faith charities and broader charity sector work.
Dan, pictured, joins the dispute resolution team from DAS Law in Bristol, where he worked for three-and-a-half years, bringing with him experience of advising in a broad range of commercial disputes and personal litigation.
He previously spent five years in the Bath office of McMillan Williams Solicitors (now Taylor Rose MW) as head of professional negligence.
Elle, who previously worked at London firm Culver Law, specialises in contentious estate and trust disputes and will focus on this area of law at Stone King.
Stone King dispute resolution team head Tony Pidgeon said: “Dan and Elle are both specialists in their areas and we’re excited for them to join the team at what is a very busy time for us.”
Tessa, pictured, has joined the firm’s trusts & estates team as a senior associate, relocating from Norwich where she was head of team at regional law firm Leathes Prior.
Tessa reinforces the team’s expertise with her 14 years’ legal experience across all areas of private client practice. At Stone King her focus will be on Wills, Trusts and estate planning.
Kathryn Layzell, who heads Stone King’s trusts & estates team, said: “We’re thrilled for Tessa to join the team, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and know-how in the sector that will be of great benefit to our clients.”
Stone King, which employs more than 230 people across its offices in Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds and London, is a national leader in the charity, faith and education sectors.
