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22 March 2021
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Devonshires—Amy Lees

Recruitment boost for real estate team in Leeds
The Leeds office of law firm Devonshires has added another solicitor to its growing team in the city. Real estate specialist Amy Lees is joining from Knights, formerly Shulmans. She is the third solicitor to join the firm's Leeds office this year following the arrival of Zoe McLean-Wells from Walker Morris and Geri Batchelor from DWF last month.

Amy will work closely with the firm’s real estate partner, Elad Yasdi, who recently moved from the firm’s London office to expand the real estate team in Leeds.

Amy acts for landowners and regional and national housebuilders and is experienced in land acquisitions and disposals, as well as in the negotiation of conditional contracts, option agreements, coverage provisions, infrastructure and access arrangements and setting up development sites for plot sales.

She also has specialist experience in the negotiation of affordable housing sale contracts and in setting up estate management arrangements involving one or more developers.

Elad Yasdi, who leads the firm’s real estate team in Leeds, says: “Amy is a welcome addition to our growing team in Leeds. We’re very excited by the growth prospects we see in the north and I expect to see further hires over the next 12 months as we look to increase our offering to our large northern client base.”

Amy says: “Devonshires has a great reputation nationally and I am excited to be part of such a large firm with an ever-growing presence in Leeds and the north. I look forward to working on some exciting projects with leading experts in my field.”

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