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08 May 2019
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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DMH Stallard—Sara McGrigor

Private client team grows in Guildford

DMH Stallard has strengthened the Guildford office with the appointment of senior associate Sara McGrigor.

Sara joins the firm after more than ten years with Surrey firm Hart Brown, She comes on board as part of the firm’s private client team, and focuses her practice on wills, estate planning, and trust administration. She has experience advising clients with assets in multiple jurisdictions, and handling issues of domicile.

Sara said: ‘With DMH Stallard growing so quickly in Guildford it is a very exciting time for me to join the firm. I have got to know so many local people through my work over the last ten years and am sure that this local knowledge will stand me in good stead in my new position.’

Partner Jonathan Compton added: ‘We are actively recruiting the highest calibre solicitors and Sara is certainly someone who possesses the intellectual strength and practical experience we are looking for.’

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