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Forbes Solicitors—Katy Parkinson

22 February 2019
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Commercial employment specialist joins in Preston

Northern firm Forbes Solicitors has welcomed solicitor Katy Parkinson to its commercial employment team.

Katy, who qualified to practise in 2015, joins Forbes from Napthens LLP in Blackburn. Based at the firm’s Central Lancashire office in Preston, she will continue to advise on all manner of employment issues from recruitment to termination. Her additional areas of experience include collective consultation processes, TUPE transfers, and the employment aspects of corporate transactions. She specialises in advising private sector clients, with particular experience in the hospitality, manufacturing and retail fields.

Katy commented: ‘I am delighted to be joining Forbes and a great team, which has a reputation for high quality work across the full range of commercial employment matters.’

Emma Swan, partner and head of commercial employment at Forbes Solicitors, said: ‘Katy is a great addition to our team. She is focused on developing relationships with her clients and getting to know their businesses, their objectives and the challenges they face, in order to provide commercial and pragmatic advice and solutions.’

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