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Leading full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau has welcomed legal director
Vicci Faulkner to its social housing sales team in Stratford-upon-Avon.
With more than 17 years’
property law experience, Vicci is returning to the firm following four years
developing her skillset as a residential property solicitor at Band Hatton
Button. Prior to this, Vicci had spent more than six years in Shakespeare
Martineau’s social housing team. Her return to the firm sees her bring back a
wealth of broad and well-rounded knowledge of property transactions.
In her new role, Vicci will be
working closely with Shakespeare Martineau’s social housing clients and
collaborating with the wider team and its development lawyers to ensure a
seamless transaction from acquisition to sales. She will also be managing large
volume disposals and a wide range of sale transactions, including staircasing,
plot sales, right to buys, lease extensions and retirement villages.
Vicci—who will primarily be
based at the firm’s Stratford-upon-Avon hub but will be working with clients
nationally—said: 'I am absolutely delighted to be re-joining Shakespeare
Martineau. The firm is an exciting place to be—forward thinking, dynamic and
entirely geared towards delivering exceptional client service, which is at the
heart of everything we do. I feel privileged to be back working with the social
housing sales team and I am looking forward to helping strengthen our
offering.'
Her appointment is the latest
expansion to Shakespeare Martineau’s 31-strong social housing team, which
includes development and sales to create a one-stop-shop for social housing
clients.
The team recently welcomed
finance partner Jon Coane, development legal director Anita Rasaratnam,
development solicitor Yasmine Lansqiuot, sales associate Natasha
Montaque-Clarke, and corporate governance solicitor Ellis Pugh to support its
growth plans.
Emma Smith-Gamble, social housing sales partner
at Shakespeare Martineau, said: 'It is great to have Vicci re-join the team and
we couldn’t be happier to welcome her back home into an area of social housing
that she excels at and one where she can make a huge difference.
'I know our existing clients
will be thrilled to be working with Vicci again. Her passion has always been to
help others, so I always knew she would return to this sector – ensuring those
most vulnerable remain in a safe environment of a healthy home and being part
of a solution that provides long-term accommodation for those most in need.'
Shakespeare Martineau is proactively seeking talented people to join the firm on its growth journey, including mergers, team recruitment and lateral hires nationally.
