Before that, he worked at Higgs & Sons, also in the Black Country, for more than four years and at Co-op Legal Services in Bristol.
Mr Bond specialises in trust formation and administration, wealth succession, estate planning and making wills, and is experienced at dealing with high value and complex estates, especially intestacy matters.
He is the author of five chapters for the respected Law Society publication The Probate Practitioners Handbook, his topics including dealing with digital assets on death.
Michelle O’Hara, the new managing director of Thursfields, said: ‘We’re really pleased to welcome Ian to the company to lead our wills and estates department.
‘Ian is the latest in a number of key appointments we have made in recent months, and his wide experience will add real depth to the expertise in the wills and estates team.’
Ian said: ‘I’m very excited about my new position at Thursfields and am delighted to be joining such a well-respected team in the region with some fantastic colleagues. I was attracted by the firm’s ambitious plans to grow both the team and the firm, and to develop the client-centric offering the firm is so well known for.’
