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This year's Yorkshire Fastest 50 Awards were a great success and it was fantastic to see so many of you attend the ceremony.

Many of the Ward Hadaway team were in attendance at the awards and thoroughly enjoyed meeting you. They are available to continue any conversations you were having or to answer any of your queries. Below we have provided some mini profiles to help you put faces to names.

If you would like to connect with any other attendee from the awards, we would be more than happy to facilitate an introduction. Please email events@wardhadaway.com and we will be in touch.

Ward Hadaway attendees

  • Emma Digby

    Emma is our Leeds Executive Partner and has been a litigator for over 20 years. Emma has conducted a wide variety of commercial dispute cases over the years. She has a particular specialism in manufacturing disputes, complex contractual matters and boardroom challenges.

    Contact Emma

  • Adrian Ballam

    Adrian is an experienced lawyer and Partner in the corporate team. He advises on a range of corporate work including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganisations.

    Contact Adrian

  • Jonathan Dickson

    Jonathan is a real estate lawyer who specialises in all aspects of non-contentious commercial real estate transactions and regularly advises in the investment, regeneration, development, utility, renewable energy and landlord/tenant, sectors.

    Contact Jonathan

  • Phil Edmondson

    Phil is a Partner within our Business Group. He is commercial litigator and sports dispute resolution specialist with over 12 years’ experience. Alongside his reputation as a commercial litigator Phil has for many years been an industry recognised specialist in resolving disputes within professional sports.

    Contact Phil

  • Andrew Evans

    Andrew is a Private Client lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising clients in connection with Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Trust and Estate Administration, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters.

    Contact Andrew

  • Laura Gooddy

    Laura is a partner in our real estate department. She acts for a wealth of commercial property clients including developers, investors, care home providers, funders and charities.

    Contact Laura

  • Bill Goodwin

    Bill is a commercial lawyer with many years’ experience of advising on both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and information technology matters. He is also a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney.

    Contact Bill

  • Helen Hill

    Helen is a Partner in our Property Litigation team advising clients on commercial property disputes and the management of risk associated with the ownership and occupation of land and buildings.

    Contact Helen

  • Laura Hill

    Laura is a highly accomplished Commercial Litigation Partner, bringing over 15 years of extensive experience in handling complex litigation cases.

    Contact Laura

  • Flora Mewies

    Flora is a Partner in the Employment team. She is an immigration solicitor specialising in helping employers recruit from overseas and helping individuals with visa applications.

    Contact Flora

     

  • James Nightingale

    James is a Partner in the Corporate team with over 15 years of experience of advising on all aspects of corporate finance work with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investments, reorganisations and restructurings.

    Contact James

  • Ed Nuttman

    Edward is a partner in the Employment team and has over 18 years’ specialist experience in employment law. He leads a team of specialist employment lawyers.

    Contact Ed

  • Owen Ormond

    Owen is a partner in our Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Team based in Leeds, having joined the firm in January 2024. He has over 15 years’ experience in dealing with all aspects of non-contentious banking, restructuring and insolvency.

    Contact Owen

  • Lucinda Peters

    Lucinda is a banking and real estate finance lawyer who undertakes legal due diligence on behalf of Banks and other lending institutions providing property investment and development finance facilities.

    Contact Lucinda

  • David Pridmore

    David is a Partner in the Property team. David assists national and local clients with all kinds of property-related issues.

    Contact David

  • Russell Ward

    Russell is an experienced commercial litigator of over 15 years’ experience, and who splits his time between Ward Hadaway’s Newcastle and Leeds offices.

    Contact Russell

  • Kevin Weston

    Kevin is Head of the Real Estate Team. He has over 30 years’ experience working within the Yorkshire region.

    Contact Kevin

  • Vivienne Wild

    Vivienne is a Partner in our Private Client team.

    Contact Vivienne

  • Mark Wilkinson

    Mark is a partner in our Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Team. He has over 20 years’ experience in dealing with a broad range of insolvency issues to include contentious and non-contentious matters in the field of both personal and corporate insolvency.

    Contact Mark