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New signing boosts SAS Daniels Chester team

Leading North West law firm SAS Daniels LLP has recruited a new associate at its Chester office.

Commercial litigation expert Ray Woodwood, who offers more than 20 years’ experience in the field, joins the firm’s dispute resolution team. He has moved from Aaron and Partners.

Mr Woodward has worked in most areas of dispute resolution, but has particular expertise in the banking and financial services sector. He also has considerable experience in company and shareholder disputes, as well as representing clients bringing claims for professional negligence.

He qualified in 1989 and was a nominee in the Times Justice Awards for his work in the banking mortgage sector.

Kaye Whitby, head of SAS Daniels’ Chester office and a corporate and commercial partner at the firm, said “Ray is a highly respected and experienced lawyer, and we are delighted he is joining the Chester team. We are extremely pleased to be able to attract such a wealth of talent to strengthen our dispute resolution team and provide an even better full service offering to our clients.”

Ray Woodward said “I’m excited to be joining such a forward thinking and dynamic firm. The changes that the legal profession is going through are having a major impact on the way we offer services to our clients, and in my view SAS Daniels is ahead of the pack in the way it helps clients and structures its fees in this new environment. I am relishing the challenge of joining Kaye and the team to enhance the firm’s commercial offering in Chester.”

Chris MacCafferty, partner and head of dispute resolution at SAS Daniels, said “I am delighted to have such an experienced solicitor joining the dispute resolution team.

“Ray’s arrival, following hot on the heels of insolvency solicitor Paul Formby, is another part of our plan to grow the team and expand our skill base in the coming twelve months following our fantastic growth of 60 per cent last year. I look forward to seeing the benefits both our clients and SAS Daniels will reap from his many years of experience and expertise.”

The firm has also confirmed that it has switched its banking facility from the Royal Bank of Scotland to Barclays.

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