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Four new hires at Gateley’s Belfast office

Legal and professional-services group Gateley has announced four new hires in its Belfast office.

In a move that the firm says supports the expansion of its residential-property and conveyancing team, Gateley Legal NI has appointed Catherine Heyes as legal director and Chris Jennings as solicitor.

Heyes joins from Peter Bowles & Co Solicitors, where she spent almost five years as head of property law. Jennings joins Gately after previous roles with MKB Law and Gorvins Residential.

In addition, dispute-resolution lawyer Chris Francis has joined Gateley Legal NI from Ashfords LLP in Exeter as a senior associate.

Consultancy arm

Peter Johnson also joins the Belfast office as QA manager and chartered engineer for  Gateley Smithers Purslow (GSP), the firm’s surveying, engineering, and architecture consultancy arm of Gateley.

Johnson has 24 years of experience with GSP and has relocated to Belfast from Peterborough.

Alison Reid (Gateley real-estate partner and Belfast office head) said that each of the four new appointments would increase the services, skills, and knowledge that it could offer its clients.