Education law firm Stone King launches Birmingham office

Law firm Stone King has opened an office in Birmingham as part of a strategy “to provide its national education expertise on a local basis”.

The firm, which already has offices in Bath, Cambridge, Leeds and London, said the initial focus of the office at Colmore Gate in Birmingham’s city centre would be on schools in the city and the West Midlands region.

Last year Stone King hired Senior Associate and employment law expert Surinder Dhillon and Senior HR Consultant Baljinder Nizzer.

So far in 2018 it has recruited Senior Associates Esther Maxwell and Charlotte Melhuish to its Education Team from Harrison Clark Rickerbys, and Amrick Saggu, a Consultant in the Commercial Property Team who joined from Birmingham City Council.

Ann Phillips, Chairman of Stone King, said: “We are delighted to mark our move into Birmingham and show our commitment to the region. I am also very pleased to welcome our latest recruits, who are well-known experts in their field in the area and will be a real asset to the firm.

"Our initial focus is to grow our leading education sector services, building on the work we do with more than 800 schools, academies and multi-academy trusts across the country.”