Univ Prof Dr Ashley Norman > Bevan Brittan LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Under the joint leadership of London-based Jodie Sinclair and Birmingham-based Ashley Norman, the team at Bevan Brittan LLP has considerable expertise in the healthcare, housing and local government sectors. More recently, its work has also expanded into the private, education and international arenas. Norman works on a range of contentious and advisory employment matters. Newly promoted partner James Gutteridge is the primary employment lead for a number of key NHS clients.

Ashley Norman co-heads the practice at Bevan Brittan LLP along with legal director Tijen Ahmet, who was formerly the head of department at Shakespeare Martineau LLP. The firm’s excellent national immigration practice is particularly known within the NHS, healthcare and university sectors. Norman regularly advises clients from a range of sectors on various matters such as immigration compliance and audits. He has also been working with some major City and US law firms on numerous immigration issues. Ahmet frequently acts for high-net-worth entrepreneurs and their families.

The ‘highly skilled and committed professionals’ at Bevan Brittan LLP advise clients on a wide array of matters, including employment, property, regulatory and commercial assistance. Its clients include universities, institutes and academies. Ashley Norman leads the team from Birmingham, specialising in contentious employment law matters for universities and further education colleges. Rachel Soundy offers corporate and commercial advice to clients, including mergers and acquisitions.

Bevan Brittan LLP‘s education department assists higher education clients with employment, student-related matters, property and corporate and commercial work, as well as with academic partnerships and sexual misconduct investigations. Virginia Cooper and Ashley Norman jointly head the group. Amy Tschobotko (disputes) and Rachel Soundy (corporate/M&A) are both key team members. The team was strengthened with the arrival of Amrita Hurst, who specialises in safeguarding and is particularly experienced in appeals in the First-tier Tribunal, legal director Helen Feinson in Leeds, who handles procurement and subsidy control, legal director Tijen Ahmet in Birmingham, who covers UK business immigration and support, as well as Kelly Simpson in Leeds, who joined from the in-house legal team at Leeds University.