Ash Jilani > Brachers > Maidstone, England > Lawyer Profile

Praised for its successful representation of NHS trusts and having ‘the highest standards of customer care‘, Brachers‘ multidisciplinary education, employment and healthcare team leverages the firm’s commercial property and planning teams, and is equipped to deal with the whole range of work in the public sector. Co-head Ash Jilani focuses on primary care property matters, while fellow co-head and healthcare expert Catherine Daw is praised by clients as ‘an outstanding employment lawyer’. Co-head Colin Smith and Abigail Brightwell are further key contacts for employment related matters.

The ‘strong commercial property team’ at Brachers in Maidstone is ‘knowledgeable and thorough in all its dealings’. Specialising in the education, primary care and agriculture sectors, the team is led by Sarah Gaines, who focuses on the agriculture and charity sectors and has ‘excellent in-depth knowledge’ of land transactions and agreements. The ‘patient’ and ‘calm’ Ash Jilani is an expert in primary care property matters, acting on the development of GP premises and the property aspects of M&A deals. Bill Butler heads up the firm’s education sector group and specialises in disposals, redevelopments and secured lending work. Katherine Morgan left for Thomson Snell & Passmore in September 2023.