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Chris Schofield

0113 220 6270 chrisschofield@schofieldsweeney.co.uk

Work Department

Corporate & Commercial

Position

Firm’s founder and Senior Partner.  Practice area extends to Business sales and acquisitions, corporate finance, shareholder disputes and Partnership Law (principally for other law firms and solicitors) advising on corporate governance.

Career

Trained at Evershed &Tomkinson and Last Suddards.  Prior employment was DLA, Ralph C Yablon and then Filtronic plc (General Counsel and Director)

Memberships

Include memberships of any professional associations, organizations, committees or institutions, e.g. American Bar Association, International Bar Association.

Education

Bradford Grammar School; Girton College, Cambridge (1984 MA); City of London Polytechnic (1985 Law Society Finals).

Leisure

Sailing (RYA Yacht master), walking, cycling, reading, cinema and theatre, Bradford City FC supporter.
Trustee of Leeds Cares, Trustee St Gemma’s Hospice, Director of Leeds Teaching hospitals Trust, Director of Active Bradford, Trustee Enhance Academy Trust, Governor One in a Million Free School, Under-Sheriff for West Yorkshire and a Non-Executive Director of Bradford Live.