Raworths

Raworths provides an integrated service to both commercial and private clients, with specialists working together as one team. Our goal is to use our expertise to deliver outstanding legal advice in a way that is practical, relevant and valued.

The firm regularly advises businesses, individuals and families and covers the follow practices areas:

Corporate and commercial: Raworths acts for businesses as well as the people who create, own and invest in them, building long term relationships with clients to understand the opportunities and strategies they pursue. The firm’s depth of experience and knowledge enables it to provide practical advice designed to meet all clients’ business needs.
Key contact: Jon Healey, head of corporate and commercial

Commercial Property: Raworths' commercial property team has the expertise to help clients deal with the opportunities and challenges of the freehold and leasehold real estate market. Buying and selling commercial properties can be a major business decision. The team can deal with the entire transaction from start to finish, ensuring that the process runs as smoothly as possible.
Key contacts: Heather Roberts, legal director and John Carter, senior associate

Dispute Resolution: Raworths’ specialist dispute resolution team advises a wide range of clients involved in commercial, property and contentious wills and trusts disputes across a range of sectors. The team strives to achieve clients’ personal and commercial objectives using their advanced technical skills and significant expertise. Whilst disputes can of course be time consuming and stressful, they can in some cases, present opportunities which the team will seek to maximise for the benefit its clients.
Key contact: Matthew Hill, head of dispute resolution

Employment: Over recent years the burden of employment regulation has consistently increased and businesses must actively manage the resulting risks. Raworths' employment team can help clients to navigate through these complexities, finding the right route that fits their business.
Key contact: Sally Togher, head of employment

Family: Going through a divorce and dealing with the fallout is never easy. Everyone is different and Raworths’ family team works hard to find fair settlements and try to avoid conflict where possible, helping everyone involved to get on with their lives with as little pain as possible. Raworths’ experienced Family team helps and supports clients to navigate through difficult and complex family issues in a confident yet understanding manner.
Key contact: Carmelita Ardren, head of family

Residential Property: Buying or selling a property is likely to be one of the most important and possibly largest financial transactions individuals and families will ever make. As such, it can be a time of mixed emotions, excitement but also of stress and worry. Raworths’ experienced residential property team can help steer clients through the process, making sure their interests are protected.
Key contact: Kelly Buckle-Fleming, head of residential property

Trusts, Wills and Estates: Raworths has one of the largest private client teams in Yorkshire and a significant practice in UK terms. The team deals exclusively with private client work acting for high net worth individuals and their families, trusts, charitable foundations and family businesses.
Key contacts: Alison Walker, head of trusts, wills and estates and Sam Jenner, head of trusts, wills and estates