England - East Anglia • Private client
Roythornes Solicitors
Roythornes Solicitors hired Tim Galloway from Birketts LLP in March 2022 to lead its private client practice from its Alconbury office, which works with offices across the East Midlands to advise on numerous high-value estates. Galloway frequently assists with estates with assets in excess of £10m. The team is noted as being ‘private and discreet’ and as providing ‘first-class’ advice. Senior associate Ayesha Brown ’always makes every effort to understand the needs of the client’, whilst associate Joseph Stoehr is described as ‘dynamic, yet thoughtful and mature’.
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‘Joseph Stoehr is a dynamic, thoughtful and mature solicitor. He comes to meetings well-prepared, his advice is insightful yet concise. He also has great interpersonal skills and administrative follow up.’
‘Ayesha Brown has always made every effort to know and understand the needs of the client which has been the basis of the professional advice. She is very professional but at the same time very approachable. She has a thorough knowledge within her area of expertise and clearly outlines and explains the relevant aspects.’
‘Roythornes have a very good understanding of how to provide a high-level of service, and that they also take a pleasure in doing that. That isn't common with many other companies I have dealt with.’
‘Joseph Stoehr is friendly, very knowledgeable and able to answer all my questions - and I ask a lot of questions. He has always made me feel that he has unlimited time for me.'
'Joseph Stoehr is able to explain legal concepts in a way that my wife and I can easily understand. That is a rare talent. Joseph delivers on his promises, and I always receive a deliverable in the timeframe we have agreed. Legal documents are well-presented and if there is an area of complexity, Joseph has always pre-identified it, pointed it out and given a verbal precis.’
‘We were most impressed with the advice given to us by Joseph Stoehr, he was friendly, quickly understood our needs and gave excellent advice. New wills were produced reflecting on our true wishes. We felt the costs were very reasonable and good value for money. We would highly recommend this practice, in particular Joseph.’
‘We were immediately impressed by the superb inter-personal skills of Roythornes staff at all levels. We are ordinary working individuals made to feel at ease and given time to understand and identify what we required.’
‘Roythornes strike the correct balance needed to make a customer feel comfortable during the difficult discussions regarding families and finance. In particular the attention and time given to my wife and myself by Mr Joseph Stoehr was exemplary - his manner, knowledge, patience and ability to enable his clients to understand the issues surrounding their concerns is truly exceptional.'
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Tim Galloway