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12/01/2012 - Criminal law specialists join Challinors Nottingham
Criminal Defence expert Jill Hawkins and Criminal Litigation specialist Richard Bullock have joined the Nottingham office of Midlands law firm Challinors. They become part of Challinors top ranking, thirty-strong dedicated Business and Serious Crime team, which operates across the region. Led by Partner Ghulam Sohail, Challinors Crime team received Band 1 ranking in the latest [...]
31/10/2011 - Challinors scores top rankings in latest Chambers Directory
Crime, Fraud, Family and Clinical Negligence teams and lawyers at Midlands law firm Challinors, have scored highly in the latest Chambers & Partners 2012 UK Directory, launched last week. Challinors 30-strong Business and Serious Crime team, which has offices in the West and East Midlands, has been awarded Band 1, Chambers’ highest ranking, for the [...]
21/10/2011 - Challinors backs international development for East Midlands’ businesses
Law firm Challinors, which has offices in Nottingham and across the region, is confirmed as sole legal sponsor of the East Midlands International Trade Association (emita). Backed by the government body UKTI, emita is a networking organisation for businesses in and around the East Midlands that are engaged in international trade, both export and import. [...]
26/09/2011 - Challinors’ crime and family teams awarded top ranking by Legal 500
The latest edition of the legal professions’ bible, the Legal 500 Directory, regarded as the largest and most in-depth survey of UK legal firms, has awarded the Crime and Family teams of West Midlands law firm Challinors, the highest possible rankings, giving them ‘First Tier’ status. The Crime team’s head Ghulam Sohail, a Partner at [...]
09/06/2011 - 260-mile endurance bike challenge raises over £3000 for charity
A criminal law Associate Solicitor with Challinors, Jolyon Canlin, was one of five amateur cyclists to complete one of Wales’ most grueling long distance cycle routes and raise over £3,000 for charities Help for Heroes and Cancer Research.
10/05/2011 - Local criminal lawyer one of five to cycle Wales for charity
A criminal law Associate Solicitor with Midlands law firm Challinors, Jolyon Canlin, is one of five keen amateur cyclists taking on one of Wales’ most grueling long distance cycle routes from Cardiff to Holyhead, with the target of raising £1500 for charities Help for Heroes and Cancer Research.
What Chambers 2012 Ranking Says
The team offers advice and representation to corporations and private individuals throughout the West Midlands. Sources describe it as an ambitious, responsive and forward-looking firm, and highlights include acting on behalf of a company director in an alleged HMRC construction industry scheme money laundering matter.
Key Individuals Ghulam Sohail is the firm's principal name. He wins increasing market attention for being "addable, open, and honest in his appraisal of the client's position." Sources note that his practice is increasingly national.