Beyond Law Group’s specialist legal practice, Beyond Corporate, strengthens its Real Estate team with the appointment of new Solicitor

In response to its record growth over the last 12 months, Beyond Corporate’s Real Estate team has doubled its headcount in 2024. Following the appointment of Associate Martin Blaylock in December 2023, the Real Estate team has made a string of further recruits in 2024, including most recently, Solicitor Sophie Mahood.

Sophie joins the team in August 2024 from Salehs Solicitors in Manchester. Prior to that, she worked at Herbert Smith Freehills in Melbourne Australia, where she gained experience in Real Estate and Environment and Planning. Sophie brings valuable experience across a broad range of commercial property work such as landlord and tenant transactions including the grant and surrender of lease and acquisitions and disposals.

Beyond Corporate’s Real Estate team acts for some of the most prominent entrepreneurial individuals and businesses in the North West and its team is known for the high-quality of its technical advice, together with its grounded approach.

The team’s growth comes following another successful year of growth for Beyond Corporate and its Real Estate Team. Beyond Corporate’s Real Estate Team made The Legal 500 rankings in both 2022 and 2023, with the team’s highlights including instructions on various build to rent projects with a combined value in excess of £500 million. Additionally, the team has led on numerous care sector projects which together have a combined value of over £100 million and further acquisitions of hotel restaurant units to fuel the continued expansion of the Gino D’Acampo restaurant chain.

Beyond Corporate is a specialist practice of Beyond Law Group, the disruptive legal business whose strategy is to create, build and manage specialist legal practices under one modern business structure. Beyond Law Group’s unique and innovative business structure brings corporate and consumer legal services together, whilst enabling its practices to tailor a specialist boutique approach to its client audience.

Sophie Mahood comments on her appointment: “I am excited to be joining a modern, disruptive law firm with a strong reputation and a commitment to its chosen markets. I am looking forward to supporting the growth of Beyond Corporate’s highly regarded Real Estate team and to further enhance its already impressive presence in the North-West market.”

James Corlett, Managing Partner of Beyond Corporate, comments: “It has been an unbelievable year of growth for Beyond Corporate’s Real Estate team, and the appointment of Sophie will support and drive this growth further. The calibre of the team means that we can support a wider and deeper range of clients, which is translating into successful outcomes across the practice.”

Matt Fleetwood, Founder and Chief Executive, added: “The Real Estate Team has experienced 12 months of incredible success, as evidenced by the calibre of new appointments in the team. The Group is growing at an exponential rate, which is helping us to attract top talent such as Sophie in an extremely competitive market. It is a very exciting time for Beyond Law Group, its practices and our people.”