Strategic Birmingham promotion by property consultancy Vail Williams

It is among 20 firm-wide changes which include six new LLP (limited liability partnership) members– taking the firm’s total to 21 – as well as new partners and associates.

Stephen Hobbs, based in Birmingham, a partner and the firm’s head of valuation, becomes an LLP member.

He joined Vail Williams in 2016 and offers property valuation advice for banks, accountants, solicitors, developers and private clients.

Stephen has worked for all of the main banks and for many of the specialist property lenders, having previously split his time between valuation work and insolvency/recoveries work for banks and insolvency practitioners.

Over the last five years or so, has accepted a number of appointments as an expert witness, providing retrospective valuation advice to instructing solicitors and their clients. Stephen has appeared in court and at mediation proceedings.

The other five new Vail Williams LLP members are Guy Parkes (Thames Valley, partner), Suzanne Holloway (Gatwick, regional managing partner), David Ramsay, (South Coast, partner and head of planning), Joe Walker South Coast, partner and head of lease advisory) and Charlie Nicholson (Surrey, regional managing partner).

The promotions follow Vail Williams’ change in leadership at the beginning of June with Danny George taking on the role of managing partner from Matthew Samuel-Camps, who stepped down after a decade at the helm.

Danny said the end of financial year promotions were particularly well deserved and demonstrated Vail Williams’ unwavering belief in rewarding exceptional hard work as well as developing and retaining its own top talent.

“I congratulate my colleagues who have achieved a promotion. To me this reflects the incredible dedication shown by everyone who is adding value to this driven and successful firm as we embark on a new and ambitious growth plan.

“Our six new LLP members add a vast breadth of experience and unrivalled varied sector specialism to the partnership and I look forward to working closely with everyone as we face the challenges ahead, take the opportunities we’ve identified and strive to offer an even better service to our valued clients.”

The promotions come as Vail Williams launches a new three-year business plan aimed at further innovation, service excellence and sustainable growth.

Vail Williams’ full-service property advice includes commercial agency, investment and development advice, building consultancy, property valuation, planning, lease advisory, property asset management, business rates and occupier consultancy.