Gateley announces two senior appointments in Manchester

National legal and professional services group, Gateley has announced two senior management appointments from within its Manchester corporate team.

Paul Jefferson, who is a corporate partner and the office head for Gateley in Manchester, has joined Gateley’s strategic board.

Charles Glaskie, who is also a Manchester based corporate partner, has been appointed to head the Corporate Platform, being one of Gateley’s four market-facing Platforms offering to clients complementary legal and consultancy services.  The Corporate Platform brings together the skills of corporate, banking and finance, tax, commercial and restructuring lawyers in Gateley Legal with experienced consultants in Gateley’s inward investment business, International Investment Services.  The Corporate Platform sits alongside Gateley’s other Platforms in business services, people and property.

Paul and Charles both have many years of transactional corporate experience, having led on a variety of M&A deals and private equity transactions.

The Corporate Platform comprises more than 170 fee earners across the Group with Platform revenue of £38.1m reported for the financial year ended 30 April 2022. Gateley has recently announced Group revenues of £137.2m an increase of 13% on the previous year.

Paul said: “It’s a signal of the weight of our offering in the North West and the potential for growth that we see in the regional market that we have two new senior appointments working out of our Manchester base. I am delighted to join the board of Gateley and I’m passionate about the continued growth of the business and driving the engagement and development of our people. I am also confident that bringing a corporate perspective to the board will enhance the considerable strength of the existing senior leadership team.”

Charles added: “I am excited to be taking on the role of corporate Platform head for the Group. With approximately 20% of Group revenues now being from consulting businesses on our Platforms and with significant additional diversification opportunities, I am looking forward to helping build on that positive momentum in my new role.”

Rod Waldie, CEO of Gateley, said: “The teams on our Corporate Platform are highly regarded and are significant contributors to the ongoing growth and development of Gateley.  These two appointments from within our corporate legal services team are exciting and progressive.

“A core part of our strategy is to continue to diversify on each of our Platforms to enhance the range and depth of services to our clients.  Paul and Charles both have the experience and vision needed to help us to continue our journey to become a differentiated professional services business that delights our clients, inspires our people and supports the communities in which we are located.”