One of region’s best-known practitioners in commercial property law has joined an expanding solicitors’ firm near Portsmouth.
Michael Dalton acts as a consultant for commercial law specialist Graeme Quar & Co from June 1st.
The firm, with a head office in Fareham and a recently opened one in Petersfield, saw turnover rise by more than one third over the past 12 months on the back of heightened activity by clients.
Michael is a senior commercial property and business solicitor who operated his own law firm, Daltons, for more than 25 years in south Hampshire, more recently in High Street, Petersfield.
Last summer Michael closed his successful firm and, since then, has been providing legal advice to a select group of London-based clients, dealing with high-value property transactions.
Graeme Quar, managing director, said: “Michael has a market-leading reputation for commercial property legal services and is very well known in the Petersfield business community and will be able to introduce clients to us to expand our base in the market town and along the A3 corridor.
“Also, previous clients of Michael’s firm still seek to utilise his expertise, so we will be able to welcome them to the fold through Michael.
“We are also in active discussions with at least one other consultant, with a view to them joining up, because demand for our services continue to grow and we’re getting a lot of referral work in. There is a lot of activity happening out there by all sorts of businesses, despite or because of the economic headwinds.”
Michael, who lives locally, will be working at Petersfield.
He said: “There are strong synergies between Graeme’s business and what I do, which is acting for entrepreneurs in a range of commercial property transactions, from acquisitions and disposals to lease work.
“I look forward to generating and servicing instructions from clients under the Graeme Quar & Co banner – this is an exciting new chapter for all of us.”
