Top environmental law expert Trevor Hellawell has joined forces with fast growing commercial law firm Bright LLP to further increase its comprehensive commercial property offering.
Trevor is a solicitor and law lecturer with over 15 years' experience of training and consultancy in environmental law. He has taught for the College of Law and the University of Exeter as well as providing courses for the likes of the Ministry of Defence and General Motors.
As well as running his own consultancy, he has been a member of the Law Society's Planning and Environmental Law Committee and is the author of the Society's Environmental Law Handbook, now in its sixth edition, and Blackstone's Guide to Contaminated Land .
Bright managing director Andy Price commented: “Specialist environmental lawyers are very difficult to find so we are delighted that Trevor has joined us. His vast experience in the West Country will be of a huge benefit to us and our clients.”
Trevor Hellawell added: “Bright LLP has one of the largest commercial property teams in the region so I am very pleased to be able to advise its growing client base on the environmental issues facing their business. The South West as a region is a very rich and diverse natural environment, and we need to balance enterprise against preserving our cultural heritage for future generations.”
Since starting up in 2006, Tamar Science Park based Bright LLP now has over 30 staff advising South West companies on corporate, commercial, employment, property and health & safety law.