WORCESTER law firm SME Solicitors has secured the expertise of lawyer Rachael Smart to strengthen its business services department.

Mrs Smart qualified in 2003 in corporate law and will be available to assist clients with all aspect of business law from starts up to established businesses. She also has commercial property experience. For the past six years she has worked as clerk to the governors in a local secondary school where, among other things, she worked closely with the governing body and headteacher during the school’s conversion to academy status.

Mrs Smart said: "I have joined SME at a really exciting time. The firm is developing strongly in business services as well as across the board. We are in an excellent position and the feedback from our clients on the expertise we provide is always pleasing.”

Head of business services at the Sansome Walk firm, Yvonne Tivey added: “With her dynamic approach Rachael is ideally placed to give pertinent and commercial guidance to all our business services clients.”