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Meet The Team



Ray Arnall

0161 832 4666
rma@glaisyers.com

Ray was admitted as a solicitor in 1982 and became a Partner in 1988. He specialises in property development and Landlord and Tenant Law. He has advised on a number of high profile regeneration schemes and developments involving bespoke and unusual residential and commercial office schemes.

Julian Bond

0161 832 4666
jxb@glaisyers.com

Julian is a Partner at the Manchester office and head of the Company Commercial department. Julian specialises in advising corporate clients on commercial and legal issues affecting their business including share sales and aquisitions.



Russell Brown

0161 832 4666
rwb@glaisyers.com

Russell joined Glaisyers in 1998 as a trainee solicitor, and was admitted in September 2000. He became a Partner in 2006 and specialises in employment law.

Chris Bryan

0161 224 3311
cjb@glaisyers.com

Chris advises on all issues relating to commercial property, drafting and negotiating leases. He enjoys working with clients in this rewarding area of law and uses the knowledge and experience he has gained over the last 29 years in providing know-how to his colleagues. Chris also helps families when mental capacity becomes a problem for elderly relatives.



Craig Budsworth

0161 833 5662
cxb@glaisyers.com

Craig joined Glaisyers in 1998 and qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives in 2007, becoming a Partner in 2009.

David Burrows

0161 832 4666
djb@glaisyers.com

David was admitted as a solicitor in 1992, but has experience dating back to 1981 when he became a legal executive. He joined Glaisyers as a Partner in 2001 and specialises in residential development.



Mike Charlesworth

0161 832 4666
mnc@glaisyers.com

Mike joined the firm in 1978 after completing a training contract and became a Partner in 1981. Mike has had experience over the years of running a variety of branch offices and had been involved in many aspects of practice including a Spanish legal department dealing with the acquisition and disposal of Spanish properties.

Alison Connolly

0161 832 4666
ajc@glaisyers.com

Alison began at Glaisyers as a paralegal in 1995 then undertook a training contract. She was admitted as a qualified solicitor in 1998 and went on to become a Partner in 2003.



Nick Johnson

0161 832 4666
nrj@glaisyers.com

Nick has been a qualified solicitor since 1985 and has been with the firm for over 25 years, starting as a trainee. He became a Partner in 1989 and has also attained a post graduate diploma in commercial litigation.

Mike Key

0161 832 4666
mxk@glaisyers.com

Mike is a Partner in the commercial litigation department with over 10 years post qualification experience. In addition to undertaking all manner of contractual disputes the primary focus of Mike's work is construction disputes, insolvency/bankruptcy disputes and commercial landlord and tenant disputes.



John McMuldroch

0161 833 5653
jjm@glaisyers.com

John joined Glaisyers in 2008. He qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 1982 and in Scotland in 2006. He also holds an MBA degree.

Eric Quirk

0161 832 4666
erq@glaisyers.com

Eric was admitted as a solicitor in 1975 and joined Glaisyers as a Partner in 2006. With over 30 years in the field Eric is greatly experienced in commercial landlord and tenant law.



Ben Taylor

0161 224 3311
bet@glaisyers.com

Ben Taylor heads up the Housing and Welfare Law Unit at the Longsight office. He qualified as a solicitor in 1994. He joined Glaisyers in 1997 and was elected Partner in 2004. Ben is a coordinator of the North West Housing Law Practitioners Group and regularly provides training to advice workers and lawyers in this field of law.

Elena Waddell

0161 224 3311
ecw@glaisyers.com

Elena started at Glaisyers as a trainee back in 1979. She qualified in 1981 and has been with the company ever since.