Executive Advocate joins Andersons

Legal Executive Advocate Faizal Essat has joined Andersons Solicitors in Nottingham. He was formerly Head of Legal and Special Projects at Imperial International Ltd.

Faizal, who’s 40, has 15 years experience handling high value personal injury claims and is also an expert in intellectual property. He was brought up in Leicester where he has acted as legal consultant to various mosques and Muslim organisations. He won the inaugural ILEX Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year award in 2005.

Andrew Scott, Dispute Resolution Partner at Andersons, said: “We are delighted that Faizal has agreed to join us because he is a highly skilled lawyer with huge experience acting for both claimants and defendants on a variety of issues from race discrimination claims to commercial disputes. He will strengthen our team enormously and also help raise our profile in the Muslim community.”