MINCOFFS has appointed solicitor Chris Elliott to its commercial property team.

Mr Elliott has more than 12 years of experience in commercial property law and joins Mincoffs from Close Thornton in Darlington.

He studied Law at Newcastle University and the Legal Practice Course at Northumbria University and qualified as a solicitor in 2002 into a Tyneside based firm. Since then, he has acted in a wide variety of property transactions from multi-million pound acquisitions and disposals to leases of high street units and acting for a wide range of different clients.

He said "I am delighted to join Mincoffs and am already enjoying working in such a respected commercial law firm which has a great client base. The firm is well placed to go from strength to strength in commercial property."

Ryan Bannon, Commercial Property Partner at Mincoffs said ‘Chris is an excellent addition to the Commercial Property Team at what is an exciting time in the commercial property landscape both regionally and nationally.’