Tiffany Cloynes has joined Capsticks as Partner and Head of the firm’s local government sector. Tiffany will be dedicated to working with local government organisations across the country and advising them on major property development schemes of all types. This will further increase Capsticks’ presence in acting for local government clients, for whom the firm already provides real estate, procurement, housing management, planning, employment and corporate and commercial support. She is well known as a go-to advisor for local government organisations, building strong relationships with them and their teams.

Tiffany is joining Capsticks from Geldards, where she headed up the Public Sector Team. Tiffany has led on many impressive projects in the local government space, including acting for Derbyshire County Council in relation to the South Derbyshire Growth Zone utilising £46.9 million from the Levelling Up Fund (the largest single allocation in the UK). She has an excellent reputation and substantial experience of acting on large scale, complex regeneration and infrastructure projects and is recognised as a leader in her field by clients. Underpinning this experience is extensive knowledge and practical experience of public and administrative law.

Sam Hopkins, Partner and Head of Real Estate, said:

“Welcoming Tiffany means we will be taking our service offering to local government clients to the next level. Tiffany’s wealth of experience will bring fresh perspective and new ideas to the table, equipping our team to take on new and complex local government development projects of all types, building on the work that the team already provides.”

Senior Partner, Rachael Heenan, commented:

“As a firm we are committed to providing high quality service to our clients that work tirelessly to make a difference. The local government sector needs specialist support as it faces pressure to deliver crucial services, be innovative and to think ahead. With Tiffany at the firm we can continue the Capsticks’ teams work in offering this support to our clients, so they can focus their efforts on the communities they work within.”

Capsticks aim is to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference. Our purpose is to be the legal advisers that clients want by their side, providing innovative and practical solutions tailored to our sectors’ unique challenges. Our lawyers work together as one team with the same values: putting people first, doing the right thing and always forward thinking.