Yorkshire law firm, LCF Law, has appointed Joseph McCullough as a senior associate in the real estate team, while Sam Durling joins the corporate team.
Joseph has nearly two decades of experience in commercial property law, having qualified in 2008. He specialises in advising developers and businesses on a wide range of real estate matters, from development projects to business property transactions. His work covers site acquisitions, joint ventures and collaboration agreements, finance arrangements, estate set-up, and lease restructures.
He has recently acted for a national retailer on multiple store acquisitions, advised national housing developers on site acquisitions and financing, and supported a well-known café chain in York and Leeds on the sale of its business and assets.
Sam, who qualified in 2022, has quickly earned a reputation as a rising star, being recognised in the prestigious Legal 500 in 2024. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, share and asset disposals, restructures and governance matters.
Sam has worked with family-owned and owner-managed businesses across a range of sectors including healthcare, hospitality, nurseries and manufacturing. His recent highlights include guiding a high-net-worth individual through a complex acquisition, advising on an asset sale to secure significant deferred consideration and guiding a challenging shareholder buyout to a successful resolution.
LCF Law’s managing partner, Ragan Montgomery, said: “These appointments reflect our ongoing commitment to attracting highly skilled lawyers who share our values and our drive to deliver clear, practical and commercially focused advice.
“Joseph’s depth of experience in the real estate sector will be invaluable to our developer and business clients as he takes a clear, proactive approach, which helps clients minimise risk, and he progresses projects with the utmost confidence.
“Sam is well known for his commercial awareness and pragmatic problem-solving, with one client describing him as being the most valuable player in a high-stakes transaction, and his technical expertise and client-first approach strengthens our corporate team further. Both will play an important role in supporting the firm’s growth and helping our clients achieve their goals.”
