LAW firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes has appointed solicitor Niall Kilfoil to its employment team.

Working alongside managing partner Claire Singleton and Jonathan Mansfield, Niall will offer his employment law expertise to the Orpington-based firm's many business clients as well as to senior employees.

Before moving into law, Niall worked for 10 years with leading international advertising agencies.

He studied at The College of Law, London in the mid-1990s and qualified as a solicitor with solicitors in Enfield, Middlesex.

Clarkson Wright and Jakes was founded in 1875. Now based at Valiant House, Knoll Rise, Orpington, it is one of the largest and oldest firms in the south east operating in one location.