Our People

Christina Yardley is the CEO of Rothera Bray and is based at our Nottingham HQ. She leads the firm’s strategic direction and day-to-day operations, fostering a client-focused, ethical, and collaborative culture that benefits both clients and colleagues.

Tim qualified as a solicitor in 1983, giving him 40 years of legal experience. He specialises in advising a wide range of companies on corporate and commercial affairs and transactions.

Natalie works in our Nottingham office. She is a Partner and Employment Law specialist with over 15 years’ experience representing businesses, directors and senior executives across a range of employment services including settlement agreements, discrimination, dismissals and redundancy.

Jeremy Allen is a Wills, Probate and Trusts specialist at Rothera Bray Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market offices in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Greg qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and has specialised in Personal Injury for more than 20 years. As Head of Serious Personal Injury, he leads this award-winning team that is listed in the Chambers and Legal 500 directories. He acts for clients who have suffered life changing injuries. Greg also specialises in clinical negligence claims.

Catherine deals with all types of commercial property work and has acquired substantial experience in acting for residential property developer clients in the acquisition and disposal of development land. She’s based at our Leicester office.  

Anton Balkitis leads the Transport Law team and is a nationally recognised Transport and Motoring Law specialist at the law firm Rothera Bray Solicitors.

Ruth Ball is a Managing Associate and the Head of Corporate & Individual Insolvency at Rothera Bray and is based at our Lace Market, Nottingham and Market Harborough offices.

Richard Bates leads the Dispute Resolution team at Rothera Bray. Richard is a litigation specialist and can provide a wide range of services to both commercial and private clients.

Ann-Marie Bowman is Partner and Chairwoman of East Midlands-based law firm Rothera Bray Solicitors. Working from our Nottingham and Derby offices, Ann-Marie remains highly committed to her fee-earning work in Family law, dealing with all aspects of children law.

Robin heads up the Rothera Bray IT team and brings many years’ experience in that field, mostly within the legal sector.

Rebecca is a Partner and Head of the family law team and is based at our Kayes walk, Nottingham office.

Richard Hammond is a Risk and Compliance specialist at our Lace Market office in Nottingham. Richard is also a notary public, processing client documents for international use.

Ian leads the Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence department in Leicestershire having worked there for over 26 years, as a Partner for over 23 of those years. He specialises in a wide range of high value serious injury claims. He’s based in our Leicester city centre office.

David Kaplan is a partner in our Corporate and Commercial team and is based at our Derby city centre office. David has been advising businesses for nearly 30 years and is recognised by Legal 500 as a Leading Individual.

Sarah Poole is Rothera Bray’s HR Director and is based at our Lace Market office in the heart of Nottingham city centre.

Philipa Roberts is the Finance Director at Rothera Bray Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market office in Nottingham city centre.

Russell Thompson is a Partner in the Commercial Property department at Rothera Bray Solicitors and is based at our Lace Market office.