UK-based Brown Shipley has appointed Rehana Hasan as its head of legal.

Hasan will report to Rachel Macfarlane, group head of legal, and Alan Mathewson, theCEO of Brown Shipley.

Hasan will be responsible for managing the Brown Shipley legal team and also will be a permanent attendee at the UK executive committee and board meetings.

Furthermore, Hasan joins from Tilney where she was group general counsel and company secretary for eight years.

Mathewson said: “Rehana joins us at a time of strategic growth, and the extensive experience she brings from advising wealth managers, including on major mergers and acquisitions, over the past fifteen years, will be invaluable.”

Macfarlane added: “I’m delighted to welcome someone of Rehana’s calibre to the team. Her extensive legal knowledge, particularly within wealth management, and skill in bringing different stakeholders together, will be particularly beneficial to us.”

Hasan commented: “It is an exciting time to be joining Brown Shipley and Quintet. I look forward to working with the UK business and with colleagues across the Group.”