Chris Ayre (Non Solicitor - Head of Finance & Operations)

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Chris Ayre

Chris is Spalding born and bred and joined Maples as an Office Junior in August 2001 straight from Spalding Grammar School at the age of 17.

Over the years Chris has progressed within the firm initially taking over the role of IT Manager in 2003 and then together with acting as assistant legal cashier from 2005 onwards.

Chris assumed the role of Office Manager in 2013 and then in 2017 stepped up to also become our Senior Legal Cashier.

Over the years Chris has taken on more and more management and oversees the firm’s compliance for Lexcel, CQS and the like. Chris oversees all the finances and administration within the firm from preparing Estate Accounts for the Probate Department to dealing with all HR matters including recruitment (and everything in between). Chris is the firms COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration).

From 1^st January 2021, Chris was made a Partner of the firm in his 20^th year after starting with us.

Outside of work, Chris combines his love of sport with spending time with his young family. Chris also serves as Honorary Treasurer to the Spalding Sunday Football League.

Newly Appointed Partner

Maples Solicitors LLP are delighted to announce Chris Ayre became a Partner of the firm from 1^st January 2021.

Managing Partner Mrs Anita Toal said “Chris has been a loyal member of the team since he joined us as a fresh-faced teenager and office junior many years ago. Over the years, Chris has increasingly taken on more and more responsibility and has been responsible for most of the day to day management of the firm for some time. Chris’s support of and commitment to Maples has been consistently outstanding-never more so in 2020. We hope Chris will help the firm continue to flourish for many years to come”.

Chris commented “Maples has been like a home to me for nearly 20 years so I was thrilled when the very unexpected offer of Partnership was made. 2020 was a challenging year for everyone and let’s hope 2021 can be the start of a new brighter future”.

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