Romanian lawyer qualifies at Sydney Mitchell

Romanian Solicitor Ligia Bob recently qualified to become the only dual qualified (England and Romania) lawyer to work in a firm within the West Midlands, according to Law Society statistics. With only 39 firms in the country with a Romanian qualified lawyer, Ligia is pretty unique.

Trained and qualified whilst at Sydney Mitchell LLP, Ligia remains at the firm and specialises in commercial litigation and employment disputes.

Ligia moved from Romania in March 2007 and at that time was unable to speak any English. After teaching herself English (and is now fluent), she joined Averta Employment Lawyers in October 2007. She then moved to Sydney Mitchell in February 2009 where she studied for her exams before qualifying in March 2010.

Upon being admitted as a solicitor, Ligia says, "I am so pleased to have qualified as a solicitor and I would like to explore the opportunity of undertaking more international work from Romania".