A BRADFORD lawyer has been awarded a coveted qualification. 

Haroon Qayum, partner at LCF Law, has been awarded the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ (STEP) Advanced Certificate in Family Business Governance, passing with Distinction.

STEP is a global professional body, comprising lawyers, accountants, trustees, and other practitioners who help families plan for their futures.

Haroon is part of LCF Law’s Family Business Unit, which includes lawyers from the firm’s private, corporate, employment, property, and disputes departments.

He said: “I have been able to expand my technical knowledge, develop my professional competence and build on my experience and skills that I have developed over my many years in practice, helping families plan for succession, as well as identify and define appropriate governance structures.”