Joanne studied at Leicester University and after qualifing in 1999 spent 4 years at DLA and a further year at Cobbetts Manchester, joining Forshaws in 2005 as an associate solicitor.

Joanne has 7 years commercial property experience acting for a wide variety of clients including national retail and leisure operators, banks and commercial and office developers. She is also involved in multi-million pound asset sales and finance transactions.