Contact details
Direct Line: 01423 543 126
Email: KhalShahjahan@berwins.co.uk
Khal Shahjahan
Senior Associate I Residential Property
About Khal
Khal is part of Berwins' industry accredited residential property team. He has almost 20 yeas' legal experience, much of which has been gained with Yorkshire based firms, particularly those centered around Harrogate, Ripon and Boroughbridge. He specialises in all aspects of residential conveyancing.
External Roles
Experience
Hobbies
External Roles
Khal is Honorary Secretary of Ripon Operatic Society
Experience
Khal was born in Kent and read Biology with Education at the University of York, graduating in 1999. Changing direction shortly after, he went on to complete postgraduate study in law at the University of North London in 2000 followed by a legal practice course at the College of Law in York, which he completed in 2001.
Initially practicing with a full service London firm, he eventually felt the call of the North and returned to Yorkshire in 2004 where he worked as a senior conveyancer for a UK 200 law firm based in Leeds before taking up the role of partner in Harrogate firm between 2007 and 2013.
After a brief spell as director and head of conveyancing at another Harrogate practice, Khal became a property consultant with Boroughbridge based firm until 2017, when he accepted the role of senior solicitor and the head of residential property South Yorkshire practice.
Khal joined Berwins in 2018 as an associate in the firm's industry accredited residential conveyancing department.
Hobbies
Fluent in Bengali as well as proficient in Hindi & Urdu, Khal is also an avid fund-raiser, actively having raised money over the years for the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund in memory of his mother and treading the boards alongside the talented amateur dramatics charity, Ripon Operatic Society.