
He takes over from Kerry Glanville, partner and head of the London office at Cripps Pemberton Greenish.
In other new appointments, Hogan Lovells partner Mathew Ditchburn becomes vice chair and treasurer, while Peter Bourke, senior partner at Wilsons, is the new chair of the law reform committee.
This year the PLA celebrated its 25th anniversary and has 1,400 members across the UK.