North West law firm DWF unveils refurbished Liverpool office and reveals 28 new promotions

Law firm DWF has unveiled the refurbishment of its Liverpool office in St Paul’s Square and 28 new promotions.

Its refreshed workspace includes 180 traditional desk settings, a new client suite, meeting rooms, and a social/breakout area for colleagues to facilitate modern and flexible working.

DWF, which was founded in Liverpool but is now headquartered in Manchester and has offices across the world, has promoted insurance lawyers Hannah Fitzgerald and Joanne Baker to partner.

Also among those promoted in the insurance team are lawyers Jane Basnett, Laura Ingram, Mark Hill, Sarah Louise Carragher, alongside finance and restructuring lawyer Thomas Murphy, who have all been promoted to director.

The firm, which recently reported that revenue has increased by 8% in the first half of its financial year, has made 238 promotions globally. This includes 13 new promotions to partner or partner-equivalent roles.

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Julie Simms, managing partner of DWF in Liverpool, said: “I am delighted to see so many well-deserved promotions in Liverpool again this year and I would like to congratulate each of them on their success.

“This is an exciting new chapter for our Liverpool office as we also open our newly refurbished office space at the beginning of this month, which has been designed with both our people and our clients in mind.”

The full list of promotions are:

• Hannah Fitzgerald, partner
• Joanne Baker, partner
• Jane Basnett, director
• Laura Ingram, director
• Mark Hill, director
• Sarah Louise Carragher, director
• Thomas Murphy, director
• Samantha Gilboy, partnerships manager
• Clemma Franklin, senior associate
• Patrick Higham, senior associate
• Rachelle Louise Tart, senior associate
• Sean Batterton, barrister (senior associate)
• Alex Hindmarsh, associate
• Amy Kelly, associate
• Charlotte Bennett, associate
• James Barker, associate
• Jessica Geraghty-Whitehead, associate
• Nicola Jane Jeanrenaud, associate
• Victoria Warrilow, associate
• Danielle Maddison, senior paralegal
• Taylor Watson, senior paralegal
• Taylor Wright, senior paralegal
• Dan Kelly, lead paralegal
• Lauren Winnington, lead paralegal
• Leah Reynolds, lead paralegal
• Patricia Collum, lead paralegal
• Samuel MacLennan, lead paralegal
• Shaun Davies, lead paralegal