Promotions have been awarded across all three of the firm’s core business groups, with individual practice area promotions spanning corporate, commercial, employment, family, marine and health

 

Liverpool law firm Hill Dickinson has promoted19 lawyers to senior associate roles.

The promotions have been awarded across all three of the firm’s core business groups, with individual practice area promotions spanning corporate, commercial, employment, family, marine and health.

Seven of the new senior associates have been with Hill Dickinson from the start of their career, having  completed their training contracts with the firm. And, of the 19, more than half are female. The firm has a stated ambition to double the number of women in senior roles by 2024.

Peter Jackson, chief  of Hill Dickinson, congratulated the new senior associates, saying: ‘The opportunity to recognise, through promotion, the diligence, technical excellence and exemplary client care demonstrated by our junior lawyers, is always a personal highlight.

“These 19 new senior associates are part of Hill Dickinson’s future and will help carry the business and, importantly, our values, forward, as we continue to grow. On behalf of their individual business group leaders, their colleagues and our board of directors, I wish them every success as they continue to build their careers with us.”

Seven of the new senior associates have been with Hill Dickinson from the start of their career, having  completed their training contracts with the firm. The newly promoted senior associates (which includes senior chartered legal executives) are:

Business Services Group

Nicola Brand – employment commercial, Liverpool – senior chartered legal executive

Jack Delaney – corporate commercial, london – senior associate

Francois De Lange – corporate commercial, london – senior associate

Sam Hudson – corporate commercial, london – senior associate

Rebecca Layton – corporate, Liverpool – senior associate

Sean Lightfoot – corporate, Manchester – senior associate

Sarah McCarthy – family, Liverpool – senior chartered legal executive

Joe Orme – employment commercial, Liverpool – senior associate

Jon Scally – commercial litigation, Liverpool – senior associate

Katie Somerville – corporate, Manchester – senior associate

Phil Wallbank – corporate, Liverpool – senior associate

Health Business Group

Rohana Abeywardana – health litigation, London – senior associate

Claire Christopholus – health litigation, Liverpool – senior associate

Sion Davies – healthcare, Manchester – senior associate

Chantelle Gough – health litigation, London – senior associate

Amy Lewis-Clark – health litigation, Leeds – senior associate

Lydia Shelton – health litigation, London – senior associate

Marine Business Group

Rosie Goncare, shipping, London – senior associate

Trudie Protopapas, shipping, London – senior associate