The promotions will take effect from 1 June 2025 with 185 partners now spread across our seven offices.
The promotions span various key sectors, including education, insurance, and real estate, while also covering construction, employment, corporate, commercial and family law.
We have successfully achieved our goal of increasing the percentage of women partners to 33% by 2025, reaching this milestone two years ahead of schedule. From 1 June, women will comprise 40% of total partners, with five more women joining the partnership in the latest round of promotions.
Senior partner, Charles Staveley, commented: “I’m really pleased to see so many of our principal associates advancing to partner this year. As a firm, we’re dedicated to investing in the development of our people, enabling them to reach their full potential and progress to the next level. These promotions are a testament to that commitment, and to the hard work of the lawyers themselves. I wish them all the best and am confident they will continue to thrive within our collaborative partnership.”
Meet our new partners
Siân is an employment lawyer specialising in the education sector. Sian will continue to support the growth of the firm’s market leading education practice with a particular focus on leading employment work in the Midlands region.
Ania is a specialist family lawyer and mediator advising on all aspects of family law, particularly involving complex business cases in the agribusiness sector and cases with international aspects. She works with a wide range of clients, from business owners and industry-leading professionals to international families. Ania will continue to drive the growth of the firm’s top-ranked family law practice, particularly in Cambridge and the East of England.
Emma is a corporate lawyer, supporting clients on a wide range of general corporate work, with a particular expertise in acting for listed companies. She works with a diverse range of businesses across different sectors. Emma will support the growth of the firm’s equity capital markets practice.
Ed is a construction lawyer with a particular expertise in complex transactions, especially in the areas of senior living, retail, residential and regeneration. Ed will also be supporting the firm’s growth in the Cambridge and East of England.
David specialises in defending claims against construction professionals and contractors, and advising insurers on construction related coverage work. David will work alongside Eileen Pathiraja to expand our London insurance team’s construction offering and pursue new client opportunities.
Neil specialises in defending/resolving claims against other lawyers, and this will remain his primary focus as partner. He will also continue to support the growth of the construction team through the defence and policy coverage work he undertakes for insurers and their architect and engineer policyholders. He will also help with wider sector opportunities through collaborating with colleagues outside of insurance to cross sell the wider legal services the firm provide.
Rebecca is a commercial employment lawyer, advising private sector clients on the full range of employment and people issues. She will be supporting the growth of the firm’s employment law practice, with particular focus on the East of England, working out of our Cambridge and Norwich offices.
Laura will focus on the growth of our Oxford-based real estate practice. Alongside substantial investment and development experience, Laura specialises in the education and life sciences sectors, advising on several significant projects both within Oxford and nationwide. She also has a keen interest in ESG and supports clients on the acquisition, sustainable redevelopment and management of assets to realise their ESG aspirations.
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