Addleshaw Goddard has announced the promotion of 52 of its lawyers across its UK, GCC and Asia offices. Alongside these promotions the Firm has retained 81% of its trainees.
The promotions span all of four of its divisions and see 14 promoted to Legal Director and 38 promoted to Managing Associate.
The newly promoted (not including trainee retentions) are as follows:
Corporate & Commercial
Promoted to Legal Director
- Zulon Begum
- Amy Gatenby
- Jo Hilliard
- Jamie Partridge
- Jonathan Stewart
Promoted to Managing Associate
- Christopher Connors
- Toby Davis
- Beatrice Duke
- Christopher Hallinan
- Tessa Harland
- Charlotte Levy
- Cliff Lui
- James Mort
- Leanne Oddy
- Richard Preston
- Louise Pritchard Hill
- Nicola Severn
- Katie Simpson
- Lyndal Sivell
- Clare Walker
- Rebecca Wells
Finance & Projects
Promoted to Legal Director
- Sarah Foster
- Caroline Gray
- Anna Hodgson
Promoted to Managing Associate
- Alex Clayton
- Ross Cruse
- Philip Dupres
- Annie Liddiment
- Geoffrey McGinley
- Alan MacRitchie
- William Smith
- Louise Wood
- Helen Hunter
- Tom McHugh
Litigation
Promoted to Legal Director
- Louise Dobson
Promoted to Managing Associate
- Matthew Dibb
- Ciara Dunny
- Samantha Haigh
- Jennifer Hedley
- Gareth Jones
- Emily Walters
- David Wigg
Real Estate
Promoted to Legal Director
- Mark Broomfield
- Brian Ghatan
- Christopher Groves
- Ally MacKenzie
- Claire Wilkinson
Promoted to Managing Associate
- Graham Garvie
- Thomas Hurst
- Phil Withey
- Pamela Kaur
- Hanan Taousi-Chahboun
The promotions coincide with the Firm's announcement of an 81% trainee retention rate, which sees 38 trainees remain with the Firm on qualification.
Charles Penney, Senior Partner of Addleshaw Goddard, said: "As a Firm we continue to evolve and adapt to the changing legal profession. A key part of our evolution is ensuring that we continue to reward and retain talent and these promotions and our high trainee retention rate for the year signify the emphasis which we place on rewarding ambition - creating the AG of the future."
The firm has also made 23 promotions across its Transaction Services Team (TST), Business Services teams and Secretarial Services teams.