Annual Partner Promotions Round Shows Full Suite of Expertise Across Personal And Business Legal Services

Irwin Mitchell has promoted 14 colleagues to Partner in its latest annual promotions round covering a wide range of personal and business legal services.

The Partner promotions bring the total number of promoted colleagues to 124 including those promoted to Associate (52 promotions), Senior Associate (32) and Legal Director (21) roles.

The new Partners span Employment, Public Law, Court of Protection, Medical Negligence, Serious Injury, Asbestos and Occupational Disease, Family Law and the Private Client Advisory team. Regionally they cover Southampton, Manchester, Newcastle, Birmingham, Leeds, Reading and Irwin Mitchell’s newest office in Nottingham.

The new Partners are:

Shazia Shah (Employment, Birmingham), Saoirse De Bont (Public Law, Manchester), Sally Murphy (Court of Protection, Manchester), Helen Smith (Public Law, Newcastle), Becky Brown (Medical Negligence, Southampton), Shahin Master, Medical Negligence, Manchester), Sarah Sharples (Medical Negligence, Manchester), Sharon Williams (Medical Negligence, Manchester), Rosie Reading (Medical Negligence, Birmingham), Nicola Handley (Asbestos and Occupational Disease, Leeds), Hayley Hill (Asbestos and Occupational Disease, Birmingham), Claire Pilsworth (Serious Injury, Sheffield and Nottingham), Jennifer Pollock (Family Law, Bristol) and Sarah Paton (Private Client Advisory, Reading).

Craig Marshall, Group Chief Executive Officer at Irwin Mitchell said: “It's great to see the length of service and career progression that many of our promoted colleagues have experienced with us, along with the various career paths they have taken on their journey to promotion. Their dedication and adaptability are evident, and means that each promoted colleague brings unique experiences and insights to our team.”

Irwin Mitchell passed £300m in revenue in 2024 and has recently opened new offices in Nottingham and Brighton. It has also been expanding in Scotland with investment in Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie which in turn is merging with Davidson Chalmers Stewart (subject to approvals).

The new promotions are active from 1st May 2024 subject to regulatory approval.