Brabners—four new partners

Brabners has promoted four colleagues to partnership in its latest round of promotions.

Hannah Fawcett (commercial and intellectual property), Leanne Instrall (family), Brendan McAleese (employment, pensions and immigration) and Fiona Tinsley (litigation) have all joined the now 90-strong partnership at the B Corp-certified firm.

Hannah, a dual qualified solicitor and chartered trade-mark attorney, who joined the firm in 2017, leads the beauty and fashion team within Brabners’ retail sector offering, while also playing a key role in developing its broader anti-counterfeiting legal services.

Both Brendan and Leanne joined the firm as trainee solicitors. Brendan specialises in both employment law and business immigration, with a particular focus on the healthcare and professional services sectors, while also actively managing the firm’s relationship with the Association of European Lawyers.

Advising on all areas of family law and financial matters, Leanne is also a qualified collaborative family lawyer. As well as being a member of the family law association Resolution and the chair of its Manchester YRes committee, she also plays an important role in Brabners’ social impact work, leading its social mobility affinity group.

Fiona joined Brabners’ litigation team in 2021 and has since successfully established and grown its clinical negligence and serious and catastrophic injury team. Her team’s work encompasses dealing with all aspects of medical negligence, including delay, misdiagnosis, mismanagement and consent issues.

Managing partner Nik White said: ‘Brabners has evolved significantly over recent years, and that is reflected in our partnership, which continues to welcome ambitious lawyers that live and breathe our values as well as our commitment to bringing about positive change.

‘As someone who started their career with the firm, it’s incredibly satisfying to see more and more partners enjoying the same support and progression as we continue to invest significantly in career pathways and strive to create a more diverse and innovative business.’

Pictured above, left to right: Nik White, Leanne Instrall, Hannah Fawcett, Brendan McAleese and Fiona Tinsley