Burges Salmon—five new partners

Burges Salmon has appointed five new partners, all of whom trained at the firm, across teams including real estate, private wealth, dispute resolution, pensions and projects.

Ros Harris, real estate, specialises in renewable and low carbon energy projects with extensive experience in acting for developers, investors and funders at all points in the project life cycle. She has particular expertise in advising on projects that cross over between the energy & utilities and built environment sectors.

Tim Williams, tax, trusts and family, is a private wealth lawyer who works with a broad range of clients, including trustees, entrepreneurs and wealthy families, advising on complex succession and capital tax planning. He advises many landowners around the UK in relation to their estate planning, wealth and business structures, including partnerships, trusts and companies. Tim has a particular focus on development land matters, working with landowners alongside their real estate lawyers to achieve the best outcome for them and their families in succession and tax terms.

Caroline Brown, dispute resolution, specialises in the management of multi-claims litigation, banking and finance disputes, complex contract and misrepresentation claims, and professional negligence. Caroline has extensive experience in advising financial institutions, whether in the context of banking and finance disputes, or in claimant professional liability actions. She advises both claimants and defendants, including the UK government, in dealing with large portfolios of high value and complex claims.

Chris Brown, pensions, advises trustees and companies on all pensions legal issues. His work includes pensions projects (such as bulk transfers, corporate restructuring, valuation negotiations, benefit design changes, regulatory investigations, liability management exercises and buy-ins/outs) and also ‘business as usual’ matters. He has a particular interest in providing strategic advice to employers (including on new solutions for pension provision coming out of the Pension Schemes Act 2021). Chris also leads and hosts the firm’s Pensions Pod podcast series.

Lydia Cullimore, projects, advises clients in the transport sector on a broad range of complex, commercial arrangements. In particular, Lydia specialises in advising clients in the rail industry on rail regulation, passenger rail contracts and passenger operations, rail freight and rail infrastructure projects. Her work includes developing bespoke but practical solutions that address both the regulatory requirements and commercial outputs needed to deliver the best outcome.

Burges Salmon’s managing partner, Roger Bull, said: ‘I’m thrilled to announce the news of this year’s five new partner appointments. It’s particularly pleasing that all of them trained with the firm and to have seen them progress through the ranks to become partners is fantastic.

‘Advising clients across a range of strategically important practices and sectors, Ros, Tim, Caroline, Chris and Lydia are all exceptional lawyers, and each of them has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to nurturing client relationships and cultivating our firm's culture.’