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DAC Beachcroft—multiple promotions

06 May 2022
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Law firm announces promotion of 17 partners

DAC Beachcroft has recently announced the promotion of 17 colleagues to Partner across the entire business. The promotions took effect from 1 May 2022. 

Managing Partner David Pollitt said: ‘Congratulations to our new Partners and Legal Directors on their well-deserved promotions. On behalf of the entire firm, I want to wish them every continued success in their careers and thank them for their contributions to our business so far.’

The new DAC Beachcroft partners are:

  • Kieran Mitchell (Claims Solutions)
  • Emily Exon (Claims Solutions)
  • Toby Hewitt (Corporate Banking & Insolvency)
  • David Kennedy* (Insurance Litigation)
  • Louise O’Reilly (Insurance Litigation)
  • Brian Ormond (Regulatory & Commercial)
  • Annis MacKay (Claims Solutions)
  • Karen Railton (Claims Solutions)
  • Laura Clayburn* (Professional & Commercial Risks)
  • Tim Pickworth (Commercial Litigation)
  • Charlotte Halford* (Commercial & Technology)
  • Darryn Hale (Health, Care & Public Law)
  • Eleanor Ludlum* (Cyber & Data Risk)
  • Jack Holling (Insurance Litigation)
  • Will Naylor* (Insurance Litigation)
  • Chris Air (Commercial & Technology)
  • Lyn Crawford* (Professional & Commercial Risks)

DAC Beachcroft’s new Legal Directors are:

  • Suki Attwal (Employment)
  • Geetika Bansal (Employment)
  • Richard Budge (Real Estate)
  • Sophie Devlin (Health, Care & Public Law)
  • Michelle Dickens (Claims Solutions)
  • Lucy Grivvell* (Commercial Litigation)
  • Barrie Hall (Claims Solutions)
  • James Howett (Claims Solutions)
  • Steven Keenan (Claims Solutions)
  • James Knight (Claims Solutions)
  • Helen Laight (Claims Solutions)
  • Rebecca Maby (Claims Solutions)
  • David Magee (Claims Solutions)
  • Andrew Martin (Professional & Commercial Risks)
  • Peter Newstead* (Claims Solutions)
  • Naomi Park* (Professional & Commercial Risks)
  • Chris Stoate (Corporate Commercial)
  • Richard Wetherell (Claims Solutions)

*Indicates they trained with DACB

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