Hill Dickinson has begun its new financial year by announcing the promotion of 11 of its senior associates to legal director. The promotions are effective from 1 May 2022 and centre on the firm’s three largest UK offices, in Liverpool, London and Manchester.
Spanning all three of Hill Dickinson’s key business groups—Business Services, Marine and Health—the 11 new legal directors cover a range of practice areas, including corporate, real estate, employment, private client health advisory, health litigation and shipping.
Three of the promotions are in the Liverpool office, six in London and two in Manchester.
Congratulating them on their new roles in the firm, Hill Dickinson chief executive Peter Jackson said: 'It gives me great pleasure to support our people in building their careers with Hill Dickinson and see their efforts rewarded by promotion through the ranks.
'These 11 individuals have worked tremendously hard to make their mark within their respective practice area teams and have very bright futures ahead of them. In promoting them to legal director we acknowledge their contribution to the success of our firm and share their pride in becoming senior lawyers at Hill Dickinson. I am delighted to congratulate them all.
'Our growth strategy and aims in respect of gender balance are deliberately steady. This promotions round, as for the past few years, has seen greater numbers of female lawyers coming through, which means we’re steadily improving our balance at senior levels while preserving the culture we’ve worked so hard to maintain.'
The full list of promotions is:
Business Services Group
| Name | Practice Team | Location |
| Rebecca Layton (pictured, top row, far right) | Corporate | Liverpool |
| Emma McIntosh (pictured, middle row, far left) | Real Estate | London |
| Louise McMahon (pictured, middle row, centre) | Real Estate | London |
| Joe Orme (pictured, top row, centre) | Employment | Liverpool |
| Rajveer Sehmi (pictured, middle row, far right) | Corporate | London |
| Will Steed (pictured, bottom row, far left) | Employment | London |
| Alison Batchelor (pictured, top row, far left) | Real Estate | Manchester |
| Katie Austin (pictured, top row, second from the right) | Private Client | Liverpool |
Marine Business Group
| Trudie Protopapas (pictured, bottom row, centre) | Shipping | London |
Health Business Group
| Rohana Abeywardana (pictured, bottom row, centre) | Health Litigation | London |
| Sion Davies (pictured, top row, second from the left) | Health Advisory | Manchester |
