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30 April 2021
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Kingsley Napley—two promotions

Double partner promotion in real estate & construction and public law teams

Law firm Kingsley Napley LLP is pleased to announce that Vanessa Rhodes and Nick Wrightson are being promoted to the role of partner in the real estate & construction and public law teams respectively, with effect from 1 May 2021.  

  • Vanessa Rhodes' (pictured) practice spans commercial and residential property. She acts for high-net worth individuals, investors, developers, landlords and tenants on a wider range of property related matters including residential sales and purchases in central London; the acquisition and disposal of residential property developments; commercial lettings; property financing and portfolio management. She will be joining four other partners in Kingsley Napley's real estate & construction team and has worked at the firm for over ten years. 
  • Nick Wrightson specialises in administrative and public law. He acts for prominent private companies, individuals and organisations as well as public bodies – often in contentious, high profile and politically inflected cases. His areas of expertise include judicial review and statutory challenges (particularly in commercial and regulatory contexts); advising on the interpretation of legislation and regulation; representing key participants in major public inquiries and complex inquests; and freedom of information matters. Nick joined the firm in 2017 and is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings). He becomes the fifth partner in Kingsley Napley’s respected Public Law team. 

Linda Woolley, managing partner of Kingsley Napley, comments: 'I am delighted to welcome Vanessa and Nick to the partnership. They have both made excellent contributions recently to their busy and growing practice areas and their promotions are thoroughly well-deserved.'
 
These promotions bring the total number of partners at the firm to 69 (37 of which are female [54%]). They follow the recent arrival of four lateral hires to the partnership this year (since January 2021)—Peter Metcalfe (real estate & construction); Grant Incles (medical negligence & personal injury); Christina Kelly (corporate & commercial) and Michael Mulligan (dispute resolution). 

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