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Senior level promotions Paragon Law.

25 November 2010
Issue: 7443 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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A series of new senior level promotions have been announced at Paragon Law.

Deirdre Sheahan and Mark Lilley-Tams both become associates and will now be responsible for individual teams of lawyers. Marcus Worthington takes the position of operations director, driving forward the firm’s systems and processes and Kirin Abbas becomes the new director of legal services taking direct control of the management for the legal services business.

These promotions follow the recent appointment of Ghuffar Usman.
Thalej Vasishta, managing director comments: “2010 marks the seventh year of business for the firm and we can look back at how we’ve developed and grown the team over the years.

Issue: 7443 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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