By DAC Beachcroft

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Published 27 April 2023

Overview

International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce the promotion of 14 colleagues to Partner across the entire business, as well as 20 promotions to Legal Director. The promotions will take effect from 1 May 2023.

Senior Partner Virginia Clegg said, “At DACB we pride ourselves on being the place where talented people want to work, and this group of Partners and Legal Directors demonstrates we are succeeding in attracting and nurturing the very best. 

“On behalf of the entire firm, I want to thank our new Partners and Legal Directors for their contributions to our business so far and congratulate them on their well-deserved promotions.  I wish them every continued success in their careers.”

The new DAC Beachcroft partners are:

Birmingham
Gemma Conway* (Claims Solutions)
Richard Rowe* (Claims Solutions)
Andrew Thomson (Claims Solutions) 

Bristol
Richard Budge (Real Estate)
Rebecca Whear (Claims Solutions)  

Leeds
Mathew McGee (Business Services)
Chris Waite* (Health, Care & Public Law) 

London
Rebecca Austin (Insurance – Professional and Financial Lines)
James Knight (Claims Solutions)
Lisa Skipp* (Commercial Litigation) 

Manchester
Michelle Corrigan (Employment)
Rhian Greaves (Claims Solutions)
Will Swift (Claims Solutions) – promoted 1 January 2023 

Newport
Katie Scarpato* (Claims Solutions)


DAC Beachcroft’s new Legal Directors are:  Richard Bell* (Real Estate – Leeds), Jonathan Bond (Real Estate – Newcastle), Alexandra Bridges (Claims Solutions – Bristol), Paul Corris (Employment – Manchester), Satnam Dadra* (Claims Solutions – Birmingham), Jo Dumphy* (Commercial Litigation – Manchester), Sarah Foster* (Health, Care & Public Law – Newcastle), Ilana Gilbert* (Insurance – Property Casualty – London), Steven Harrison (Claims Solutions – Birmingham), James Hazlett (Insurance Litigation – Leeds), Melanie Lewis (Claims Solutions – Newport), Annabel Lingham (Claims Solutions – Birmingham), Amanda McClimond (Claims Solutions – Belfast), Orla McElroy (Claims Solutions – Belfast), Betul Milliner (Commercial Litigation – Bristol), Bhavini Patel* (Real Estate – London), Kai Ricciardiello (Real Estate – Leeds), Tessa Rook (Insurance Litigation – Bristol), Katharine Taylor (Clinical Risk – Newcastle), and David Withers* (Commercial Litigation – Bristol).

 


*Indicates they trained or qualified with DACB

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