Shoosmiths announces promotions

Leading UK law firm Shoosmiths has announced seven new partners in its May promotions round.

The promotions are across the firm’s corporate, real estate and business advisory divisions.

Shoosmiths’ new partners are:

Real estate: Kirsty Chalkley (Milton Keynes), Su Kemp (Nottingham), Lauren Miller (Glasgow), William Seymour (London)

Corporate: Aleks Bosch (Milton Keynes), Helen Burnell (Birmingham)

Business advisory: Nick Vernon (Employment, Birmingham)

In addition, Shoosmiths has promoted nine to legal director and 22 to principal associate.

Shoosmiths chairperson, Peter Duff, said:

“We’d like to congratulate our promotees who took on their new roles on 1 May. We would also like to share our thanks to them for their respective contributions to Shoosmiths over the years.

“They have shown an exceptional dedication to clients, and great commerciality and drive. I have no doubt these individuals will do a great job of supporting and growing the business in the years to come.

He added: “As a firm we have an exceptional level of talent and we are committed to nurturing and further developing that, to further support our people and to underpin our new strategy.”

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