Our 25 promotions to strengthen our expertise across multiple practice areas

The new appointments have been made across multiple practice areas. Our newly appointed partners include Lewis Couth in the Real Estate Litigation team, Laura Lister in the Finance team, Michael O’Halloran in the Corporate team, and Charlotte Smith in the Employment team.

This year marks our first cohort of partners who have progressed through our Forge programme, an initiative designed to equip future and existing partners with the skills, mindset, and knowledge necessary to excel in their roles as a partner and drive us to success. The programme is built around 3 main pillars to make our path to partnership more transparent. These pillars include understanding the ever-changing legal landscape, growing our business, and leading our people.

This follows the recent appointment of our 3 major lateral hires, with partners Lee Gordon, Simon Ingham and Nick Stubbs joining us in April to strengthen our Infrastructure & Energy, Commercial Dispute Resolution, and Commercial & Technology teams.

Speaking on the new appointments, our Managing Partner, Jeanette Burgess, said:

“I would like to congratulate all our colleagues this year for their hard work and dedication. These promotions are very well deserved and reinforce our commitment to continued investment in our people, as we focus on implementing our 3-year strategy to attract and retain the top talent.

We’ve embedded an award-winning sustainable career offering, giving our people not only a great place to work, but access to high-calibre work and the opportunity to shape their professional development. The success of our firm is a testament to our people, and I look forward to seeing them all continue to flourish as they build their careers here at Walker Morris.”

Our newly appointed colleagues include:

Partners
• Lewis Couth – Real Estate Litigation
• Laura Lister – Finance
• Michael O’Halloran – Corporate
• Charlotte Smith – Employment

Directors
• Asia Munir – Real Estate Litigation
• Sam Parkinson – Construction
• Kathryn Vickers – Commercial Dispute Resolution

Senior Associates
• Adam Bertram – Infrastructure & Energy
• Michael Cordeaux – Regulatory
• Kieran Craddock – Commercial Dispute Resolution
• Lauren Emmett-Lee – Construction
• Liam Faulkner – Employment
• Jack Gale – Commercial Unit
• Emma Garside – Real Estate
• Tim Howden – Sports
• Ruth Jowett – Employment
• Jordon Kellett – Real Estate Litigation
• Evelyn Lewzey – Corporate
• Jessica Padget – Regulatory
• William Procter – Corporate
• Oliver Ray – Construction
• Jake Smith – Infrastructure & Energy
• Jessica Stanley – Corporate
• Josh Waddington – Finance Unit
• Oliver Wheeler – Finance Unit

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