Osborne Clarke promotionsUK Duo Favours Women in Latest Bumper Promotion Rounds
Osborne Clarke and BLM are the latest firms to announce their promotions, with both favouring women.
May 17, 2019 at 04:22 AM
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U.K. firms Osborne Clarke and BLM have both achieved a female majority in their latest partner promotion rounds.
U.K.-based insurance and dispute resolution law firm BLM announced its largest promotion round since 2014, making up 21 associates to its partnership. Last year, it promoted 16.
Nearly three quarters of the promotions are women, which is its highest proportion in at least 10 years, according to the firm. The promotions mean 44% of the firm's 234 partners are female.
The promotions span six of the firm's seven practice areas, including claims solutions, large loss and technical, speciality and financial lines, and commercial advisory and private wealth.
This year's promotions see just one lawyer made up in London, 12 in Manchester, two in Birmingham, one in Southampton, one in Liverpool, three in Dublin, and one in Glasgow.
Meanwhile, Osborne Clark has also had a bumper round, making up eight lawyers compared with last year's five.
Five of the eight new partners are female – the largest percentage of women the firm has made up in five years. The firm said one of the new female partners completed the process while on maternity leave, and two others are currently working part-time. The promotions will take effect from May 22 and take the partnership to 260, 23% of who are women.
BLM and Osborne Clarke are the latest law firms to announce increased promotion rounds this year, with firms citing a desire to retain talent as the key driver behind this trend.
Osborne Clarke 2019 partner promotions in full:
- Alexandra Gower – real estate
- Alison Riddle – funds,
- Anastasia Gorokhova – real estate
- Anna Williams – advertising and marketing
- Charles Crowne – commercial disputes
- Dave Kerr – real estate
- Sarah Knight – real estate, energy
- Tom Try – corporate fintech
BLM 2019 partner promotions in full:
- Alexandra Payne – large loss and technical, Manchester
- Alison Noonan – large loss and technical, Manchester
- Andrew Knight – commercial advisory and private wealth, Manchester
- Carol Eaton – claims solutions, Birmingham
- Clare Durkin – commercial advisory and private wealth, Manchester
- Daniel West – speciality and financial lines, London
- Garrett Cormican – professional indemnity – property, Ireland, Dublin
- Gemma Parker – large loss and technical, Southampton
- Jen Forster – claims solutions, Manchester
- Jennifer Bebbington – speciality and financial lines, Manchester
- Jodi Hargreaves – claims solutions, Birmingham
- Kat Lees – large loss and technical, Manchester
- Kirsty Yuill – personal injury claims, Scotland, Glasgow
- Laura D'Arcy – commercial advisory and private wealth, Manchester
- Laura Topping – claims solutions, Manchester
- Lucy Coleman – claims solutions, Liverpool
- Maria Kidd – claims solutions, Manchester
- Mark Hanson – large loss and technical, Manchester
- Olivia Treston – defence litigation, insurance law and risk management, Ireland, Dublin
- Richard Gould – speciality and financial lines, Manchester
- Sinead Connolly – insurance law, Ireland, Dublin
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