Irwin Mitchell Announces 43 Associate And Senior Associate Promotions In Sheffield

1st February 2018

Irwin Mitchell n Sheffield has announced that 43 of its employees across its legal and group services teams have been promoted to either associate or senior associate.

From Business Legal Services (BLS) division, the newly promoted senior associates are Emma Windle (Criminal & Regulatory Investigations), Jennifer Walton and Sarah Field-Blesic (Operations). The senior associates in Personal Injury are Simone Hardy (Workplace Illness), Anna Stacey and Georgina Houston (Medical Negligence), Claire Pilsworth, David Withers (Serious Injury). The new Group Services senior associates are Jayne Barton (Operations), Eamon Kelly, David Belfield, Karen Noice (Finance), Wayne Neely (IT), Karen Causier and Marianne Buckley (Risk & Compliance). In the Irwin Mitchell Group subsidiary companies, the new senior associates are Christian Driffield ( Ascent), Lewis Giaramita, John Gillies and Jeff Lader (Irwin Mitchell Asset Management). The new associates are Emily Sinclair, Daniel Woolnough (Real Estate), Kirstie Williamson (Tax, Trusts and Estates - TTE), Maisie Huynh, Joanne Warnock (Family), Guy Rust (Court of Protection), Jodie Davis (Costs), Matthew Newbould (Group Actions), Joanne Witherington (Serious Injury), Samantha Patrick (Public Law) and Katy Bailey (Fast Track). The new group services associates are Thomas Lindsay, Helen York and Sarah Wilson (IT), Melanie Bancroft, Christian Betts, Tom Richardson, Natalie Thorpe and Louise Strutt (Sales & Marketing), Ryan Rowland, Nick Rogers, Philippa Latham (Finance) and Jill Henderson (HR). Group Chief Executive Andrew Tucker said he was proud to be announcing the promotions, particularly as they recognise Irwin Mitchell's strength in depth and its continued focus on developing talent from within. Mr Tucker said: -I'm delighted to confirm and congratulate our new associates and senior associates at Irwin Mitchell. Once again, the successful candidates reflect the range and breadth of talent that we have across the Group. -Irwin Mitchell is a business that has always evolved to meet new challenges and in order to ensure we continue to do this, we believe it is vital to not only recognise but continually invest in our senior members of staff. -Developing our people is a key priority for Irwin Mitchell because they're the ones who'll drive us forward and deliver success for our clients. We have invested heavily in providing a clear pathway for our people to progress, and we look forward to ensuring that our new associates and senior associates are supported on the next step of their career journey. Nationally, Irwin Mitchell announced 117 associate and senior associate promotions. In total, 47 personal injury, 28 business and 10 private wealth lawyers from across 13 offices have been promoted. There are nine promotions within Irwin Mitchell's Group companies, Ascent and IM Asset Management, as well 23 from group services - the business support function which includes marketing, IT, finance, Risk and Compliance and HR