Pinsent Masons promotes 25 to its partnership

05 Apr 2023 | 07:23 am | 1 min. read

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has promoted 25 to its partnership, boosting its sector-focused professional services capabilities.

Taking effect as of 1 May, the firm’s new partners are based across the firm’s network, with five promoted in Asia Pacific, six across EMEA and 14 in the UK. The new promotions bring the total number of partners to 480.

A range of sectors and disciplines have welcomed new partners, including international arbitration which has added four to its ranks and the Technology, Science and Industry sector which also has four new partners.

The firm has also promoted two new partners in the firm’s professional services practice group Vario, and a partner in its Equality Law group, as the firm continues to embed its support for clients in their diversity and inclusion journey.

Senior partner at Pinsent Masons, Andrew Masraf, said: “I am incredibly proud of all of our new partners taking the next step in their careers as we recognise the tremendous talent that will help shape the future of our business.

“This year’s partner promotions show our commitment to invest across our sectors, our diverse skill sets, our priority investment areas and our locations enhancing our partner capability, capacity and expertise.”

The full list of those promoted to partner is as follows:

Hinson Cheung, International Arbitration (Hong Kong)

Danielle Clifford, Real Estate (UK)

Susannah Donaldson, Employment & Reward/ Equality Law (UK)

Tim Dorgan, Energy (Australia)

Howat Duncan, Financial Services (UK)

Lisa Early, Technology, Science and Industry (UK)

Jules Fabre, Technology, Science and Industry (France)

Andrew Fawcett, International Arbitration (South Africa)

Mike Hawthorne, Financial Services (UK)

Sean Henderson, Finance and Projects (Australia)

Natalie Hughes, Real Estate (UK)

Stacy Keen, Financial Crime and Investigations (UK)

Andrew McCarthy, Real Estate, (UK)

Ross McDowall, Environment (UK)

Ciaran McNamara, Energy (UK)

Carl Renner, Vario (Germany)

Tracey Roberts, Technology, Science and Industry (UK)

Andrew Senior, Infrastructure (UK)

Alexander Shchavelev, International Arbitration (Germany)

Heidi Slater, Energy & Infrastructure (UK)

Lesley-Anne Todd, Real Estate (UK)

Rachel Turner, International Arbitration (Shanghai)

Zara West, Financial Services (Ireland)

Jennifer Wu, Technology, Science and Industry (Hong Kong)

Michael Zollner, Vario (Germany)

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