Wright Hassall, which was named Regional Law Firm of the Year at the 2017 Lawyer’s Awards, has promoted property lawyers Andrew Jones and James Polo-Richards to the prestigious position, as well as immigration lawyer Tracie Udall and data protection specialist Paula Tighe.
The promotion of both Andrew and James underlines the strength of the firm’s real estate offering; as experienced property lawyers, both men will be instrumental in helping to drive the continued growth of the team.
The addition of Tracie and Paula to the partnership is a reflection of their valuable contribution to the increasingly high profile areas of immigration and data protection law respectively.
Chris Jones, named in The Legal 500 2017 as one of only four “Next Generation Lawyers” for banking and finance in the West Midlands region, is also part of the five strong group of senior staff who have been promoted to partner level.
The partner team at Wright Hassall now stretches to 49 and Jones, who was educated at Warwick School before studying law at Oxford has spoken of his pride at stepping up at the firm, which he joined in 2014.
He said: “I am very proud to be from Leamington and I am extremely happy to be promoted to to partner at such a respected firm, not just in the area and the region but nationally”.
A new recruit to the firm, Judith Gershon, has also been given Partner status and will help head up a new banking and finance team at the firm after moving from Gowling.
In total, 17 lawyers at Wright Hassall have been promoted to positions including Associate and Senior Associate from a range of disciplines within the firm.
Richard Lane, Senior Partner, said:
“At Wright Hassall we want to grow, attract and retain the most talented people to the firm and we are delighted to regularly reward excellence.
“The firm prides itself on offering clear career paths to our staff and each of those who have been promoted this year have proven they are capable and worthy.
“We are pleased to welcome Chris, Andrew, James, Tracie and Paula to the partner team and we congratulate them on their respective achievements.
“All five have played hugely important roles in the continued growth of the firm and we look forward to them being a big part of Wright Hassall’s future.”
