"On behalf of our entire firm, I want to congratulate all our newly promoted Partners and Legal Directors," said David Pollitt, DACB's Managing Partner. "Following another strong year of growth across our firm, it's especially pleasing to see so many of our locations and practices represented in this year's promotions.

"We strive to be the place where talented people want to work, and we are committed to helping our colleagues and our clients succeed.  Each of these newly promoted colleagues has made valuable contributions to our business and we wish them continued success in their careers."   

The new DAC Beachcroft partners are:

Dublin

• Julie-Anne Binchy (Commercial Litigation)

Glasgow

• Chloe Postlethwaite (Real Estate)

Leeds

• Adriana Speight (Office of the General Counsel)
• Richard Bell* (Real Estate)

London

• Franc Gozalvez Moreno (Insurance)
• Lorraine Wilson (Insurance)
• Julian Bubb-Humfryes (Commercial Litigation)

Manchester

• Sally Stansfield (CSG)

Newcastle

• Rachel Gibson (Real Estate)

Newport

• Peter James (CSG)

New York

• Aaron Mandel (Insurance)

Santiago

• Nicolas le Blanc (Insurance)

DAC Beachcroft’s new Legal Directors are:

Alistair Cooper (Commercial and Technology), Fiona Dumolo (CSG), Amy Fishburn (Health, Care & Public Law), Victoria Fletcher (Health, Care & Public Law), Katy Giles* (Professional & Commercial Risks), Becky Hodgkins* (Employment), Yuling Kao (CSG), Kelly Kayser (Real Estate), Linnea Keldusild (Employment), Becky Lea (Professional & Commercial Risks), Kate Loxton (Commercial and Technology), Will Pickles (Health, Care & Public Law), Charlotte Radcliffe (Health, Care & Public Law), Robyn Reed (Health, Care & Public Law), Walter Santiago (Counsel – Insurance), Wendy Shaw (CSG), and Heather Vyse (CSG).

In addition to these Partner and Legal Director promotions, DACB has promoted 27 to Senior Associate in the LLP and International and six to Associate in CSG.

*Indicates they trained with DACB