Hill Dickinson announces first promotions of 2021 with 19 new legal directors

Hill Dickinson is delighted to announce its first promotions of 2021, which see 19 lawyers appointed to legal director.

The promotions are firm-wide across a number of sectors including commercial litigation, construction corporate, employment, regulatory, health and marine.

The majority of the appointments are in the firm’s UK offices with one promotion offered in Hill Dickinson’s Piraeus office. Six promotions are in the firm’s Liverpool headquarters, six in Manchester, six in London, and one in Piraeus.

Commenting on the promotions, Peter Jackson, CEO of Hill Dickinson, said: “I am delighted to announce our senior promotions for 2021, with another 19 of our people having now attained legal director status. I would like to congratulate them both personally and on behalf of our board on their outstanding achievement. The past year has been an extremely challenging one, which makes their hard work and career progression even more admirable. These promotions are testament to their continuous work not only throughout the pandemic but also throughout their legal careers with Hill Dickinson”.

Commenting on the individual career paths of the new legal directors, Mr Jackson added: “What’s very important to us at Hill Dickinson is to retain and nurture our people, which means supporting their career development in a way that also fits in with their life. We are fully committed to ensuring there are no barriers to career progression at Hill Dickinson and that all of our people can develop and progress at a pace that works for them.”

Full list of promotions below:

Liverpool

Elan Iorwerth                Corporate

Emma Howard              Corporate

Kate Steele                   Commercial Litigation

Aoife Ryan                    Regulatory

Nina Sahu                     Health Litigation

Louise Wilson               Health Advisory

Manchester

Sinead Mohan               Employment

James Down                 Corporate

Alex Smith                    Commercial Litigation

David Banks                 Construction

Nick Citron                    Health Litigation

Richard Parker              Health Commercial

London

Jack Delaney                Corporate

Sam Hudson                 Corporate

Francois De Lange        Corporate

Rosie Goncare              Shipping

Nino Inasaridze             Yachts

Nafsika Connolly           Yachts

Piraeus

Alexander Freeman       Shipping