Midlands commercial law firm Shakespeare Martineau has made a number of promotions in its Shakespeare Martineau, Lime Solicitors, and Marrons Planning teams.
Contentious trust and probate expert Debra Burton who works as part of the inheritance disputes team at Lime Solicitors, has been promoted to partner at the firm’s Leicester office.
Debra represents people and their families as well as trusts and charities in rectifications claims and professional negligence.
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In Nottingham, David Pendle and Jenny Keen, who work as part of Marrons Planning, have been promoted to planning director.
Both are experienced in project managing large and complex schemes including mixed-use developments, strategic planning and land promotion.
Meanwhile, Nottingham family law expert Nikki Aston, who specialises in children, divorce and complex financial settlements has been promoted to legal director for Shakespeare Martineau.
Property litigation expert Justine Ball has also been promoted to partner after nearly 10 years at the Birmingham office. She specialises in telecoms and advising landowners on the termination and renewal of leases.
Elsewhere in Birmingham, Hannah Pickering and Lucy Haynes join the ranks of legal director, working in the corporate and residential development teams at Shakespeare Martineau, respectively.
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Hannah works with long term institutional lenders, short term lenders and borrowers on a wide variety of property finance transactions. Lucy works with commercial, residential and mixed-use developers and promoters, advising on large scale acquisitions.
Shakespeare Martineau has also awarded six promotions to associate level – Aller Dawlat in Nottingham and Laura Taylor and Samantha Vaughan of the firm’s Birmingham office, sitting within the commercial property and development team; Monica Ghai and Nicola Lediard in Birmingham, supporting the wealth and litigation and restructuring teams, respectively. The final associate promotion is Sarah Parker in Solihull, who sits within the residential development team.
The promotions follow a number of updates including launching in Lincoln and the firm’s announcement to move to a ‘house of brands’ group structure, where Shakespeare Martineau, Lime and Marrons Planning will become separate entities within the group.
Chief executive Sarah Walker-Smith said: “Unlocking the potential of our people is fundamental to our growth. It’s our people who make our business – and it’s our clients who benefit from our investments in our people.
“Everyone promoted has shown outstanding commitment to our values and working collaboratively across our regions to take our business forward in its next phase of growth.”
East Midlands regional head Duncan James said: “This year has seen huge developments for us in the East Midlands.
“Not only have we seen a raft of promotions, but we also welcomed several new lateral hires and expanded into Lincoln for the first time.
“However, we are not standing still, we want to maintain this momentum into the next financial year and are open to hearing from talented individuals who share our ambitions and values to join us on our journey.”