Beachcroft announces six partner promotions

Beachcroft LLP, the national commercial law firm, has announced the appointment of six new partners and 22 new associates from 1st May 2007 taking total partner numbers to 144.

The appointments, which are across the country, reflect the firm’s continued ambitions for growth in core business areas.

The new partners are:

Kate Archer, Dispute Resolution, Birmingham
Ben Nicholson, Dispute Resolution, London
Alan Pratt, Commercial Services, Bristol
Dan Preddy, Dispute Resolution, Bristol
Owen Rees, Dispute Resolution, Leeds
Sakis Tombolis, Real Estate, London

Commenting on the appointments, Paul Murray, managing partner, said: "Beachcroft is continuing to implement a planned programme of targeted growth in our key business areas. As a firm, our business is evenly spread across dispute resolution – especially in the financial services sector - and commercial legal advice, and these promotions support that. I am delighted to say that Ben and Kate started as trainees with the firm and their promotions are a reflection of our commitment to retaining and developing talented people. All those who are being promoted have demonstrated not only exceptional technical ability, but also strong client relationship skills, and a keen awareness of our clients' business needs. I am looking forward to working with them all."

Beachcroft is proud to announce that now over 52% of its associates and 32% of partners are female.