South East: Irwin Mitchell announces new associates and senior associate

Irwin Mitchell has announced 10 new associate and senior associates across its offices in the South East.

In Southampton Nicola Maier (workplace illness) and Rob Coleridge (commercial litigation) have been promoted to senior associate.

The firm’s Gatwick office has promoted Aurelia Butler Ball (commercial), Charlotte Sloan (employment), Clementine Burch and Thomas Barnard (litigation) to senior associate. George De Silvo (corporate) and Vanessa Horn (real estate) have become associates.

In the Newbury office, Sarah Paton in tax, trusts and estates has moved up to associate, whilst in Chichester, real estate solicitor Lorraine Rose has also been promoted.

Group chief executive Andrew Tucker said he was proud to be announcing the promotions, particularly as they recognise Irwin Mitchell’s strength in depth and its continued focus on developing talent from within.  

Tucker said: “I’m delighted to confirm and congratulate our new associates and senior associates at Irwin Mitchell. Once again, the successful candidates reflect the range and breadth of talent that we have across the Group. Irwin Mitchell is a business that has always evolved to meet new challenges and in order to ensure we continue to do this, we believe it is vital to not only recognise but continually invest in our senior members of staff. Developing our people is a key priority for Irwin Mitchell because they’re the ones who’ll drive us forward and deliver success for our clients. We have invested heavily in providing a clear pathway for our people to progress, and we look forward to ensuring that our new associates and senior associates are supported on the next step of their career journey.”

Nationally, Irwin Mitchell announced 117 associate and senior associate promotions. In total, 47 personal injury, 28 business and 10 private wealth lawyers from across 13 offices have been promoted. There are nine promotions within Irwin Mitchell’s Group companies, Ascent and IM Asset Management, as well 23 from group services – the business support function which includes marketing, IT, finance, risk and compliance and HR.