Irwin Mitchell announces new appointments at its Gatwick office

Irwin Mitchell has announced a new partner, two new senior associates and three new associates within its Gatwick office as part of this year’s promotion round.

Commercial disputes lawyer, Tom Barnard, has been promoted to partner. Tom has a particular focus on the sport and entertainment sector and is recognised as a leading sport lawyer. Tom frequently acts for football clubs, athletes, sponsors and international and national sport governing bodies on a range of contractual and regulatory matters.

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The other newly promoted lawyers are property experts Sejal Patel (senior associate) and Lucy Barber (associate). Lucy Samy (senior associate) from the tax, trusts and estates team; Court of Protection lawyer, Erin Smart (associate), and commercial litigation specialist Sabrina Goran (associate) have also been promoted.

Across the firm nationally there have been 13 new partners, 28 senior associates and 56 associates. Overall the promotions represent the overall gender split at Irwin Mitchell with 65% of those promoted being female.

Andrew Tucker, Group Chief Executive at Irwin Mitchell, said: “To announce these new partners, senior associates and associates makes me extremely proud and it is another clear sign of the continued emphasis we place on investing and developing in our people.

“These latest promotions show our strength and breadth across the group whilst also recognising the significant contribution our colleagues make to our business in terms of supporting our clients and creating the right culture for future success.”

In addition to the 13 new partners, Irwin Mitchell recruited 17 new partners during 2021/22 financial year across teams including commercial, public law and human rights, will disputes, real estate and employment law.

Last year Irwin Mitchell reorganised into a Client Services Team and a Commercial Growth Team putting clients’ needs at the heart of its business.

The two teams work closely together with one focusing on bringing in new clients and meeting more needs for existing clients, while the other focuses on ensuring the clients, whether business or personal, receive an excellent level of service that meets their evolving needs.

Irwin Mitchell also recently announced two new offices in Cardiff and Liverpool and has continued with its Flexible by Choice ways of hybrid working empowering colleagues to make their own decisions about where and when they will work subject to client requirements.