Trowers makes up 11 to partner, seven in London
Trowers & Hamlins has made up 11 partners in its annual round of promotions, with seven of the new members based in London.
Jonathan Adlington
This latest batch of new partners is the largest at the firm in a number of years. In 2011 Trowers made up six new partners, all of whom were women, while in 2010 the firm promoted four lawyers to partner (30 March 2010).
Seven of the new partners this year are based in the firm’s London office. They are: corporate lawyers Nick Green, Nick Harrisingh and Tim Nye; IP specialist Caroline Hayward; banking and finance lawyer Katharine Lewis; disputes specialist Lucas Pitts and Tom Wigley, who focuses on international projects.
The rest of those made up hail from the Middle East – two in Abu Dhabi (Saleem Adam and Edmund Sia, who advise on IT and projects matters, respectively) and two in Bahrain (projects and construction lawyer Paula Boast and corporate lawyer Brian Howard).
In a statement Trowers’ senior partner Jonathan Adlington said: “The appointment of 11 new partners is a reflection of our development here in the UK and internationally.
“Over a third of the new intake of partners are from our international offices, which emphasises Trowers’ commitment to our practices in Abu Dhabi and Bahrain and the importance we place on our offering there.
“The promotions in our corporate department is a strong testament to the successes we’ve had in this area and our continued strategy to develop it further.”
Trowers has 124 partners across offices in London, Manchester, Exeter and Birmingham in the UK, and Middle East offices in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Cairo and Oman.
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Readers' comments (15)
The Septic Skeptic | 27-Mar-2012 4:52 pm
Just a reflection of the number of former partners who left in the past 12 months.
Rumour has it that one of those partners who recently resigned was Trowers head of islamic finance in Bahrain. Anything to say about the effect of that on your Middle East offering Jonathan?
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Anonymous | 27-Mar-2012 9:43 pm
No promotions in Dubai, the financial centre of the Middle East. What has gone wrong with the office there?
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Anon | 28-Mar-2012 5:58 am
@ the septic skeptic - that was Adrian Creed. 22 or more years at Trowers ...
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Anonymous | 28-Mar-2012 8:59 am
It's fair to say that some of these newbies are not "heavyweights".
Promoting Corporals to replace Majors...that only happens when the war is going badly.
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Anonymous | 28-Mar-2012 9:37 am
Very pleased to read about this year's well-deserved promotion of IP specialist Caroline Hayward!
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The Septic Skeptic | 28-Mar-2012 10:46 am
@anon 5.58am
No. Adrian is a projects lawyer in Abu Dhabi.
The rumour is that the head of the islamic finance team in Bahrain has gone/is going. That is big news as that team was the jewel in the crown of the Bahrain office.
But no doubt there will be some spin to deal with this from the management, who now must wish they hadn't been so quite quick to oust the new banking partner in the 2011 cull.
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Anon | 28-Mar-2012 1:43 pm
@ above - that's news!! Why is Trowers losing so many lawyers ?
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Anonymous | 28-Mar-2012 1:53 pm
I agree with Anonymous @ 9.37am - also good to see Nick Harrisingh promoted - also very well deserved
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Natalie Seeff | 28-Mar-2012 3:19 pm
@Anonymous at 9.37 am - so true! Well deserved, well overdue & well decided:) Well done Caroline!
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Anonymous | 28-Mar-2012 8:31 pm
@Skeptic the partner you refer to was a liability! TH head of banking is head to Dubai with a UK firm. There have been other depatures from that office from corporate, I think.
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