Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, recently announced the promotion of 13 new partners in the UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME), the largest ever round of promotions in the region. The promotions take effect on 1 May 2023. 

In addition, in the past 12 months, the firm has welcomed 14 partner hires, to reach a total of 27 new partners for the region. As the world’s largest law firm Dentons has 20,000 professionals in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries, to help clients grow, protect, operate and finance their business

In England their new partners include Lara Seabourne, Michael Snook, Catherine Gilfedder, Dan Lund and Victoria Wyer in London as well as Rob Francis in Milton Keynes.

In Scotland Melanie Martin (Glasgow) and Gareth Tenner (Edinburgh) have been promoted.  New partners in Dublin are Tom Dalton Gemma Freeman and Donal Keane.

Suzannah Fairbairn and Paul Prescott have promoted in Dentons Middle East offices.

UKIME CEO Paul Jarvis comments, “My congratulations to all of our new partners, whose promotions reflect the depth and diversity of talent that we have coming up through the ranks across the UK, Ireland and Middle East.

These promotions are aligned to our new five-year strategy in the UK, Ireland and Middle East, which aims to create a “Golden Thread” of connectivity that runs throughout our practices, sectors and geographies, enabling us to support clients on their most complex global matters.”