Legal and professional services group Ampa has announced 24 promotions across its house of brands including Shakespeare Martineau, Lime Solicitors and Marrons.
Effective November 2024, the group has promoted two people to partner level: Jack Kelly, of Shakespeare Martineau and Tom Macklen of Marrons.
At Shakespeare Martineau, Jack Kelly has more than 10 years’ experience in acting for a range of residential property developers, landowners and promoters specialising in the promotion, acquisition and disposal of land.
Tom Macklen, who joined Marrons in 2022 to lead its architecture team, has also been promoted to partner. With more than 17 years’ experience in the building industry, Tom delivers a range of architecture projects across residential, commercial, industrial, community and leisure sectors across the full RIBA stages.
Newly promoted legal directors within Shakespeare Martineau include: commercial property and development experts, Meriel O’Loughlin, Hannah Awcock and Emma Ali. Rebecca Fox-Jones who works in the real estate and energy team with a focus on high volume transactions for utilities clients. Dispute resolution expert Alex Ryan and private client specialist Elain Hart.
Promoted to associate level are family law experts Rob Norris and Deanna Phillips-Mills, property litigation specialist Selica Khan, private client advisor Paul McMaster, restructuring and insolvency experts Tom Riley and Christopher Neale, corporate expert Charley McEvoy, dispute resolution specialist Natalie Thorpe, legal planning advisor Josh Morley, immigration specialist Calum Hanrahan and Katrina Gibson in the debt and asset recovery team.
In Marrons planning experts Reiss Sadler and Anish Jadav have been promoted to associate director. Lucy Bartley has been promoted to principal planner.
At Lime Solicitors Anna Morris and Fernanda Simionato-Ayling have been promoted to associate in the contentious probate and medical negligence teams, respectively.
Sarah Walker-Smith CEO of Ampa, said: “I am delighted that such a large number of our talented people have been promoted, and it’s great to see that they represent a diverse range of teams, brands, and locations.
“Nurturing home-grown talent is critical for us; not only is it incredibly rewarding for our people, but our clients benefit from consistency and the most experienced advisors working on their matters, plus we see how our leaders pay it forward; supporting their teams and peers in their subsequent development too.
“Across every brand, service and team at Ampa we look to unlock potential for good. Congratulations to all who have taken this significant step in their professional career!”
