Gowling WLG (UK) LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of six new partners.
Tom Baines, Anjali Bancroft, Anna Fletcher, Maddy Frost, Ben Goldby and Gemma Whittaker will all be promoted into the partnership at the international law firm on 1 May 2023.
The new partners are a talented group of lawyers working across a range of growing practice areas. Maddy Frost and Ben Goldby are key members of the firm's pensions team, while Anna Fletcher is a highly regarded employment specialist.
Experienced construction lawyer Gemma Whittaker has also been promoted, alongside two promotions within the firm's market-leading real estate group in Anjali Bancroft (housing, development and regeneration) and Tom Baines (commercial, development and investment).
Announcing the partner appointments, Gowling WLG chief executive David Fennell said: "We're really proud to welcome another fantastic group of lawyers into the partnership. They are all excellent graduates of our Future Leaders Programme, which is designed to support the development of our talented lawyers as they progress into partnership. A number of them were also part of our Breakthrough sponsorship programme, which is in place to support and improve the diversity of our partnership and ensure that our best talent is coming through to the most senior levels of the firm.
"Our new partners have all shown exceptional commitment to delivering our distinctive Gowling WLG client experience and supporting the development of their teams, and they will play an important role in our drive for continued growth."
Gowling WLG (UK) LLP's partner promotions in full:
This announcements follows the news shared by Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP in relation to the promotion of 22 professionals to partnership.