Record number of Birketts trainees qualify as solicitors
6 September 2024
Birketts is proud to announce that a record number of trainees have successfully qualified as solicitors. 19 trainees qualified in September, with three further trainees qualifying earlier this year in March.
Taking their seats across the firm this September, the newly qualified solicitors are:
- Abbie Head (Employment)
- Amber Ellis (Property Litigation)
- Ben Green (Private Wealth Disputes)
- Bethany Slack (Private Client Advisory)
- Cecily Hayton (Private Client Advisory)
- David Brescia (Banking & Finance)
- Emily Seago (Real Estate Investment)
- Flora Jacobs (Private Client Advisory)
- Isobel Inkley (Family)
- Jennifer Banfield (Corporate)
- Jennifer Faulkner (Planning and Environment)
- Lucy Grinnell (Private Client Advisory)
- Lucy Sao (Corporate)
- Paige Stedman (Private Client Advisory)
- Rosie Morgan (Property Litigation)
- William Sell (Commercial & Technology)
Anna Lambert, Kathryn Knight and Lauren Peach qualified earlier in the year, taking their seats in March.
Chris Schwer, Senior Partner at Birketts, commented: “On behalf of the entire firm, it is a great pleasure to congratulate all twenty-two of our newly qualified solicitors. The process of becoming qualified involves exceptional hard work and dedication, and we are delighted that 86% of the cohort are continuing their legal careers with Birketts.”
Matthew Newnham, Birketts’ Training Principal, added: “Throughout their training contracts, our trainees receive support and experience from a wide range of colleagues across the firm. We look forward to seeing the continued development of these individuals as junior lawyers.”
To find out more about the opportunities for graduates at Birketts, visit https://www.birketts.co.uk/graduates/.