Thackray Williams announces fifteen promotions across the firm and its paralegal career progression

Promotions

The series of promotions come from across the firm's Family, Corporate Commercial, Private Client, Residential Real Estate, Leasehold, New Build and management teams.  These advancements recognise the exceptional talent, dedication, and hard work of team members, who have consistently demonstrated their commitment to providing exceptional service to the firm's clients.

Emma Thompson, Co-Managing Partner at Thackray Williams commented: "I am delighted to see the promotion of colleagues across the firm. Each promotion is a reflection of exceptional hard work, unwavering dedication, and the commitment our people bring to the firm and their teams and in turn our clients." 

"These individuals have demonstrated not only professional excellence, but also the values that define who we are as a firm—collaboration, integrity, and a genuine drive to deliver meaningful impact. Their achievements contribute directly to our continued growth and the strength of our culture. Very well-deserved appointments. Please do join me in extending congratulations to them all.” 

The promotions, which took effect on 1 April 2026, are:

(Fixed Share) Partner:

Caroline Burstein, Claire Josef, David Gibson and Marcus Beavis

Senior Associate Solicitor:

Galbraith Gorman and Will King 

Associate Solicitor:

Kamran Chughtai, Alisha Maidment and Manaal Razvi

Head of Marketing & Business Development:

Louise Hand

Head of Risk & Compliance:

Amy Hine 

Senior Business Development & Marketing Executive:

Angela Geere

People & Wellbeing Project Manager:

Rebecca Tait

Risk & Compliance Officer:

Alex Fireteanu

Paralegal career progression

The firm has also announced Millie Collett, Robyn White and Rebecca Smith have recently obtained the Cilex Paralegal qualification and therefore their job titles will be Cilex Paralegal. 

In recognition of Nicola Huseyin’s continued leadership of the Private Client support staff, Nicola’s job title will be Paralegal Team Leader.  

Jen Scoates’ job title will be Paralegal / Executive Assistant to Managing Partners in recognition of her dual role providing additional executive assistance support to the Leadership team over the last 12 months. 

The firm has also realigned all Legal Assistant job titles to Paralegal across every practice area.