Stone King has promoted more women than men across its business, education, charity and private client teams. The firm now has a 30% female partnership.
Ten of the 16 lawyers and staff promoted by Stone King this week are women who are taking advantage of the firm’s family-friendly flexible working practices.
They include Ciara Campfield and Laura Berman who both become partners in the firm’s sector leading education team.
Ciara joined Stone King in 2012 and helps schools with a wide range of issues including advice on setting up academies and free schools. Laura joined in 2012 and has particular expertise in school admissions, exclusions and cases involving special educational needs.
Others promoted include Joanne Burton who becomes a partner in Stone King’s commercial property team. She specialises in advising education clients and has worked on more than 100 academy conversions for state funded schools.
Tony Pidgeon, who is a solicitor in Stone King’s dispute resolution team, and residential property lawyer Philip Askew have also been made partners.
Tony joined the firm in 2010 and has a broad range of experience in all aspects of commercial litigation with particular expertise in commercial property related disputes.
Philip has been with Stone King since 2015 and has experience in all main areas of property law including high value freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, remortgages and residential leases.
Stone King has also promoted a number of solicitors to the position of senior associate. They include commercial property lawyer Kathryn Williams, and Kerry Rogers, who is a solicitor in the firm’s trusts and estates team.
Other new senior associates include education lawyer Kate Grimley-Evans and Philip Lawrence who works in Stone King’s business property team.
Meanwhile, both Victoria Blake and Craig Vincent have been made principal HR consultants in the firm’s employment team, while Lisa Saggers becomes a senior HR consultant.
Stone King has also promoted four legal professionals to the position of associate. They are commercial property lawyers Kara Gosden and Luke Exton, education team lawyer Edward Arden and residential conveyancer Jo Boyle.
Stone King’s Managing Partner Steven Greenwood said: “I’m delighted to announce these latest promotions which are thoroughly well deserved.
“We’re committed to providing a supportive and flexible working environment for all our staff, regardless of their background or gender, so that everyone can grow and reach their full potential.
“This allows us to attract and retain the most talented legal professionals and offer the very highest standards of service to all our clients.”
Stone King Chairman Ann Phillips said: “I’m proud of Stone King’s commitment to inclusion in the workplace and that we are leading the way with our family-friendly working practices.”
Pictured above: New Stone King partners Joanne Burton, Tony Pidgeon and Ciara Campfield
