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Swinburne Maddison Appoints New Head of Family

Swinburne Maddison LLP, one of the North East’s leading law firms, is delighted to announce the promotion of Catherine Lowther to Head of its Family Department. Managing Associate Catherine has been a key member of the firm since joining as a Trainee Solicitor in 2014. Qualifying in 2016, she has progressed rapidly and was appointed […]

Swinburne Maddison ends the year on a high with seven new appointments

After an outstanding year of achievement, Swinburne Maddison, Durham’s leading law firm, has made seven new appointments to its growing team, ending the year on a high and ahead of target. The appointments follow hard on the heels of its impressive performance in the latest Legal 500 rankings released in October, where Swinburne Maddison was […]

Swinburne Maddison Strengthens Private Client Team With New Partner

Durham City’s leading law firm, Swinburne Maddison LLP has announced the appointment of a new partner, Akkelin Harris, to its private client team. Her appointment adds strength and depth to the team, which is led by partner, Anna Stephenson, and now numbers four solicitors and a paralegal together with five support staff. Akkelin, who lives […]

Swinburne Maddison Continues Ambitious Three-Year Plan With Seven Promotions

Durham City’s leading law firm, Swinburne Maddison LLP (Swinburne Maddison) has announced seven promotions as it continues its ambitious three-year growth strategy. The law firm has consistently smashed its forecasts throughout the last four-year period as it emerged from the pandemic, resulting in achieving its first three-year plans within two years. Now, as the 2024-25 […]

Swinburne Maddison strengthens established corporate offering with another five appointments

On the back of a tremendously successful financial year, which saw Durham City’s leading law firm, Swinburne Maddison LLP (Swinburne Maddison), end the year significantly above targeted revenue, the firm has announced five further appointments to its corporate and commercial team providing the strength and depth necessary to target expansion. The firm now boasts one […]

Growth continues apace at Swinburne Maddison

Five further appointments follow a raft of new work With an unprecedented demand for its services across all areas of the firm following some significant new instructions, Durham City’s leading law firm, Swinburne Maddison LLP has appointed five new lawyers to its team. The award-winning commercial property team, headed up by partner, Victoria Walton, has […]

Swinburne Maddison celebrates key director appointment – one of seven new hires for the firm

Durham City’s leading law firm, Swinburne Maddison LLP (Swinburne Maddison) is celebrating a key senior appointment to its team in the newly created position of Business and Practice Development Director. Phil Hourigan, who has enjoyed a career spanning over thirty years with NatWest Group fulfilling Area Director positions in commercial banking across the North, is well […]

Durham Law Firm Starts Financial Year with Thirteen New Appointments

Durham City’s leading law firm, Swinburne Maddison LLP (Swinburne Maddison) has started a new financial year with a further eleven appointments and promotions as part of its continuing expansion plans. The firm announced its intention to reorganise its management team a year ago to streamline its decision-making process and become more outcomes-focused in a bid […]

Top Teesside Corporate and Commercial Lawyer one of two new Partners at Swinburne Maddison

Swinburne Maddison LLP (Swinburne Maddison), Durham City’s leading law firm, has added strength and depth to its corporate and commercial team with the senior appointment of one of Teesside’s top commercial lawyers, Craig Malarkey. In a second appointment at partner level, Swinburne Maddison has announced that Anna Stephenson, currently head of the firm’s private client team, […]

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