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Birmingham-based law firm Shakespeare Putsman has made 14 promotions across three of its sites. The promotions, which are the first since the firm’s mergers with Berryman and Needham & James last year, include seven in its Birmingham office.

The Birmingham office has seven new associates promoted from assistant level. Employment lawyers Beverley Smith and Ellie Walsh, insolvency specialist Neemesh Mistry, Helen Mahon in the banking team, corporate lawyer Adam Percival, commercial specialist James Barr and Atif Razzaq in the costs team have all been promoted.

For the integrated firm, which has five sites across the Midlands, the promotions across the Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon and Nottingham sites bring the total number of partners to 71 and associates to 36.

Jo Bewley is promoted to partner in the property team at Needham & James, the firm’s Stratford-upon-Avon site.

In Stratford, its three new associates are employment lawyer Victoria Tester, and property lawyers Tim Flight and Julie Turner.

Chief executive Paul Wilson said: “All these promotions are part of a regional and firm-wide promotion exercise, the first since the integration of the three firms Berryman, Needham & James and Shakespeare Putsman, in 2010.

“The firm is committed to developing and rewarding our people as part of our philosophy to be a vibrant and efficient business community. The thirteen new associates and new property partner Jo Bewley represent this recognition as part of our strategy to hire, and retain, the very best people.”