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Arthur Cox appoints four new partners

Arthur Cox managing partner Catriona Gibson welcomes new partners (from left) Chris Milligan, David Black, Mark Jameson, and Cahal Carvill. Photo: Kelvin Boyes/PressEye
Arthur Cox managing partner Catriona Gibson welcomes new partners (from left) Chris Milligan, David Black, Mark Jameson, and Cahal Carvill. Photo: Kelvin Boyes/PressEye Arthur Cox managing partner Catriona Gibson welcomes new partners (from left) Chris Milligan, David Black, Mark Jameson, and Cahal Carvill. Photo: Kelvin Boyes/PressEye

LAW firm Arthur Cox, which employs 90 people in Belfast and at offices in Dublin, London, New York and Silicon Valley, has appointed four new partners in Northern Ireland.

The firm says the move reflects sustained growth over the last number of years, driven by market demand.

Catriona Gibson, managing partner of Arthur Cox, said: “These newly-promoted partners represent an extremely talented cohort of professionals who are delivering real value for our clients in businesses across many diverse types of legal issue and every sector of the economy.”

“David Black, Cahal Carvill, Mark Jameson and Chris Milligan and are among the most dynamic and accomplished legal practitioners in Northern Ireland, each with a wealth of experience accrued representing organisations across the UK, Ireland, and further afield.

“Both David and Cahal joined Arthur Cox as trainee solicitors and their promotion speaks to the opportunity and experience with which we nurture all of our talented lawyers. It is a great pleasure to welcome these four new partners into our senior team.”

David Black, a litigation and dispute resolution lawyer, acts on behalf of local and international organisations on a wide range of litigation matters. He represents medium and large scale businesses across a broad range of sectors in commercial and regulatory actions.

Cahal Carvill is a member of the infrastructure, construction and utilities team at Arthur Cox involved in a full range of construction and engineering projects. He also advises on health & safety and environmental and planning matters.

Mark Jameson is a commercial property lawyer with experience across a broad spectrum of property matters, with a particular emphasis on retail, development and investment work.

And Chris Milligan, who is also a commercial property lawyer, advises a wide range of clients on acquisitions and disposals, land assembly and development, investment and financing and management of property assets.