Law firm Hill Dickinson has announced its summer round of partner promotions, elevating four lawyers across the firm to partner.
Sarah Barnes joined Hill Dickinson as a trainee solicitor in 2009, choosing to specialise, on qualification, in multi-jurisdictional and high-value personal injury and fatal accident claims within the firm’s Marine and Travel practice in London. Her clients include cruise, ferry, yacht and tour operators, UK port operators, offshore companies and insurers, including P&I Clubs.
Janine Cheema is a real estate litigation lawyer in the firm’s City of London office, having been promoted rapidly through the ranks since 2020 when she joined the firm as an associate solicitor. As a property litigator, Janine is an expert in matters related to rights of light, restrictive covenants and mines and minerals work. She also regularly acts in high value claims involving all aspects of landlord and tenant disputes.
Sophie Pollard in an experienced shipping lawyer based in the firm’s Newcastle office, which opened in 2022. Sophie moved to Hill Dickinson in 2024 from Clyde & Co as part of a six-strong team hire to kickstart the firm’s marine and trade offering in the city, advising clients on a wide range of contentious shipping matters, charterparty disputes, bills of lading, ship building contracts and contracts of affreightment.
Rajveer Sehmi joined Hill Dickinson as a trainee solicitor in 2012, progressing through the ranks to transactional lawyer within the firm’s Corporate Commercial team in London. Raj’s work is focused primarily on asset finance, corporate M&A and advising clients on all types of corporate and commercial agreements across the marine, energy, trade and finance industries, usually with a maritime focus.
I’m absolutely delighted to announce the promotion this month of four exceptional lawyers into our partnership at Hill Dickinson. Sarah, Janine, Sophie and Raj have each shown remarkable talent, tenacity and teamwork at every step of their careers with us to date. Sarah and Raj have been with us from the very start of their legal careers whereas Janine and Sophie joined us along the way, but they have all recognised us as a law firm that offers great career development and seized that opportunity with both hands.Craig Scott
CEO
Commenting on their promotion, Hill Dickinson CEO Craig Scott said: “I’m absolutely delighted to announce the promotion this month of four exceptional lawyers into our partnership at Hill Dickinson. Sarah, Janine, Sophie and Raj have each shown remarkable talent, tenacity and teamwork at every step of their careers with us to date. Sarah and Raj have been with us from the very start of their legal careers whereas Janine and Sophie joined us along the way, but they have all recognised us as a law firm that offers great career development and seized that opportunity with both hands.
“What we’re seeing now are increasingly positive outcomes from the investment we’ve been making for many years in all aspects of our people development and operations, ensuring everyone has an equal opportunity to develop their career and reach the highest levels. These promotions are well deserved recognition not only of the value these four new partners add to our firm but the relationships they have with their clients. On behalf of the Board, I extend my warmest congratulations to them.”