Leading national law firm Reeds Solicitors LLP has today announced the promotion of three partners, five senior associates, and a further five associates.

Solicitors Beth Mantel, Scott Primmer, and Nathan Seymour-Hyde have been promoted to the firm’s partnership bringing the total number of partners across all offices to 15. Joanna Benn, Emma Ćojder, Jemma Michaelson, Alison Page, and Jess Reddy have been promoted to senior associate, while Isabelle Sly, Lucy Wandrum, Steven Maynard, Rachel Oakley, and Jessica Cantu have been promoted to associate.  This latest round of promotions marks the first since the implementation of the Reeds Career Progression Framework, which provides clear objectives to those who wish to progress through our career structure, and the Reeds Academy which provides training in pursuit of that goal, as well as more general professional development.

Commenting on the latest round of promotions, managing partner Jan Matthews comments:

“We are pleased to welcome Beth, Scott, and Nathan to the partnership; their promotions are richly deserved following their leadership in the creation and development of their respective teams: Manchester Complex Crime, Private Client, and Fare Evasion. Nathan and Scott have also together formed and lead the Reeds Business Development Unit, which is spearheading our expansion into new areas of work. We are especially proud to see another former Reeds trainee (Scott Primmer) promoted to Partnership.

I would also like to congratulate our new associates and senior associates. Each individual has demonstrated their commitment to our clients and to each other. We continue to build our business with outstanding individuals at every level and are never happier than when we can recognise their accomplishments with both career and financial progression.

These much-deserved promotions are not only a testament to everyone’s hard work and dedication to their teams and the business, but also highlights our continued commitment to investing in our people and offices nationally.”

Based in Manchester, Complex Crime partner Beth Mantel has a wealth of experience in advising clients in relation to conspiracies regarding drugs, robbery, murder, and serious violence; as well as drug importations, firearm offences; and high value fraud, money laundering, and confiscation proceedings. Over the past few years Beth has built an experienced Complex Crime team in Manchester capable of undertaking the highest quality work for those accused of the most serious offences. Beth is now focused on continuing to build the team in Manchester and looking for individuals across the north of England with whom to create and build new teams in the future.

Partner Scott Primmer is based in the firm’s Oxford office where he sits within the private client department. Scott's criminal defence practice has a particular focus on serious sexual assault cases, while also defending clients against a myriad of offences including drug offences, serious sexual offences, complex fraud and benefit fraud, offences against the person, slavery, manslaughter, and murder. Within Reeds LLP Scott's focus is on new business and client care in the Private Client Department and ensuring clients are dealt with to the highest standards.

Head of the firm’s Fare Evasion department, partner Nathan Seymour-Hyde splits his time between the Oxford and City of London offices.  Having built a notable niche practice in seeking out of court settlements in fare evasion cases, Nathan also regularly submits representations to both the Disclosure and Disbarring Service (DBS) and ACRO in order to prevent clients from being added to the Barred List or to erase arrest records from the Police National Computer (PNC). He also represents clients who are under investigation by the police, pre-charge for a myriad of offences.