Birkett Long has promoted Tim Field (pictured) to partner, along with Perdeep Grewal and Tej Thakkar, who have both become senior associates.
Field joined the commercial and corporate finance team at Birkett Long on the 10th of October 2016 as a newly qualified solicitor.
He was promoted to associate in 2019 and then senior associate in June 2020.
On the 1st of June 2022, Field then became the team leader of the business team.
Grewal joined Birkett Long in 2018 as a solicitor in the dispute resolution team in Chelmsford following completion of his training contract at North Ford Solicitors.
He studied Law at the University of Kent, Canterbury and his LPC at the University of Law, Bloomsbury and in December 2020, was promoted to associate at Birkett Long.
He is also part of the construction team and advises architects, developers, employers, main contractors, contract administrators and subcontractors on all types of construction disputes including payment issues, final account disputes, defects and poor workmanship, extensions of time, breaches of contract and negligence claims.
Before his promotion to senior associate, Thakkar studied Law with Business at the University of Brighton and went on to complete his LPC at The College of Law, Bloomsbury.
After three years of Paralegal experience at Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer, he joined Leathes Prior in 2011 and qualified into the Regulatory & Private Criminal Defence Practice in 2014.
Thakkar joined the business team at Birkett Long on the 6th of July 2021 as head of regulatory.
