Two top ranking lawyers at one of the south east’s leading law firms, Furley Page - recommended by Chambers UK and Legal 500 - have been promoted to partners.

Susan Jennings, 35, of Whitstable, heads the corporate team at the Thames Gateway office at Chatham. With a background advising a broad range of UK and multi-national companies – notably in the automotive, manufacturing and distribution sectors, she has extensive corporate and commercial law experience from working with individuals on business start-ups to restructuring and sales or acquisitions of multi-million pound companies.

She commented: “I have always wanted to work for Furley Page, given its reputation for excellence. The firm is committed to providing a quality service to its clients and part of my role is to promote the fact that we can offer specialist advice to businesses as well as individuals in a friendly and commercially pragmatic way.”

Anne Blenkinsop, 45, of Hythe, is a specialist in the family team at Canterbury. She has wide-ranging experience in dealing with all aspects of relationship breakdown – particularly involving issues over children; separation and pre-nuptial agreements, and financial and cohabitation disputes.

She has a special interest in the area of financial disputes between cohabiting couples (including same sex couples) and is developing a niche practice.

Anne said: “I am proud to become a partner in Furley Page and also be part of a fantastic family law team which has doubled in size since I joined in 2004 and is renowned for the high calibre of its work and expertise in its field.”

Peter Hawkes, senior partner at Furley Page, added: “Susan and Anne have both have made an outstanding contribution to developing our business and enhancing the reputation of the firm.

“These promotions to partnership status will strengthen our teams in two of our most important areas – namely corporate and family. I am pleased that we are able to make appointments in the private and business client fields, reflecting our commitment to expand the firm across a diverse range of disciplines.”

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