April 2026 promotions

Saunders Robinson Brown has announced several promotions within the firm.

Sam de Buyzer has been promoted to Senior Associate; Ben Maguire, Karina McGillivray-Seaton and Shannon Brien have been promoted to Associate; Beatrice Holman and George Acton-Adams have been promoted to Senior Solicitor; and Caitlin Stockman to Registered Legal Executive – Associate.

Sam is an experienced lawyer working within the Trusts and Estates team. He assists clients with trusts, estates and asset planning including advice on complex trust arrangements, trust administration and the preparation of wills and enduring powers of attorney.

Ben joined the Dispute Resolution team in 2024 from the Courts. He advises clients on a range of civil litigation and dispute resolution matters.

Karina and Shannon, of the Commercial team, advise clients on a wide range of commercial matters including business sales and purchases, commercial contracts, company law, commercial property and leasing.

Beatrice Holman of the Dispute Resolution team joined SRB in March 2025. She assists clients on a range of civil litigation and dispute resolution matters. George Acton-Adams joined the SRB Commercial team in May 2025. He focuses on Commercial property matters including the sale and purchase of commercial property, commercial leasing and retail leasing, and assists with business and company law related matters.

Caitlin Stockman of the Property team has been with SRB for over two years (and has 16 years’ experience in the legal industry). She advises clients on property sales and purchases and associated land law issues.

SRB Managing Principal Jonathan Gillard congratulated the newly promoted team members “We are very proud of all our team members being promoted – these promotions are well deserved, and a direct result of the hard work and dedication put in to get the best results for clients. Well done to you all”.

The promotions are effective 1 April 2026.