Penningtons Solicitors has become one of the first firms to promote a barrister to its partnership following recent regulatory changes by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) allowing barristers to act as law firm partners.

Nicole Curtis, who was called to the Bar in 1992 and was a member of 1 Paper Buildings until joining Penningtons’ professional regulation team in 2003, was promoted at the beginning of the month, taking the total number of partners at the firm to 51.