DAC Beachcroft has made up five partners in this year’s promotions round, the first since last autumn’s merger of Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) and Beachcroft.

Mark Roach and Madeline Ball have been promoted in the firm’s London construction litigation and real estate teams respectively, while the claims solutions group has received three partners, with Vicki Hilton and Chris Baranowski made up in Leeds and Peter Allchorne in Newport.