Pinsent Masons incoming senior partner Richard Foley has said that he will not change the firm’s strategic plans despite his defeat of incumbent Chris Mullen in the first contested election at Pinsents for well over a decade.

Foley (pictured), who will take over from incumbent Mullen on 1 October, told Legal Week that the firm will not be moving away from its focus on principal sectors – infrastructure, energy, advanced manufacturing and technology, and financial services – despite the management shakeup.