Thackray Williams announces appointment of 3 Managing Partners - an innovative new management structure
News | 1 April 2025
Leading Kent and London law firm Thackray Williams are pioneering a new management structure which comes into effect on 1 April 2025. Emma Thompson, Vikki Herbert and Anthony Macey have taken over the joint leadership of Thackray Williams. It is thought to be the first time that a law firm has had three Managing Partners.
They are each taking responsibility for different areas of the business. Emma Thompson, who heads the Commercial Group, is leading on technology, business development, strategic recruitment and people projects. Vikki Herbert, who heads the Real Estate sector, is responsible for business development, risk, compliance and client service. Anthony Macey, who heads the Private Wealth sector, is overseeing the firm’s financial operations, performance and business analysis.
They will all continue reduced levels of fee-earning work in their respective areas. They will each be based at different offices; Vikki Herbert in Sevenoaks, Anthony Macey in the City, London office, and Emma Thompson in Bromley.
They have taken over from outgoing Managing Partner Sean Sanders, who will be returning to the discipline which he qualified in (real estate and residential conveyancing) and will lead Thackray Williams’ West Wickham office.
The change in leadership follows Emma Thompson taking the Growth Award title at the Kent Women in Business Awards 2025. Emma has led her team, which encompasses Education, Employment, Litigation and Corporate & Commercial, to achieve 46% year-on-year growth in turnover for the first six months of 2024-25 – an acceleration of the 27% growth achieved over the previous three financial years.
Across the firm, the Management Board have steered Thackray Williams through an unrivalled period of growth, with the last financial results showing a 9.1% increase in revenues compared to the previous year, with net profit up 2%.
Thackray Williams has aspirations to become a top 200 law firm. The primary focus of the three new Managing Partners is to continue the firm’s growth trajectory, achieved through refocusing on corporate and commercial work and strengthening the firm’s offering by sectors.
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