New Staff Members – November 2021

Date: 26 November 2021

We are pleased to welcome five new staff members to Keating Chambers, with Sarah Sutherland, Jessica Perry, Baykan Fikiri, Connie Lane and Mercy Milgo all joining us in recent weeks.

Sarah Sutherland joins us as our new Marketing Manager following the promotion of Marie Sparkes to Head of BD/Marketing in October. Sarah spent five years in a marketing role at Kroll (formerly Blackrock) and will be working with Marie and Elle Ashman on events, website management, marketing communications, brand development and directories/award submissions. Jessica Perry joins as an Assistant Practice Manager having started her clerking career at Old Square Chambers. She is working in the Juniors’ Team along with Deputy Senior Clerk Will Shrubsall and Jade Clark. Her main duties include diary management, the listing of cases and work allocation.

On the professional support side, Baykan Fikiri starts in a newly created role to provide PA support to our Chief Operating Officer, Alison Crosland; Connie Lane assists Elaine Browne with reception and conference facilities; and Mercy Milgo is on a one-year contract as our Legal Assistant, providing legal research assistance to Chambers.

Alison Crosland (COO) commented: “We are delighted to welcome Sarah, Jessica, Baykan, Connie and Mercy. Each of them bring a strong skillset to the existing Keating staff team and will help us to continue to deliver the high level of service our clients expect from us.”

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