Bermuda-based offshore law firm Appleby has promoted seven lawyers to partnership, including three active in the funds practice; the firm has added 46 new lawyers, including three lateral partners, in the last year.

The new partners include Sally Cox, local practice group head of property in the British Virgin Islands, Valerie Georges-Thomas, who practises corporate and commercial law in the BVI, and Sabrina Leacock, who practises in both the corporate and commercial and trust practice groups in the Cayman Islands.

Appleby is a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services to public and private companies, financial institutions and high net worth individuals and has offices in the offshore financial centres of Bermuda, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey and Mauritius as well as the international financial centres of London and Hong Kong. It has around 700 lawyers and professional specialists.