Victoria Sampson

Corporate and Commercial

Victoria trained with CooperBurnett from 1996 and qualified as a solicitor in 1998, becoming a partner in 2001. She is a member of CooperBurnett’s Management Board, head of Corporate and Commercial.

Russell Brinkhurst

Corporate and Commercial

Russell Brinkhurst joined our Corporate and Commercial team as a Partner in April 2023, having worked at another local firm across the table from the team at CooperBurnett.

Katie Hilsdon

Corporate and Commercial

Katie graduated from Oxford University in 2009 with a degree in French and Portuguese and then embarked on a career in law, spending two years at BPP Law School in London.

Hilary Palmer

Commercial Property & Development

Experienced commercial property lawyer, Hilary Palmer, joined our team as a Senior Associate at the beginning of 2026.

Natalie Lai

Corporate and Commercial

Natalie Lai joined our Corporate and Commercial team in May 2023. She trained in Hong Kong before moving to the UK in August 2022 and joined us from a national firm in Leeds.

Molly Mackay

Corporate and Employment

Molly joined our Corporate and Employment teams in July 2025. Her employment experience has seen Molly work with a range of clients and organisations of different sizes.

Alessandro Lagioia

Corporate and Commercial

Having spent three years studying law at the University of Kent, Alessandro Lagioia joined our team at CooperBurnett LLP in July 2026.