A solicitor who first joined MD Law during university work experience has now progressed through training and hard work to become an associate at the firm.
Josh Stilgoe started at the Broomhall-based firm as a “Law in Practice” student during his final year at Sheffield Hallam University in 2020, allowing him to gain valuable experience across the firm’s departments and practice areas.
After completing his training contract at MD Law with seats in the Dispute Resolution, Insolvency, Commercial and Corporate teams, he qualified in March 2023 joining the firm’s Insolvency team, working on all aspects of insolvency and litigation.
He becomes an associate from 1 October 2026.
MD Law founder and partner Matthew Dixon said: “Josh’s promotion to associate solicitor rewards how he has demonstrated competence, taken responsibility, and made a real contribution to the firm. This promotion marks a significant career milestone for Josh.
“Our successful employee training and development programme continues to deliver highlighting that successful long‑term progression and substantive legal roles can come from early exposure to the firm and continued hard work.”
MD Law, which was set up 11 years ago by Matthew Dixon and now employs 20 staff, acts for businesses and individuals on corporate law, business recovery, insolvency, litigation, commercial property, healthcare and employment law matters.
It has extensive experience advising insolvency professionals, businesses and individuals on insolvency and business recovery matters through clear, commercially focused advice, supporting clients through complex, high-pressure situations.
It advises both office holders and those affected by insolvency, offering a valuable insight from all sides of the process, via experience in investigations, claims and restructuring work to personal insolvency, business recovery and pre-pack transactions.
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