Taylor Rose announces two new senior appointments

We are thrilled to announce two senior appointments as part of our continued investment in growth and specialist capability in group litigation.

Jessica Draganescu has been appointed Head of New Business, while Emily Hewlett has been appointed to Lead Partner in Group Litigation. The appointments reflect our focus on expanding into new markets and building out the firm’s specialist expertise in complex disputes.

Head of New Business

Jessica Draganescu joins with the responsibility for driving new business growth, strengthening strategic partnerships and supporting the firm’s continued diversification of its client offering.

In her new role, Jessica will lead the firm’s new business and growth strategy, building a sustainable and scalable pipeline across both property and non-property workstreams. Her remit includes developing introducer relationships, unlocking new commercial opportunities and ensuring closer alignment between business development, marketing and operational delivery.

Jessica brings more than a decade of experience in the property and legal services sector. She was part of the leadership team at Purplebricks during its high-growth phase through to IPO, before holding senior roles at Yopa and Simply Conveyancing. Across these businesses, she led large-scale commercial and structural transformation programmes, including national sales restructures, pricing strategy development and partnership portfolio optimisation, delivering growth in private equity-backed environments.

Group Litigation

Emily Hewlett has been appointed Lead Partner in our Group Litigation department, where she will work with the wider team to grow the department and manage a caseload of complex group claims.

Emily joined as a Partner in February 2026, having previously worked at Pogust Goodhead, where she was a Legal Director on one of the largest group action claims ever filed in England and Wales. She was part of the team acting for approximately 600,000 claimants in Mariana v BHP, arising from the collapse of the Fundão Dam in Brazil in 2015, the country’s worst environmental disaster.

She has extensive experience managing large-scale group claims, with the smallest involving approximately 18,000 claimants, and brings particular expertise in international environmental law. In her new role, Emily will focus on growing the group litigation practice, with an initial emphasis on consumer rights claims, breach of contract, secret commissions and mis-sold IVA claims.

Commenting on the latest appointments, Adrian Jaggard, CEO said: “These appointments reflect a coordinated investment in both the commercial engine of the firm and the depth of our legal expertise. Strengthening how we generate and sustain work across the business, while continuing to build specialist capability in complex litigation, is central to delivering a broader and more resilient offering for clients.

“Together, these appointments enhance our ability to deliver a broader, more integrated offering, combining strong commercial infrastructure with leading legal capability.”