The head of renewable energy at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon is to become its new senior partner. Ross Fairley will succeed Chris Seaton, who has been in the role since 2017, on 1 May. Ross, pictured, left, with managing partner Roger Bull, joined Burges Salmon in 2004 after...
UWE Futures, the talent programme offering work experience and mentoring to UWE Bristol global majority students, is entering its second year by expanding to include more legal firms along with a leading organisation in Bristol’s creative sector. Founding law firms Osborne Clarke, Burges Salmon, Clarke Willmott and Simmons & Simmons...
International law firm DAC Beachcroft has appointed Sam Kneebone as a partner in its lawyers’ liability practice in Bristol. Sam, pictured, joins from Bristol and London law firm RPC, where he specialised in defending negligence claims and regulatory investigations, primarily against solicitors, barristers, accountants and auditors. DAC Beachcroft (DACB)...
Leading figures from Bristol’s business community will celebrate the growing links between the city and China next month at a special banquet to mark the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake. Staged by the Bristol and West of England China Bureau, the annual event brings together firms...
Specialist legal insurer ARAG, which has its UK head office in Bristol, has appointed Chris Neill as partner and head of volume litigation in its legal division. Chris, pictured, was previously at DAS Law, part of Bristol-based DAS which was acquired by ARAG a year ago in a move...
Law firm Michelmores has launched its prestigious 2025 Property Awards, marking 22 years of celebrating the best property, development and construction projects across the South West. The awards have long-championed sustainability and innovation by placing social, environmental, sustainable and economic values at the heart of the judging criteria. Bristol,...
National law firm Shakespeare Martineau’s Bristol corporate and banking team notched up a best-ever £259m-worth of deals last year, supporting a record-breaking £6.6bn across the whole of the UK. Among the team’s notable transactions in the region was supporting specialist lender Black & White Bridging to secure a new funding...
European intellectual property (IP) firm Withers & Rogers is to encourage more science, technology, engineering and maths students to embark on a career in IP by extending its support for an international internship scheme. The firm is to offer the 10-week, immersive work experience opportunities in its Bristol office...
Lawyers from Bristol-headquartered legal practice Burges Salmon have advised on three deals totalling around $46m (£37.6m) to support agriculture, forestry, fishery and tourism in West Africa. They worked with Eco-Business Fund (EBF) and the SANAD Fund for MSME (SANAD), impact funds advised by Finance in Motion, a world-leading impact...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has expanded its team in the capital with the addition of two high-profile City partners. Commercial and IP/technology lawyer Ben Chivers joins from Travers Smith, with corporate lawyer Nick Cheshire arriving from Ashurst. Ben, pictured right, has wide experience across multiple sectors...
The housebuilding and development team in law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office has been strengthened with the arrival of two new legal directors. The addition of Rebecca Dixon and Tanya Edmonds to the team boosts the team’s expertise across all areas of housing development from acquisition and disposal of housing...
Specialist employment and workplace legal practice Doyle Clayton has opened an office in Bristol, recruiting a former legal director from city-headquartered national law firm TLT to lead it. Doyle Clayton, which has more than 60 specialist lawyers, advisers and consultants in its offices in the City of London and...
Law firm Thrings has boosted its commercial property offering with the appointment of two new partners in its Bristol office. Kate Egan-Martin and Naomi Manton, pictured, have joined the firm’s development of land service, bringing more than three decades of real estate and legal experience between them, including working...
