National consumer law firm Simpson Millar has appointed experienced clinical negligence solicitor Claire Levene to is Bristol office. Claire, pictured, brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role, 18 of them spent working on behalf of clients who have sustained birth-related injuries. She also specialises in complex injuries...
Sports lawyers in the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott have advised long-standing client, global sports, music and entertainment agency Wasserman, on its acquisition of the UK’s leading women’s football agency. Volante Sports’s client roster includes England and Arsenal star Alessia Russo, fellow Arsenal player Emily Fox, Chelsea’s Jorja Fox...
Experts in law firm Thrings’ Bristol office have advised on a deal to create the South West’s largest new forest in a generation. The 422-acre woodland is to be established between Bristol and Bath by Bristol-based charity Avon Needs Trees. Once complete, the 100,000-tree Lower Chew Forest will be...
The Bristol-based founders of premier new model law firm Temple Bright have teamed up with a former PwC and KPMG partner to launch Source, an innovative new business in the rapidly growing flexible legal resourcing market. Its launch comes as corporates of all sizes increasingly turn to flexible models...
Lawyers in the Bristol office of international law firm Osborne Clarke have advised on three multi-million pound deals involving businesses in the artificial intelligence, advertising and renewable energy sectors. The firm advised Abound, the consumer arm of Fintern, one of the UK’s fastest-growing fintechs using artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Regional law firm Michelmores has gained double recognition in a prestigious private wealth awards scheme, winning the Law Firm of the Year – UK category while one of its partners landed the Lawyer of the Year title. The firm, which recently relocated its expanding Bristol office, triumphed in the CityWealth Magic...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has taken on renewable energy real estate specialist Joe Kelly as a partner in its future energy team – the fourth to join in five months. Joe, pictured, qualified at TLT in 2012 and then went on to spend more than 10 years at...
Key organisations in Bristol’s business community have signed up to support the city’s iconic International Balloon Fiesta. Among the firms sponsoring the event, now in its 46th year, are aerospace giant Airbus, which has its main wing design centre at Filton, electric-car manufacturer Tesla and upmarket restaurant chain The...
Ultra-athlete Dion Leonard, who runs distances of 250-plus miles in some of the world’s toughest conditions, has told West of England business leaders they too can overcome huge challenges – if they are determined. Dion, pictured, was guest speaker at accountancy body ICAEW West of England’s annual dinner in...
Bristol firms are being urged to link up with the UK’s biggest nature festival taking place in the city next month, when they will be able to get involved in a host of activities. Among events targeted at businesses during the 21st annual Festival of Nature will be roundtables on...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has celebrated the relocation of its Bristol office, saying the move demonstrated its commitment to sustainability and staff wellbeing. Its 300 Bristol-based staff recently took up residence in the state-of-the-art office on the top two floors of the 11-storey Assembly Building C on Cheese...
Three Bristol law firms were among the winners in an inaugural awards scheme celebrating the most impactful ESG (environmental, social, and governance) initiatives across the UK legal sector. Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), Burges Salmon and Osborne Clarke – all with major offices in the city – won two categories...
Foot Anstey, the national law firm with an office in Bristol, has appointed a new chair and non-executive director to its management board in what it described as an important step in its strategic direction. Existing partner and head of employment/head of commercial, tech & data Karen Bates, pictured,...
