Employment lawyer Chris Seaton, who joined Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon 26 years ago, is to become its next senior partner. Chris, pictured, is the long-standing head of the firm’s employment team. He will take up the role on May 1. He joined Burges Salmon in 1991 after an...
National law firm Bond Dickinson’s Bristol office has played a key role in advising Chrysaor, the UK oil and gas independent, on its multi-billion dollar deal to acquire a package of UK North Sea assets from oil giant Shell. Working alongside US law firm Dechert, the Bond Dickinson team looked after...
Companies producing chocolate that tells stories, new musical instruments and robotic art are among those taking part in Artful Innovation, a new business development programme taking place this week by Watershed, Bristol’s pioneering arts and media centre. Artful Innovation is a five-day intensive course supporting small creative technology companies to examine...
Three apprentices have started out on their legal careers at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Bevan Brittan – its second intake this financial year as business volumes continue to grow. The new arrivals follow on from a cohort of three who joined the firm last September, in addition to its...
Alex Castiglione, who joined Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby as a temporary receptionist 15 years ago, has been promoted to its head of commercial property. Alex, pictured, arrived at the firm in 2002 to cover maternity leave. Before she reached the end of her temporary contract she was offered the...
A team from the Bristol headquarters of national law firm TLT has advised on the sale of research technology platform Usurv to market and customer insights company MARU Group. The acquisition of Usurv, which was founded in Bath and is now based in Kent, gives MARU a proprietary technology...
David Stedman, a solicitor advocate in the Bristol office of law firm Clarke Willmott, has been named in a prestigious national guide which covers the top 500 private client advisers and wealth managers in the UK. David, pictured, specialises in commercial and private client litigation with a particular focus...
Bristol law firms Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) and Thrings have been appointed by the Bar Council as the first two strategic partners for a new debt recovery panel to help barristers collect outstanding fees from professional clients. The Bar Council – the professional association which represents barristers in England and...
Directors from Bristol and across the West of England are being invited to enter one of the region’s top annual awards schemes that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom. The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 will showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs as well...
Alzheimer’s Society has been chosen by South West law firm Ashfords as its charity of the year in a vote by employees. The firm will now hopes to raise £100,000 for the charity until April 2018. Alzheimer’s Society supports those affected by dementia through both practical and emotional support....
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on the acquisition of the largest solar park in the UK. The 220-acre Shotwick site on the Wirral/Flintshire border operates at a 72MW peak capacity and a 50MW AC export capacity. Leading independent infrastructure and private...
Professional services firm PwC has launched its annual West of England Business of the Year Awards – widely regarded as the region’s most prestigious. Now in their 29th year, the eagerly-contested awards attract the cream of the region’s firms with a winners’ roll-call reading like a who’s who of...
A law firm with a major office in Bristol has warned its staff travelling to the US to be wary of handing over details of their social media accounts and phone data to border officials. Clarke Willmott fears complying with this voluntary part of the US’s visa waiver programme could break data...
