Law firm Temple Bright has advised Bristol-based waste management firm ETM Recycling on its £7m facility from NatWest. ETM, which operates the South West’s largest waste management fleet, will use the cash injection to make significant upgrades to its state-of-the-art facilities in the city. This will strengthen its recycling...
UK law firm Ashfords has strengthened its commercial intellectual property (IP) team, which has a focus on non-contentious IP, food and regulatory law, with the arrival of Kristy Coleman as legal director. Kristy joins from Huddersfield firm Greengage where she was a partner for 18 months. Ashfords, which has...
The prestigious property awards staged by regional law firm Michelmores are returning early in 2024, marking 21 years of celebrating the South West’s best property, development and construction projects. The awards – regarded as among the most coveted in the region – will also include a new category showcasing...
Ireland’s largest cinema company has expanded into Great Britain in a deal put together by solicitors from national law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office. They worked with Omniplex Cinema Group on its acquisition of five outlets from Empire, the UK cinema chain that collapsed into administration in July. Under...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has been added to the panel of legal advisors for Somerset-headquartered global footwear manufacturer and retailer Clarks. The firm is one of two that will now support Clarks with legal property matters relating to its retail portfolio across...
Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has partnered with Will Aid, the collaboration between the legal profession and nine UK charities, for the first time. Will Aid takes place every November to support charitable causes and improve access to will writing services across the UK. Since its launch in 1988...
The corporate team at national law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has advised on the majority sale of global game developer Push Gaming on its to mobile gaming group LeoVegas. Founded in 2010 by Winston Lee and James Marshall, London-based Push Gaming is one of...
Partners, lawyers and staff from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon showed off their talent at a sold-out charity event staged at iconic music venue Bristol Beacon ahead of its official reopening. Burges Salmon’s Got Talent, which took place in the venue’s newly renovated Lantern Hall, pictured, raised a...
The Bristol corporate team at international law firm Osborne Clarke has advised on the sale of a pharmaceuticals services firm that started in the backroom of an NHS hospital in the 1970s. The lawyers worked with the management team of Torbay Pharmaceuticals on its takeover by private equity firm...
Legal experts from Thrings’ Bristol-based planning and environment team joined property developers, planners and architects at an event exploring the impact of biodiversity net gain (BNG). The gathering of 30-plus experts covered a range of related topics, including how the concept – which aims to ensure the habitat for...
DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed a new managing partner of its Bristol office. Mike Renshaw, pictured, will take over from Simon Mason, who has been managing partner since the office’s inception in 2011 and is retiring from the business at the end...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of a site in Wiltshire on the construction of a flagship Asda Express as part of the supermarket group’s planned 300-store nationwide expansion. The store in Calne is the third in Asda’s new Express format, which will be...
The energy and infrastructure team in the Bristol office of national law firm Foot Anstey has advised a pioneering solar tech firm on one of the largest light-weight array installations in the South East of England. The team worked with Solivus, a London-based start-up, on the project at Farnborough...
