Law firm Irwin Mitchell’s Bristol office has given three budding legal professionals a step up on the career ladder, appointing two trainees and adding a newly-qualified solicitor to its expanding team. Trainees Naomi Brownlow and Lauren Gregory have joined for the next year to work across all areas of...
Bristol law firm Bond Pearce has been shortlisted in the Best Use of Technology category at this year's British Legal Awards. Run in conjunction with Legal Week Magazine, the awards celebrate achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal industry. Bond Pearce is shortlisted for a recent project which introduced...
Bristol law firm Burges Salmon has advised on the creation of the UK’s largest dairy company, formed by the merger of the firm’s longstanding client Milk Link with Arla Foods amba. The merger brings together two successful and growth-orientated farmer-owned dairy processing businesses with complementary positions in key markets,...
Lawyers from Bristol firm Burges Salmon have advised private equity firm Gresham on its role in the £25m management buyout (MBO) of digital corporate communications specialist Investis. Headquartered in London, Investis services more than 1,000 clients across the globe from offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland and India....
Law firm Ashfords has recruited 14 trainee solicitors to work across all five of its South West offices, including Bristol. And, for the first time, two will be based in its London office following its merger with Rochman Landau earlier this year. Over the next two years the trainees...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams will later today officially launch its innovative new way of providing legal advice to entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized firms. Its In-house Lawyer (IHL) service has been set up following research among West business owners which showed they want high-quality legal support while knowing...
Lawyers from Bristol’s TLT have advised international services and software company Sword Group on the 20m euro (£16m) disposal of its specialist software developer subsidiary Ciboodle – a project that involved legal work across 12 jurisdictions. TLT co-ordinated the deal for Sword, including liaising with major American firm Mayer...
Legal recruitment consultancy Austen Lloyd has relocated its head office from Backwell, North Somerset, to Bristol city centre as part of its on-going expansion from a regional player towards becoming a national firm. The move, to a 1,017sq ft office in Queen Square, places the consultancy at the heart...
Legal 500 names the following as the ‘leading individuals’ in the West’s law firms: Omar Al-Nuaimi Osborne Clarke Banking and finance Neil Baker Clarke Willmott LLP Planning Alan Barr Burges Salmon LLP Corporate and commercial John Birch Ashfords LLP Construction Michael Bothamley DAC Beachcroft LLP Commercial property Andy Braithwaite...
Legal 500, the sector’s ‘bible’, says among notable developments over the past year in the region, Pinsent Masons closed its Bristol office, while the leading members of CMS Cameron McKenna’s professional negligence team moved over to RPC, giving the latter a presence in the region. London firm Simmons &...
Bristol continues to strengthen as a centre for legal services and is increasingly acting as a magnet for City of London firms seeking lower-cost operations. At the same time its larger law firms are continuing to establish themselves as major national, rather than just regional, players through a combination...
Bristol-based law firm TLT has once again been named as one of the UK’s best legal employers by industry publication Legal Week. TLT is ranked second overall for meeting its employees’ needs in Legal Week’s annual Employee Satisfaction Report. The report is compiled from an independent survey of more...
Bristol law firm Osborne Clarke is in merger talks with London-based Field Fisher Waterhouse which potentially could create a top 20 firm with revenues of nearly £200m. Sources close to the talks described them as being at an “early stage”. Field Fisher Waterhouse was recently linked with rival City...
