Annual revenue at Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has passed the £150m mark for the first time following a 9% increase in its 2021/22 financial year. The firm, which employs around 1,400 people, described the increase – which took total revenue up from £144m in the previous year to...
Corporate finance specialists at regional accountancy firm PKF Francis Clark and legal experts from the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott have advised on the sale of one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers of precision plastic components. Nailsea-based Nylaplas, which firms in a wide range of sectors including aerospace,...
A legal director in the Bristol office of national law firm Foot Anstey has helped regional business finance provider FSE Group close two investment funds that will form part of the recently launched South West Investment Fund (SWIF). Karl Bradford, pictured below, with support from colleagues in Foot Anstey’s funds...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) have advised North Somerset Council in its successful legal battle to acquire Weston-super-Mare’s historic Birnbeck Pier. The council is working with the Royal National Lifeboats Institution (RNLI) and Historic England to secure the preservation of the Grade...
National law firm Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol, has broken the £50m annual revenue barrier after growing by 3% over the past year. The £50.2m achieved in the 2022/23 financial year triggered a 7% firm-wide bonus at the firm, which employs more than 500 people. Profits increased...
National law firm Foot Anstey has strengthened its energy and infrastructure sector team in Bristol by appointing new legal directors Laura Rajanah and Adam Weatherley. Laura Rajanah has dedicated 15 years of her career to the energy sector, focusing on the real estate elements associated with projects. She has...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed three new Bristol-based partners among a raft of senior promotions across its UK offices. The Bristol trio are Ronan Lowney, who advises on tax aspects of transactions, corporate finance team member Alex Fergus and Louise Norman, the firm’s Deputy General...
A team from national law firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office has advised a long-term client on a major healthcare deal involving the UK’s largest medical testing company of its kind. The Clarke Willmott lawyers worked with health assessment and laboratory testing business Inuvi on its acquisition of Express Diagnostics....
Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon has strengthened its standing as one of the few law firms specialising in the fast-growing vertical farming sector by advising on a major investment deal. The firm’s corporate group worked with sustainability-led alternative funding manager Foresight Group on its financial support package for...
The Bristol office of national law firm Bevan Brittan has selected city-based 1625 Independent People as its charity for the next two years. Bevan Brittan will support the charity, which works with young people who are homeless, leaving care or at risk of homelessness, in two ways – through...
Two Bristol family lawyers have started their own practice specialising in advising non-married couples on separation, wills and inheritance disputes. Roskilly and Mills has been launched by Emily Roskilly and Lucia Mills, pictured, to provide specialist advice to cohabiting couples pre- and post-separation with what they are calling “a...
National law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has maintained its organic growth with the addition of two new partners. Paolo Sbuttoni, a technology, data privacy and commercial lawyer, has joined from Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong, while a real estate disputes lawyer Kate New re-joins...
The Legal Battle of the Bands, organised by Bristol Law Society (BLS), raised £2,560 for SARSAS, the charity providing support for people affected by rape or any kind of sexual assault or abuse. The event at The Fleece, attracted more than 200 people, with Out of Office winning the coveted...
