Commercial property lawyer Mark Forsey has joined national firm Ashfords’ real estate team as it expands its investment and asset management practice. Mark, pictured, arrives as a senior associate from Stephens Scown in Exeter, where he spent 12 years in a number of roles. He has a wealth of...
Five bands made up of individuals from across Bristol’s legal sector belted out the hits last night as the city’s Legal Battle of the Bands made a welcome return. Stranger Thrings, Out of Office, The Mighty Rufus, OC/DC and The Narrow Keys took to the stage at The Fleece...
A healthtech business revolutionising stroke rehabilitation has won the Best Elevator Pitch at incubator SETsquared Bristol’s Tech-Xpo 2023 showcase. SoleSense uses shoe sensors and a real-time biofeedback app to provide personalised digital physiotherapy to stroke patients. The firm, which fought off strong competition from nine other SETsquared-based businesses to claim...
Two of Bristol’s largest law firms have been named in a major new report for their continued commitment and achievements in addressing gender inequality in the workplace. Burges Salmon and TLT have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023 – the UK’s most highly...
A partner in the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott has been made head of its retail and leisure sector team just a year after joining the national law firm. Experienced commercial property lawyer Amanda French, pictured, specialises in portfolio management and store development programmes for multi-national retail businesses. She...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has selected Alive Activities, the Bristol organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people and their carers, as the charity partner of its office in the city. Alive Activities will be supported through fundraising and volunteering as well as raising awareness...
The employment law team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has been boosted with the arrival of Katherine Flower as a partner. Katherine, pictured, joins from international law firm Slaughter and May’s London office, where she worked for nearly 17 years as an associate and then senior counsel. ...
A biotech business launched by a University of Bristol academic that uses soundwaves to move cells in petri dishes has won £10,000 and a year’s membership of the city’s acclaimed SETsquared tech incubator. Impulsonics’ patented technology makes growing cells in the lab cheaper, faster and more reliable by automating...
A lack of interest among the West of England’s politicians in its tech sector, despite its strength, is holding it back compared to other regions, according to a major new report. At the same time, the government’s ‘levelling-up’ agenda is steering funding towards parts of the country with strong...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of water industry specialist the Northavon Group of companies on its sale to fast-growing engineering group OCU. The Midsomer Norton-based Northavon Group primarily operates in the water sector in the South of England and South Wales. It provides...
Success in a landmark court case featuring characters from TV comedy classic Only Fools and Horses has earned national law firm Ashfords’ intellectual property disputes team a major award. The team represented Shazam Productions, which owns the copyright in the scripts for the much-loved sitcom, in legal proceedings brought...
Lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal firm Osborne Clarke have advised on a major investment deal that will help one of the UK’s fastest-growing FinTech firms expand further into overseas markets. The team worked with London-based Freemarket, a leading FinTech platform for regulated B2B cross-border payments and...
The corporate and mergers & acquisitions team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on more than 110 deals with a combined value of £4.5bn-plus over the past year. While the market has continued to be volatile, the team benefited from strong levels of investment and merger...
