National law firm Ashfords has continued to grow the banking and finance expertise in its Bristol office with the appointment of Melissa George as a restructuring & insolvency partner. Melissa joins after more than 21 years at Thrings, where for the past 10 years she was a partner specialising...
Mid-market private equity firm LDC’s Bristol-based South West team has made a minority investment in tech-enabled legal services company revolutionising the way barristers work. The Barrister Group (TBG), an umbrella group for legal brands such as Clerksroom Chambers and Clerksroom Direct, uses its innovative proprietary Chambers365 management software to give barristers choice over...
A former Bristol solicitor and an ex-mental health social worker have been named as the UK’s top female franchisors seven years after drawing on their own experiences as mums to launch a baby and child sleep consultancy. Jenna Wilson founded Little Dreams Consulting in 2016 while pregnant with her...
HLK, the Bristol-based global intellectual property (IP) services group, has appointed Matthew Evans as its first business development director. The group, which combines Haseltine Lake Kempner and Munich-headquartered HL Kempner Partnerschaft mbB, said the newly created position reinforced its strong ethos of quality and outstanding client service. The group...
A Bristol-based partner with law firm Thrings has won a hearing in the Supreme Court for his client, the state of Romania, ending an international legal costs dispute. The judgment followed a Supreme Court hearing in March over the correct interpretation of a costs order made by the court...
Global renewable energy group Sonnedix has appointed South West and South of England-focused law firm Foot Anstey to its UK legal panel as it looks to scale up its presence in the market. The Chile-headquartered group develops, builds and operates renewable energy projects with the aim to provide affordable,...
Nine lawyers from the Bristol office of Clarke Willmott are among the latest round of promotions at the national law firm. Commercial and private client litigation lawyer David Stedman, Laura Robbetts from the property litigation team and Jacqui Lazare, who specialises in private capital, have been made partner. Making...
The government’s recently published Powering up Britain plan sets out an ambitious strategy to accelerate the development of offshore wind in order to help achieve the UK’s net zero targets. Floating offshore wind (FLOW), which can harness the wind power potential of the open seas with less disruption to...
National law firm Bevan Brittan has boosted its energy & resource management group in Bristol by recruiting experienced energy and infrastructure lawyer Rupert Lugg as a partner. Rupert, who previously worked at Bevan Brittan as a solicitor for two years between 2011 and 2013, is the market-leading group’s seventh...
The construction and engineering team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has appointed Katy Wall as a director. Katy, pictured, joins Burges Salmon after 10 years at international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she was a senior associate in its commercial construction & engineering team. Prior...
Regional law firm Michelmores is to relocate its Bristol base after securing new grade A space in a redeveloped city centre office scheme. The firm, currently based in Broad Quay House on The Centre, will move into the 11,000 sq ft office in 10 Victoria Street, pictured, later this...
Full-service national law firm Shakespeare Martineau has made two promotions in Bristol and confirmed the office head and deputy. The firm, which expanded into the South West for the first time last year when it completed its merger with historic Bristol firm GL Law, said the moves were part of its...
The private wealth sector team at Foot Anstey has advised long-standing international wealth management client The Fry Group on its sale to a major UK-based group. The deal expands new owner Progeny’s reach into Europe, Middle East and Asia and also increases its total assets under management to more...
