A team from Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised leading brick manufacturer Michelmersh on its latest acquisition. The group, which owns most of the UK’s premium brick brands and is a leading specification brick and clay paving manufacturer, took over manufacturer FabSpeed for an undisclosed sum. The...
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has strengthened its UK-wide digital practice with the appointment of cyber and tech litigator Simon Davis in its Bristol office. Simon, pictured, joins as an associate and barrister, specialising in contentious data protection and cyber security matters. He has particular expertise in providing advice...
Bristol firms can ensure they are fit for the future by taking advantage of free support on offer under a Workforce for the Future programme. Staged by Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, Workforce for the Future provides fully funded, tailored and in-depth support for firms with fewer...
National law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, has been named as runner-up in the Technology Team of the Year category of a major legaltech awards scheme. The annual British Legal Technology Awards acknowledge and reward excellence in legaltech and IT security. The Technology Team of the...
An ambitious plan to tackle poverty and close the inequality ethnic gap in Bristol was officially launched this week with a plea to businesses to get involved and end what it calls a “divided city”. OurCity2030 aims to get young people from low-income households, starting from inner-city Bristol, into...
Four major law firms with offices in Bristol have been praised for making a positive contribution to the UK’s green transition in a ground-breaking new legal sector report. TLT, Osborne Clarke, Womble Bond Dickinson and Foot Anstey are included in the inaugural Legal 500 UK Green Guide, which highlights the firms...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has elected a new CEO to take over from Bristol-based Stephen Rosser when steps down after 13 years in the role. Peter Swinburn, pictured right, managing director of the firm’s commercial property division and head of its London and Southampton offices, will become CEO...
Lawyers from Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon have advised French multinational utility group Engie on a major battery storage deal which it described as a key milestone on its move into the UK market. Engie, whose interests span energy transition, electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear, renewable energy and petroleum,...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has been reappointed onto the legal framework of a major housing group. Clarke Willmott will assist Orbit, one of the UK’s largest providers of affordable housing, with legal issues including tenancy services, construction and development, property asset management,...
A team from Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon have played a crucial role in the sale of the Coventry Building Society Arena – home to Coventry City FC – to retail tycoon Mike Ashley’s Fraser Group. The lawyers advised the stadium’s former owner ACL and its joint administrators...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised longstanding client Ambulatory Surgery International (ASI) on the latest phase of its private healthcare facility development. Contracts were signed in late September for a £1.7m expansion of surgery facilities at OneWelbeck in London’s Marylebone. Temple Bright advised ASI, which trades...
Sasha Butterworth has been elected as senior partner of Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT for a three-year term. Sasha, pictured, will take up the role on 1 January, replacing Andrew Glynn, who has been senior partner for seven years having been re-elected in 2019. As senior partner, Sasha will...
The heat networks practice at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has been strengthened with the appointment this week of Charles Robson as a partner. Charles, pictured, arrives from the Bristol office of transatlantic lawyers Womble Bond Dickinson, where he led the firm’s heat networks practice, having joined the...
