Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson has welcomed five trainee solicitors to its Bristol office as part of a 25-strong cohort joining its eight UK offices. The two-year training contracts give the trainees the opportunity to spend six months in four different business groups across the firm including real...
Cross-border transactional lawyers at Bristol-headquartered TLT have helped West of England manufacturing group Avon Rubber finance its £75m acquisition of US industrial group’s 3M’s personal ballistic protection business. Avon, which specialises in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) respiratory protection systems, said the deal would help deepen its long-standing...
IT and technology specialist Suzie Miles has been promoted to partner in the Bristol office of law firm Ashfords in the latest round of internal promotions. Suzie, pictured, is in an expert in software licensing, IT and business process outsourcing, e-commerce enterprise IT. Having joined Ashfords as a trainee...
Law firm Thrings has appointed inheritance and tax planning specialist Penny Munro as a senior associate in a move that further strengthens its private client team. Penny, pictured, has joined from Dorset & Wiltshire firm Farnfields Solicitors, where she worked for nearly seven years. She has more than 20...
The Bristol offices of financial and professional services firm Smith & Williamson and law firm Clarke Willmott have advised a Welsh specialist software firm on its major cross-border acquisition by a multi-billion dollar Japanese industrial group. Swansea-based RAP International specialises in risk assessment software used in high hazard industries by a client base comprising many...
South West law firm Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, is welcoming an 11-strong cohort of trainees this month after a huge increase in applications. The number of individuals applying for training contracts at the firmed soared by 84% this year on 2018. This followed a concerted...
The banking and finance team in law firm Ashfords’ Bristol office has been boosted with the appointment of Ed Hobbs as a partner. Ed, pictured, joins from national firm Burges Salmon’s Bristol head office, where he worked for six years as a senior associate. Prior to that he spent...
National law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Marti Burgess as a corporate partner in its Bristol office. Marti, pictured, joins from Bristol-headquartered firm Gregg Latchams, where she has worked for just over seven years, most recently as head of corporate SME and as an associate director. At Bevan Brittan...
An exclusive Cotswolds bridal boutique whose customers have included members of the royal family has been acquired by new owners with advice from the Bristol law firm Meade King. The White Room in Minchinhampton, near Stroud, which sells luxury wedding dresses by internationally acclaimed designers including Jenny Packham and...
International law firm Kennedys has become the latest to open an office in Bristol, continuing the city’s growth as a major regional legal centre. The office, the firm’s 11th in the UK and 38th across the world, will focus on professional and financial lines work along with defendant personal...
The role of blockchain and digital currencies on payments and transactions and their impact on banks and traditional payments providers will go under the spotlight when the successful Crypto Curries series of events comes to Bristol for the first time. Hosted by law firm Thrings in its Bristol office,...
A nerve-fraying 200ft abseil down the side of its Bristol HQ – along with dress-down days, bake-offs and quizzes – helped staff at national law firm TLT raise more than £14,000 for their chosen charity Children’s Hospice South West. The abseil, pictured, alone – in which more than 50...
The corporate and commercial team at Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has completed two separate deals on behalf of nursery providers as it continues to expand in the national early years education sector. The firm acted for the owners of Noah’s Ark Day Nursery in Chester and Hillside House Nursery...
