Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a large office in Bristol, has combined with US-based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to create a major transatlantic legal player with operations in 23 cities. The merger, which takes effect from October, will create one the world’s 100 largest law firms...
Bristol bosses have swept the board at this year’s South West IoD Awards, which celebrate outstanding talent in the region’s boardrooms. Directors from city firms won four of the five main awards at the ceremony, which took place at Ashton Gate last night. The winners were: Director of the Year:...
The next government must strengthen the UK’s ability to help businesses start up and grow – including ditching the view that all immigration is bad – according to the director-general of the Institute of Directors. Speaking on his first visit to Bristol in the role yesterday, Stephen Martin, pictured,...
More than 150 employees from regional law firm Foot Anstey went the extra mile for charity and raised more than £14,000 by walking between its five South West offices. The 208-mile trek – which started in Truro and ended in Bristol – smashed their fundraising target by 40%. It...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby marked Dementia Awareness Week last week by taking the number of ‘dementia friends’ it has created in the city to an incredible 245. The milestone was reached when the firm’s dementia friends champion, senior associate Anna Molter, visited Bromley Heath Junior School to hold information...
Bristol business leaders have been warned that they are failing to optimise the talents of their people if women are not fairly represented at senior levels in their organisations. The message came from Sir Philip Hampton, chair of the independent Hampton-Alexander Review, which aims to ensure talented women succeed...
Private practice lawyer vacancies in the South West have fallen by 11% over the past year as the sector starts to suffer from uncertainty, according to a new survey. However, the decline is less than the national picture – the data from specialist recruiter Clayton Legal shows vacancies across...
National law firm Bevan Brittan has appointed Nick Hodgson as its new finance director based in its Bristol head office. Nick, pictured, joins after eight years at international law firm Simmons & Simmons, where he was initially finance controller for its Middle East operations and then senior finance systems...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has promoted Robert Ridd, a corporate and commercial solicitor in its Bristol office, to partner. Robert, pictured, joined Clarke Willmott in 2010 after stints at firms in the Midlands. He completed his training at Reed Smith in London. Robert specialises in private limited company...
Bristol business figures dominate the nominations for the prestigious Institute of Directors (IoD) South West regional Director of the Year Awards with seven names on the shortlist. They will join other directors from around the region at the awards ceremony later this month to celebrate outstanding business people and focus UK-wide...
Five senior promotions have been made in the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke. They include four new partners and a legal director at the firm, which has its roots in Bristol and now employs more than 400 people in the city. Combined with partner promotions in...
Regional law firm Michelmores has appointed Bristol-based tax, trusts & succession team member James Radcliffe to a partner. The move, along with a partner promotion in its London office, takes the firm’s overall partnership to 64. Michelmores has also promoted two lawyers in its Bristol office to senior associate...
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has expanded its pensions offering with the appointment of James Dean as a partner in its Bristol office. James, pictured, who has joined this week from Bristol-headquartered national firm TLT, specialises in pension scheme investments, corporate restructurings/mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and public sector...
