Enable Law, regional law firm Foot Anstey’s newly created medical negligence practice, has snapped up a team of 11 people from rival Michelmores, which earlier this year decided to exit the clinical negligence market. Foot Anstey, which has an office in Bristol, launched Enable Law on May 1 as...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has its roots in Bristol, has entered the mainland Chinese market for the first time after admitting a specially-formed Shanghai-based firm to its global network. The move allows Osborne Clarke to advise Western and Asian corporations on complex cross-border transactions and international trade...
Bristol and Portishead law firm Burroughs Day has left the QualitySolicitors branded national network of law firms after seven years. The 180-year-old firm was a founder member of QualitySolicitors, the UK’s biggest single name legal network law with around 60 members. Burroughs Day said it had decided to become...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) has promoted healthcare specialist Oliver Pool to partner. The appointment comes hot on the heels of recent growth in the healthcare team including the appointment of partner Paul Werrell and its merger with London-based healthcare practice Lockharts in January. Having trained with...
All the current final year trainee solicitors at Burges Salmon, the national law firm with its headquarters in Bristol, have been offered positions when they qualify in September. All 28 trainees have formally accepted a position at the firm and will work across a range of practices and sector...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, has appointed Jonathan Morton as its new chairman. A partner in commercial property and head of its Birmingham office, Jonathan, pictured, takes over from Taunton office head Tim Walker, who has served two consecutive three-year terms in the role....
The senior partner of Bristol-based independent property consultancy Alder King has been named Property Law Expert of the Year after being nominated by readers of the Lawyer Monthly magazine. Martyn Jones, pictured, who specialises in commercial property valuation and landlord and tenant issues, was nominated by readers of the legal news...
The Bristol office of national law firm Bond Dickinson has promoted three of its lawyers to the position of associate. Corporate and commercial team members Sammy Hill , pictured right, and Toby Larkham, pictured below left, along with Amy Martin, pictured below right, of the insurance team, become associates as...
Staff and students working and studying at UWE’s Bristol Business School (BBS) and Bristol Law School (BLS) have moved in to their new state-of-the-art £55m building. The building is the jewel in the crown of a £300m capital investment programme across all campuses and will enable UWE to break new...
Regional law firm Foot Anstey is hosting an event alongside the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) next week to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The emergence of new technologies, changes in business strategy and increased consumer focus have driven the...
Banking and renewables sector experts from Bristol-based national law firm Burges Salmon have advised one of Japan’s largest banks on its refinancing of a major UK wind farm. The Burges Salmon team, led by banking partner Nathan Curtis with assistance from the firm’s real estate and projects departments, worked...
A major conference in June will bring together the West of England’s political and business leaders as it faces a period of unprecedented change following the Metro Mayor and national Parliamentary elections. The West of England Economic Growth Conference on June 23 will offer delegates the first opportunity to...
Pet food has joined popcorn and swimwear as the latest deal worked on by Bristol lawyers from national firm Bond Dickinson for longstanding specialist consumer brand investor Piper. Pet Food UK, the Hertfordshire company behind the Barking Heads, Meowing Heads and AATU brands, has received £5m from Piper to...
