DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has appointed a new managing partner of its Bristol office. Mike Renshaw, pictured, will take over from Simon Mason, who has been managing partner since the office’s inception in 2011 and is retiring from the business at the end...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised the owners of a site in Wiltshire on the construction of a flagship Asda Express as part of the supermarket group’s planned 300-store nationwide expansion. The store in Calne is the third in Asda’s new Express format, which will be...
The energy and infrastructure team in the Bristol office of national law firm Foot Anstey has advised a pioneering solar tech firm on one of the largest light-weight array installations in the South East of England. The team worked with Solivus, a London-based start-up, on the project at Farnborough...
Law firm Ashfords’ private wealth offering in Bristol has been boosted with the arrival of Mike Westbrook as a partner in its trusts and estates team. Mike, pictured, is SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) regulated, having qualified in 2008. Not only is he a recommended lawyer in the Legal 500...
Lawyers at international law firm Osborne Clarke in Bristol have advised on the £120m management buyout of a UK firm that develops technology systems for car parks. London-based independent funder Palladian Investment Partners has acquired a majority stake in Intelli-Park through the deal, with Vecturis Equity GmbH, a German...
Bristol-based law firm Barcan+Kirby has continued to strengthen its corporate and commercial team with the appointment of a new senior associate. Elsie Lyford, pictured, will work from the firm’s Bristol city centre office alongside partners Georgina Bryant and Robert Davenport. She joins from Wiltshire firm Goughs Solicitors, where she...
National law firm Freeths, city-based Barcan+Kirby and Bristol heavyweights Burges Salmon and Osborne Clarke were among the winners at last night’s 2023 Bristol Law Society Awards. Freeths landed the title of Law Firm of the Year (over 20 partners), beating Ashfords, which was highly commended, Foot Anstey and Osborne...
New leadership appointments have been made in the UK Business Transactions Practice Group (BTG) based in international law firm Osborne Clarke’s Bristol office. With 60 partners and more than 140 fee-earners, the group also works from the firm’s London and Reading offices and accounts for around a third of its...
The banking team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm Burges Salmon has advised on an innovative finance deal worth up to £70m from a group of three funders which will be used to build a major battery energy storage system. The funding was secured by global clean energy group TagEnergy to...
National law firm TLT, which has its HQ in Bristol, has advised leading pan-European solar energy company ILOS on funding for the construction and operation of four ground mounted solar PV projects in the UK. The £70m debt facility from Bayerische Landesbank includes an accordion facility option for the...
Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon has become the latest major law firm in the city to report a fall in annual profits as margins came under pressure from spiralling costs. While revenue rose at the firm by 8% to £128.2m in the financial year ending 30 April, net profit was down...
A cross-sector team from Michelmores has advised leading sustainability certification and net zero consultancy Planet Mark on its acquisition by workplace safety group Alcumus. London-based Planet Mark has been working with organisations, including Michelmores, to enable meaningful change and create a more sustainable and equitable world. The firm’s sustainability expertise...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has a major office in Bristol, has strengthened its commitment to reach net zero by rolling out a tailored carbon literacy course in the UK. The training programme has started with the firm’s UK executive board and will be followed by a broader...
