Legal

Happy returns as Meade King strengthens tax and estate planning team with former ex-paralegal

March 4, 2020
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Happy returns as Meade King strengthens tax and estate planning team with former ex-paralegal

A former paralegal who began her career with Bristol law firm Meade King has returned to it as a qualified lawyer. Lily Delaney, pictured, joins Meade King’s tax and estate planning team from national law firm VWV’s Bristol head office, where she qualified as a chartered legal executive.  She...

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Trio of legal director appointments at Davies & Partners Solicitors

March 3, 2020
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Law firm Davies & Partners Solicitors has promoted three senior solicitors in its Bristol office – Caroline Davies, Kerry Raymond and Kirsten Compton – to the position of legal director. Caroline, pictured right, has worked for the firm since 2017 in both the land acquisition and disposal and planning...

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Temple Bright and Vickery Holman taken on to advise expanding traffic equipment firm

February 28, 2020
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Temple Bright and Vickery Holman taken on to advise expanding traffic equipment firm

Fast-growing portable traffic equipment firm SRL Traffic Systems has appointed two Bristol-based professional advisory firms as its national expansion drive continues. The appointment of multi-disciplinary surveying firm Vickery Holman and law firm Temple Bright follows SRL’s management buyout last year, which was backed by £24m from private equity firm...

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TLT in but Osborne Clarke out as SSE re-energises its legal panel

February 27, 2020
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TLT in but Osborne Clarke out as SSE re-energises its legal panel

Expertise on developments in the clean energy sector have earned Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT a place on utility SSE’s new legal panel. TLT joins four other new firms on the nine-strong panel, which formerly begins its mandate next month. The panel is made up of firms ranging from...

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Ex-Big Four and legal marketer joins PKF Francis Clark as director of marketing

February 20, 2020
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Ex-Big Four and legal marketer joins PKF Francis Clark as director of marketing

South West accountancy group PKF Francis Clark, which last year opened its first office in Bristol, has appointed experienced professional services marketer Mandy Reynolds as its new director of marketing. Mandy, pictured with PKF Francis Clark managing partner Andrew Richards, has joined from regional law firm Stephens Scown, where...

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Fund launched by Barcan+Kirby to help community groups based near its offices

February 18, 2020
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Fund launched by Barcan+Kirby to help community groups based near its offices

Community organisations in parts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire are being given an opportunity to benefit from a special fund launched this month by city law firm Barcan+Kirby. The Barcan+Kirby Community Fund will give monetary support to groups and individuals working for the benefit of the communities in areas...

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The LAST WORD: Melissa Toney, head of regulatory and licensing, Gregg Latchams

February 14, 2020
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The LAST WORD: Melissa Toney, head of regulatory and licensing, Gregg Latchams

Each week Bristol Business News gives a prominent member of the city’s business community the last word on its weekly e-bulletin. This week Melissa Toney, head of regulatory and licensing at Gregg Latchams, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST:  Film you watched? Joker- of course! Book you read? The...

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Senior associate appointment bolsters Barcan+Kirby’s new Bishopston office

February 11, 2020
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Senior associate appointment bolsters Barcan+Kirby’s new Bishopston office

Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has strengthened its wills, trusts, and probate team with the appointment of Helene Bryant as a senior associate. Helene, pictured, who is also a registered trust and estate practitioner and joins from NewLaw Solicitors in Bristol, where she spent five-and-a-half years as an associate in...

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TLT strengthens its national corporate practice with Bristol legal director hire

February 10, 2020
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TLT strengthens its national corporate practice with Bristol legal director hire

Investment specialist Dan Whitewood has joined the Bristol headquarters of TLT as a legal director, continuing the national law firm’s UK-wide expansion of its corporate team. Dan, pictured, joins from Simmons & Simmons’ Bristol office, where he was an associate. He brings a wealth of early-stage and fast-growth investment...

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Osborne Clarke confirms move to ‘smart’ new Bristol office two years ahead of its completion

February 7, 2020
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Osborne Clarke confirms move to ‘smart’ new Bristol office two years ahead of its completion

International law firm Osborne Clarke has confirmed it will relocate its Bristol office to a yet-to-be-built office development being hailed as the city’s ‘smartest’ building. The firm, which employs around 600 people at its showpiece Temple Quay office, has agreed to take nearly two thirds – 74,000 sq ft...

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Barcan+Kirby teams up with Gloucestershire Cricket to mark club reaching 150 not out

February 7, 2020
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Barcan+Kirby teams up with Gloucestershire Cricket to mark club reaching 150 not out

Gloucestershire Cricket has appointed Bristol-based law firm Barcan+Kirby as its official sponsor to help it celebrate the club’s 150th anniversary this year. The club, which following a successful 2019 has brought Division One County Championship cricket back to the Bristol County Ground for this season, is aiming to mark...

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Tech start-ups get chance to tap into expertise by staying in the Loop

February 7, 2020
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Tech start-ups get chance to tap into expertise by staying in the Loop

A new growth programme to support the growing number of tech start-ups across the South West has been launched by a team of experts in areas ranging from PR to accounting. Called Loop, it gives participants structured access to practical advice across a spectrum of business services, including investor...

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Chance to shed light on the challenges facing Bristol’s night-time economy

February 7, 2020
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Chance to shed light on the challenges facing Bristol’s night-time economy

Key players in Bristol’s night-time economy are being offered the chance to share their experiences and work together to promote the city’s unique and inclusive nightlife. They will gather on Monday evening at an event staged by Bristol@Night, the independent advisory panel featuring local people from pubs, bars, clubs,...

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