Three fee earners, including a new head of regulatory and licensing, have joined Bristol-based law firm Gregg Latchams. Melissa Toney now leads the firm’s regulatory and licensing team while solicitors Holly Snook and Sammy Macdermid have joined the dispute resolution and commercial property departments respectively. In her new role,...
The international team at Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT has been expanded with the appointment of EU, regulatory and trade expert Ayla Skene as Of Counsel. Ayla, pictured, joins from the Glasgow office of national firm Pinsent Masons, where she spent four-and-a-half years as a solicitor and, more recently, an...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams is to hold its first private children law conference later this month with practical tips from a range of expert speakers. The half-day event on February 28 is staged in collaboration with 3PB Barristers and will connect specialists and practitioners working in this area,...
The region’s largest business organisation has called on the government to ensure firms get essential support and guidance for life outside the EU as the UK today marks its official departure from the world’s biggest trading bloc. While the UK is leaving the European Union at 11pm after 47...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby is celebrating the relocation of its team in Gloucester Road to new office space. The law firm, which has been part of the Gloucester Road business community for more than 40 years, has relocated its 29 staff to the improved setting in the former Barclays...
The South West Fair Trade Business Awards are returning for an eighth year, with The Great British Bake Off star and Bristol resident Briony Williams lined up to host the presentation ceremony. The awards, which celebrate ethical organisations of all sizes and from any sector across the region, have...
Bristol-based insolvency and restructuring lawyer Philip Winterborne has been appointed the South West and Wales chair of recovery trade body R3. Philip, pictured, an insolvency and turnaround partner at Bristol-based Temple Bright solicitors, was formally appointed to the role at R3 South West and Wales’s AGM. He takes the...
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 Simon Price, a partner in Bristol law firm Meade King’s dispute resolution and litigation team, answers our 10 questions. What was the LAST: Film you watched?...
Some of Bristol’s most dynamic entrepreneurs are among the shortlisted entries for a major new awards scheme celebrating the West of England’s inspirational small businesses. The inaugural Enterprising West of England ‘Ones to Watch’ awards take place next week to champion the region’s most exciting entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs. ...
The region’s top annual business award scheme recognising excellence and enterprise in the boardroom has been launched. The Institute of Directors’ (IoD) South West Director of the Year Awards 2020 aim to champion outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs while also focusing UK-wide attention on success in the region. Nominations – which opened...
Real estate lawyers from the Bristol office of international legal practice Osborne Clarke have advised on one of London’s largest regeneration projects. The team is working with Vistry Partnerships (formerly Galliford Try Partnerships) on the development agreement for Meridian One, the first phase of the £6bn, 20-year Meridian Water...
The changing face of the legal sector and the way innovation and advanced technology are shaping its future have been explored through a series of events staged by Bristol law firm Burges Salmon for its staff. The firm’s second annual B-Innovative Week aimed to educate and inspire the firm’s...
Three Bristol-headquartered law firms are among 10 chosen by Welsh Water (Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig) for its legal services framework, which could provide worth worth an estimated £14m. Foot Anstey, Burges Salmon and TLT will provide general legal advice to the utility firm as well as some specialist services. It...
