Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has its second-largest office in Bristol, has been appointed to a new legal panel for energy giant National Grid following a competitive tender process. WBD is the only new firm to be appointed to the panel, which has also been reduced...
Quartet Community Foundation, the organisation that inspires local philanthropy to give everyone in the West of England a fair chance of a good life, is celebrating handing out £50m in grants since it was founded in 1987. Thirty-two years ago the Foundation awarded £16,585 to 19 projects, including ACTA,...
Bristol-based law firm Gregg Latchams is to host an afternoon tea next week to coincide with Carers Rights Day at which it will discuss issues that informal or working carers constantly face. The free event takes place on Thursday, November 21, between 3:30pm and 5:30pm in the firm’s Queen...
Osborne Clarke was named Large Law Firm of the Year for the second year running at Bristol Law Society’s annual awards with Barcan+Kirby claiming the smaller firm title. DAC Beachcroft consultant Tony Cherry was presented with the President’s Outstanding Achievement Award while Barcan+Kirby made it a double on the...
A strong track record in securing long-term renewable energy contracts helped win Bristol-headquartered Burges Salmon a major deal with supermarket giant Tesco. Lawyers in the firm’s energy team advised leading global renewable energy developer Bayway r.e. on a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Tesco for a new wind...
Family-owned generator hire company Power Electrics (Bristol) is expanding across the UK after snapping up a smaller firm in a deal put together by Bristol-based advisors. Following the acquisition of Cambridgeshire-headquartered Power Electrics Ltd, which trades as PE Generators, the expanded business now has five sites stretching from Southampton...
National law firm Clarke Willmott, which has an office in Bristol, is calling on Google to do more to crack down on fake and malicious reviews following a spate of scathing online comments about it that it believes were made using false accounts. Over the course of five days,...
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams’ In-House Lawyer service and Bristol Business News have teamed up to host a seminar aimed at helping fledgling businesses achieve sustainable growth. Called Growing Your Business on Solid Foundations, it will discuss topics surrounding business growth, the risks companies face when scaling-up and the...
Organisations that are addressing diversity challenges in the South West’s tech sector have been highlighted in a unique project. For the past two years DisruptSW has showcased the most-innovative companies in the region with the 25 named in each list recognising firms taking a new approach to existing problems....
Bristol law firm Gregg Latchams has appointed Julian Dawson as its first chief operating officer to oversee business operations and improve client experience. Julian, pictured, has more than 15 years’ experience in IT, enterprise architecture, project management and marketing and was previously the firm’s head of IT – a...
Bristol commercial law firm Meade King has strengthened its insolvency team with the appointment of experienced solicitor Lisa Cooke. Lisa, pictured, joins Meade King from national firm Clarke Willmott’s Bristol office where she was an associate solicitor specialising in insolvency litigation on behalf of liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy. ...
Andrew Webber, a partner in Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT, has become its new UK head of corporate. Andrew, pictured, replaces partner John Wood, who led the corporate team for 16 years before being elected to serve as the firm’s new managing partner from April 2020. Andrew has been...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has expanded its commercial property team with the appointment of Gareth Hughes as associate solicitor. Gareth, pictured, who specialises in commercial property investment and asset management, has joined from the Bristol office of regional firm Foot Anstey, where he was an associate for nearly six...
