Law firm Bond Pearce, which has a major office in Bristol, and Newcastle-based Dickinson Dees have completed their merger to create Bond Dickinson. The new firm has 1,200 staff, including 142 partners and more than 700 lawyers, working across real estate, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution and private wealth...
The BBC has appointed Bristol-based national law firm TLT to provide legal advice relating to its property estate in England and Wales. The portfolio includes more than 300 properties across totalling around 575,000 sq m of office accommodation and broadcast studios, ranging from large complex sites such as the...
Why are public sector logos (and, by extension, their brands), so awful? The latest Brand Soup blog compares the likes of the Government’s Gangmasters Licensing Authority, Vehicle and Operator Services Agency and Health & Safety Executive with private firms’ logos – and finds them sadly lacking. What should the...
Bristol-based law firm Clarke Willmott has advised Extra MSA Group on its £250m purchase of nine motorway service areas from Serena Properties – one of the largest acquisitions so far in 2013. Clarke Willmott’s corporate and real estate teams advised Extra MSA. Simon Thomas, partner in Clarke Willmott’s Bristol...
Bristol-based national law firm TLT is promoting four of associates to partner and promoting nine lawyers to associate. New partners are real estate lawyer Ben Tarrant, construction lawyer Tom Wrzesien, mortgage enforcement lawyer Julian Wintle and family lawyer Natalie Drew. The promotions take effect from May 1 and increase...
Law firm Richard Slade and Company has officially opened its Bristol office, its first outside London. And to show its commitment to the area it served locally-made bread and cheese to guests at the launch party. The firm has also recruited experienced employment lawyer Tim Gofton to the office...
Bristol-headquartered law firm Burges Salmon has advised longstanding client FirstGroup on the sale of London operations of its UK Bus division, allowing the transport operator to focus on areas offering the greatest potential for growth. Five bus depots – at Alperton, Greenford, Hayes, Uxbridge and Willesden Junction – along...
Bristol-based law firm TLT has advised travel giant TUI on its acquisition of online activity provider Isango! Isango!, launched in 2007, will continue to be led by its existing management team, who will work closely with TUI, one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups. The deal was led...
Law firm Clarke Willmott, which has a major base in Bristol, has strengthened its social housing team with two appointments that support its growth. James Howard has joined as an associate in the firm’s London office from Batchelors Solicitors, where he was an associate for two years. James, pictured...
Thrings, the M4 corridor law firm, has recruited Jane Oakland as a partner in its corporate team. Jane joins from the Bristol office of rival Clarke Willmott, where she was a corporate partner. She brings more than 20 years’ corporate experience in acquisition and disposal, strategic planning, reorganisation, and...
Law firm Michelmores has appointed Tom Hyde as a partner in its national agricultural team based in its Bristol office. Tom, a qualified rural chartered surveyor, joins from Clarke Willmott and takes the number of partners at Michelmores to 53. He is recognised by the Chambers legal directory for...
Kevin Gibbs, one of the West’s top planning lawyers, has joined the Bristol planning and consents team of law firm Bond Pearce as a partner. Kevin arrived from DAC Beachcroft as part of a continuing expansion of the team. His appointment follows the recent recruitment of two planning lawyers...
Bristol-based national law firm TLT has advised investment boutique EV Capital on its purchase of a £12m South West property development deal. Dean Clarke House in Exeter has been converted into student accommodation in the form of loft-style apartments, together with a restaurant, social housing and commercial office units....
