TLT launches new scheme to ensure half of all its partners are women within...
An ambitious target to achieve 50% female representation at partner level by 2029 has been introduced by Bristol-headquartered law firm TLT. TLT, which has more than 150 partners and employs around...
View ArticleWBD signs up to UN Women’s Empowerment Principles to advance its gender equality
Transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, which has its second largest UK office in Bristol, has strengthened its commitment to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment by adopting the...
View ArticleRecognition for Bristol law firms in shortlist for inaugural legal ESG awards
Four Bristol law firms have had their work in areas such as diversity, inclusion and sustainability recognised in a new national legal awards scheme. Michelmores, Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), Osborne...
View ArticleNew head of responsible business at Osborne Clarke aims to build on firm’s...
International law firm Osborne Clarke, which has its main UK office in Bristol, has appointed a new head of responsible business as it looks to hit ambitious targets in a number of areas including...
View ArticleTLT strengthens its future energy team with project finance specialist...
Experienced project finance specialist Victoria Quek has joined Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT as a partner in its future energy team. Victoria, pictured, who focuses on the financing of...
View ArticleTributes for ‘much-loved’ and ‘widely respected’ Clarke Willmott planning...
Staff at law firm Clarke Willmott have paid tribute to Bristol office partner Neil Baker, who died on Monday. Neil, pictured, who joined the firm in 1999, was described as ‘much loved’ and ‘widely...
View ArticleWebinar: Understanding the media with Bristol Business News and Distinctive...
Bristol Business News has teamed up with city-based specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications to discuss how to engage with journalists to promote your business at an event next...
View ArticleWebinar: Understanding the media with Bristol Business News and Distinctive...
Bristol Business News has teamed up with city-based specialist communications consultancy Distinctive Communications to discuss how to engage with journalists to promote your business at an event...
View ArticleWomble Bond Dickinson stages range of events to take its focus on...
The Bristol office of transatlantic law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) is marking Neurodiversity Celebration Week with a host of activities and events to raise awareness and support for...
View ArticleLegaltech to go under the spotlight at ‘unique’ Bristol conference as sector...
The impact and implications of legaltech for the law, legal sector and wider society and economy will be highlighted at a conference in Bristol next month. Staged by Bristol+Bath LegalTech, the event...
View ArticleBright sparks of Bristol’s tech cluster invited to enter sector’s...
Nominations have opened for this year’s SPARKies, the pioneering awards that shine a light on the best individuals, products and firms that make up the West of England’s tech sector. Launched in 2012,...
View ArticleExperienced litigator joins VWV as partner to strengthen its Bristol-based...
VWV, the Bristol-headquartered national law firm, has bolstered the commercial litigation team in its Bristol office with the appointment of Terence Dickens as a partner. Terence, pictured, right, with...
View ArticleLatest promotions at TLT mean a third of its partners are women as it targets...
Bristol-headquartered national legal firm TLT has promoted five lawyers to partner – all of them women – in a move it said demonstrated its commitment to progressing female talent. Women have now...
View ArticleAshfords’ public sector team helps Somerset Council power ahead with £4bn car...
UK law firm Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol, has been appointed to advise on elements of the £4bn electric vehicle battery gigafactory to be built on former industrial land in Somerset. The...
View ArticleFoot Anstey appoints new executive director of IT with ‘wealth of experience...
Sara Wilson, who has wide experience of leading teams in delivering technology services and driving transformative change across a range of sectors, has joined national law firm Foot Anstey as its new...
View ArticleProject to build a fairer future for Bristol’s young people launched with...
An innovative social mobility model to address inequality and deprivation is underway in Bristol, with nine major city institutions already signed up to it. The project, led by Bristol social...
View ArticleBristol Junior Chamber’s new president looking to build on its community and...
Connecting communities across the city and supporting charities will be the key themes of the Bristol Junior Chamber over the next 12 months, its newly elected president has said. Emma Carter,...
View ArticleSt Peter’s Hospice’s ‘profound impact’ spurs Barcan+Kirby to make it firm’s...
Bristol law firm Barcan+Kirby has chosen the city’s St Peter’s Hospice as its charity of the year for 2024. The hospice helps thousands of patients and their families, providing support with managing...
View ArticleProgramme launched to give West of England firms the tools to thrive in the...
Expert support on how to enhance digital presence, adopt new technologies, improve competitiveness and increase productivity is now available to small and medium-sized businesses Bristol firms under a...
View ArticleCross-firm team from Ashfords advises UK company’s owners in marine...
A multidisciplinary team of lawyers from Ashfords has worked on the sale of a long-running UK marine technology business to a major US-owned industrial group. Ashfords, which has an office in Bristol,...
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