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Brief tips for businesses included in law firm Thrings’ revised website
Directors and managers can gain tips on some of the most-common challenges of running a business through a new range of electronic booklets available for download on the new-look website of M4 corridor...
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BrandSoup: Shedding light on the dark side of Prism’s logo
We thought BrandSoup was alone in having opinions about the advisability or otherwise of government agencies getting “creative” with logos (see our recent blog – Bonfire of the Quango Logos). But...
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Buoyant professional services market puts Bristol ahead of other UK cities
Bristol’s professional services sector is the most vibrant outside London, according to Blusource, the fast-growing legal, accountancy and banking sectors recruitment consultancy which opened an office...
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West lawyers help ex-Dragon’s investment vehicle snap up student housing
Islamic finance specialists at West law firm Foot Anstey have worked on the £40m-plus acquisition of a student housing scheme by Gulf investors operating through a shari’ah-compliant real estate firm...
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Thrings lawyers play key part in saving iconic Bath music pub
Expert advice from lawyers at Thrings, the M4 corridor legal firm with an office in Bristol, has helped save an iconic Bath pub. The Bell Inn, a popular live music venue on the city’s bohemian Walcot...
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TLT lawyers advise on major international software takeover
Bristol-based national law firm TLT has acted for international IT services group Sword in its £11.7m cross-border acquisition of UK-based Active Risk Group. NYSE-Euronext Paris-listed Sword operates...
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Business-backed Old Vic scheme helps youngsters take first steps to acting...
A pilot community scheme launched by a group of Bristol firms to help budding young actors join Bristol Old Vic’s Young Company has awarded its first bursaries. The payments, at the end of the first...
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Crown Estate reappoints Bond Dickinson to major portfolio
Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a major office in Bristol, has been reappointed to one of two places on the legal panel of The Crown Estate energy and infrastructure portfolio. The decision...
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Paris expansion for fast-growing Osborne Clarke
Bristol law firm Osborne Clarke has continued its rapid international expansion by opening an office in Paris – its 15th across Europe and the US. The move means France becomes the seventh jurisdiction...
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£11m medical tech firm acquisition handled by Bristol professional advisers
Bristol-based lawyers and accountants have advised on the £11m acquisition of Gloucestershire medical technology firm Leonhard Lang (UK) by the healthcare business of Irish group DCC. Mark Naughton and...
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Biomass power station victory for Bond Dickinson lawyers
Planning lawyers at Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a major office in Bristol, have helped global renewable energy firm RES win development consent for a biomass power station in...
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Bond Dickinson advises on upmarket swimwear brand deal
Lawyers at Bond Dickinson, the national law firm with a major office in Bristol, have advised long-standing client Piper Private Equity on its £8m investment in designer swim and leisurewear brand...
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Niche London property practice joins Veale Wasbrough Vizards
Bristol law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards has taken over niche London property practice George Carter in a move that further strengthens its City office. George Carter specialises in commercial and...
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Cream of Bristol’s lawyers recognised at city’s Law Society awards
Osborne Clarke and Gregg Latchams scooped the law firms of the year titles at this year’s Bristol Law Society annual awards dinner staged last night. Osborne Clark – one Bristol’s ‘big two’ firms – won...
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Innovation will be key to unlocking Bristol’s bright future, conference hears
Bristol will have a bright economic future if it harnesses the innovation of its key sectors and the talents of its skilled workforce and also markets itself effectively, a major conference heard this...
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Top private client team in surprise move from Osborne Clarke to Bond Dickinson
Two of Bristol’s most respected private client lawyers have quit city legal heavyweight Osborne Clarke to join smaller rival Bond Dickinson, taking their teams with them. The surprise departure of...
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Osborne Clarke plans to take bite of Big Apple legal market with New York office
Bristol law firm Osborne Clarke has opened an office in New York as it seeks to grow its overseas business and strengthen its offering in the digital technologies. The office is in Soho, regarded as...
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Legal ‘bible’ Chambers 2014 champions Bristol’s top lawyers
Bristol’s top lawyers have been recognised in the annual Chambers guide – often viewed as the sector’s ‘bible’ and a reference tool for businesses buying in legal services. The best firms and...
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Duo appointed to law firm Foot Anstey’s expanding Bristol office
Regional law firm Foot Anstey has continued to invest in its rapidly-growing Bristol office by recruiting two top legal specialists. Deborah Carrivick joins from Bristol rival Burges Salmon where she...
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Legal regulator shuts down law firm Follett Stock after it collapses into...
West law firm Follett Stock, which until recently had an office in Bristol, has been closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following the appointment of liquidators earlier this week....
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