Legal
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Birketts advises on transatlantic tech PR firm sale
The Chelmsford office of law firm Birketts has advised the co-founders of tech PR agency Dynamo Communications on its sale to global communications... Read More
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Employment lawyer named deputy chair of New Anglia LEP
Leading employment lawyer Jeanette Wheeler has been appointed deputy chair of New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership. She has succeeded Lindsey Rix... Read More
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Birketts helps secure sale for composites manufacturer
Law firm Birketts has advised global composite manufacturer, AOC, on the sale of its subsidiary company AOC (UK) Ltd to BÜFA Composite Systems (BÜFA... Read More
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Top lawyer retires after half a century at Cambridge firm
Globally respected lawyer Lewis Isaacs is to formerly retire after 50 years with Cambridge law firm Hewitsons, where his notable achievements include... Read More
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Lynch submits to arrest but fights extradition to US
Cambridge technology entrepreneur Dr Mike Lynch has today submitted himself for arrest but his lawyers stress that this is a formality required as... Read More
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Home Secretary urged to bar US bid to extradite Mike Lynch
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis has made an impassioned plea to the Home Secretary to ensure Cambridge entrepreneur and former Autonomy boss Dr... Read More
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Birketts advises Mintsoft on sale to Access Group
Birketts has advised the owners of leading order and warehouse management solutions business, Mintsoft Limited, on its sale to The Access Group.... Read More
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Birketts advises Seetec on employee buyout
Birketts has advised Seetec Business and Technology Centre Limited’s founder and 80 per cent shareholder, Peter Cooper, in respect of his sale of 51... Read More
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Birketts advises on early January sales
International law firm, Birketts has advised on the sale of eco-friendly Zero Taxis to ABC Taxis. Zero Taxis was founded by ex-RAF aircraft... Read More
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New study seeks to find East of England’s’ best employers
Birketts is partnering with Pure and Eras Ltd on the 2020 Best Employers Eastern Region employee survey. Best Employers Eastern Region 2020 is a... Read More
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Ashtons trio named as Law Society Presidents
Three partners from Ashtons Legal have been appointed as local Law Society Presidents with a further two staff members taking up roles as Vice=... Read More
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Legal thoroughbred expands in Newmarket
A Newmarket law firm has built a 6,000 sq ft extension on its existing site, thanks to a six-figure funding package from Lloyds Bank Commercial... Read More
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Cambridge law firms, barristers and IP aces excel in 2020 Legal 500 rankings
The soaring excellence of Cambridge and East Anglia law firms, barristers chambers and patent & TM attorneys shines through the 2020 Legal 500... Read More
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Gender diversity pushes elite UK law firms towards non-equity partnership model, says Cambridge Judge study
Law firms in the UK and many other countries have traditionally been based on a partnership model in which junior lawyers aspire to be made partner... Read More
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Birketts advises on £7 million deal to expand Norwich Airport
Birketts has advised Norwich Airport on a deal to invest £7 million into a new hangar and workshop facilities for KLM UK Engineering. As well as... Read More
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Birketts unveils record-breaking ‘Class of 2019’
East of England law firm Birketts has appointed 18 new trainee solicitors following its announcement of a record turnover of £54.9 million – a 12 per... Read More
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Grantham Winch Partnership acquired by Tricon Foodservice Consultants
East of England law firm Birketts has advised Tricon Foodservice Consultants Ltd, one of Europe’s largest food service design and management... Read More
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Irwin Mitchell announces rise in turnover and profit
Law firm Irwin Mitchell, which has an office in Cambridge, has posted significant growth in its turnover and profit for the 2018-19 financial year.... Read More
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Staff bonus boom as law firm posts record turnover
UK law firm Mills & Reeve, with its fulcrum in the Cambridge technology cluster, has increased turnover to a record £110.9 million – up 4.3 per... Read More
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Mills & Reeve advises UCL Technology Fund on Quell investment
Cambridge-based international law firm Mills & Reeve has advised UCL Technology Fund on a £1m investment into Quell Therapeutics, a new... Read More