About Us

UK & Ireland law firm with extensive experience working as trusted advisors to the government and awareness of key challenges impacting local authorities and other government bodies.

Our expertise

With bases in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Exeter, Cardiff, Dublin and our founding city of Nottingham, and links across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the rest of the world, we are a national law firm with international reach. Each of our 500+ Lexcel and ISO accredited lawyers (including 140+ partners) is dedicated to making the complex simple and finding creative solutions. We’re excited about what we can achieve together.

Our approach to relationship and matter management will provide you with a one-stop-shop solution, ensuring that the service we provide is consistent across the team. We always provide high quality work and advice comes. What sets our firm apart is our desire and ability to work in genuine partnership with clients and the giving of practical advice which can be applied commercially.

We have particular expertise in working as trusted advisor to government and we are aware of the wider issues impacting local authorities and other government bodies, including finance, governance, information law and governance.

Our values

Our values are extremely important to us. They guide our decisions and are what distinguishes us from other law firms. Proudly being joint top ranked employer with PwC UK on the Social Mobility Employer Index, we want to work with, recruit and retain people who are genuinely committed to addressing society’s most pressing issues. Our personality, approach and values are based on existing strengths, with loyalty and success serving as key motivators. We are who we are because of our people. We are committed to providing a positive and solution-orientated experience to our clients and staff.

We can help with

We are adaptable in our approach and bring our experience to this partnership, without any preconceived notions of how things should be done based on what has worked for other clients; rather, we seek to understand and build a relationship that is truly tailored to your needs.

We are down-to-earth, collaborative, results-focused lawyers, leading the way by valuing decency, making the complex simple and finding creative solutions.

Our goal is to be an extension of your in-house teams, delivering excellence and focused on assisting you in achieving your vision. We very much look forward to working with you.

You can instantly access our services below, without requiring any additional due diligence:

· Childcare Law

· Adult Social Services and Community Care Law

· General Litigation

· General Conveyancing / Routine Property

· General Contracts, Commercial and IT

· Planning, Compulsory Purchase. Highways and Environment

· Major or Complex Projects

· Local Government Law and Corporate Governance

· Employment Law and Pensions

· Public Health

Training:

We offer a full range of free training sessions across all aspects of Local Government, learning and development and social mobility that can be tailored to the specific needs of our clients and their in-house teams.