Birketts LLP — England
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About
Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich, and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally. Our business is divided into four principal practice groups: real estate (including planning and environmental); corporate services (including banking and finance, corporate, commercial, data protection, employment, immigration, and tax); litigation and dispute resolution (including IP); and private client advisory (including family). Within these practice groups, we have deep sector expertise, spanning agribusiness; charities, not-for-profit and ecclesiastical; education; energy and infrastructure; financial institutions; food and beverages; healthcare; hospitality, leisure and retail; housebuilders; motor; private wealth; public sector; shipping, logistics and trade; social housing; and technology. Our innovative delivery of the law is defined by our next level law proposition. Our legal advice is informed by a clear understanding of the specific needs of the sector and the regulatory and political backdrop. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face. We seek to innovate in all our practices; our focus is on investing in the right technology to deliver effective solutions to help our clients achieve their objectives. We enjoy a distinctively collegiate culture based on strong core values. Operating as one collaborative firm, we encourage all our people to be professional and client-focused; to act with transparency and integrity; to be enterprising, and to proactively look for innovative ways to support our clients; whilst taking pride in all that they do. With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership. We maintain the highest professional and ethical standards and are accredited with the UK Law Society’s practice management quality standard, Lexcel and hold the Centre for Assessment Customer Service Excellence accreditation. We are also ISO accredited in the areas of quality management (9001), environmental management (14001), information security (27001) and business continuity (22301).
Office locations
Norwich
Norwich
Birketts LLP Kingfisher House 1 Gilders Way Norwich NR3 1UB East Anglia
Ipswich
Ipswich
Birketts LLP Providence House 141-145 Princes Street Ipswich IP1 1QJ East Anglia
Cambridge
Cambridge
Birketts LLP 22 Station Road Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Cambridge CB1 2JD East Anglia
London
London
Birketts LLP One London Wall Barbican London EC2Y 5EA
Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Birketts LLP Brierly Place New London Road Chelmsford CM2 0AP South East
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks
Birketts LLP 1 Suffolk Way Sevenoaks TN13 1YL South East
Bristol
Bristol
Birketts LLP Eq Bristol, 111 Victoria Street Red Cliffe Bristol BS1 6AX South West
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Abigail Trencher
Partner, Head of Education · Employment
Adam Jones
Partner, Head of Private Equity · Private Equity
Adrian Possener
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Adrian Seagers
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Alex Davey
Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution · Shipping & Maritime
Amara Ahmad
Legal Director · Administrative / Public Law
Andrew Harmer
Partner, Head of Housing Management, · Housing Management
Andrew Tubb
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Annabelle Rout
Partner, Head of Viticulture · Agriculture
Annabelle Route
Partner, Head of Viticulture · Agriculture
Barny Croft
Partner · Private Wealth
Bernadette Baker
Partner, Head of Private Wealth Disputes · Contentious Trusts and Probate
Caroline Stenner
Consultant · Private Client
Catherine Bacon
Professional Support Lawyer · Private Client
Catherine Johnson
Partner · Employment
Charlotte Sloan
Senior associate · Employment
Charlotte Wormstone
Partner, Co-Head of Leasehold Enfranchisement · Real Estate
Chris Coupland
Partner, Head of Agriculture · Agriculture
Chris Schwer
Senior Partner · Real Estate
Clare Barlow
Partner · Employment
Daden Hunt
Partner · Commercial Litigation
Deborah Sharples
Partner, Head of Environment and Public Access to Land · Environmental
Gavin Coull
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Grace Kerr
Partner, Head of Real Estate Chair · Real Estate
Graham Kershaw
Senior Associate · Shipping
Greg Allan
Partner, Head of Independent Healthcare · Corporate / M&A
Henry Adams
Partner, Head of Shipping and International Trade · Shipping
Ian D’Castro
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Jack Royall
Partner, Head of Private Client · Private Client
James Allen
Partner · Corporate / M&A
James Austin
Corporate / M&A
James Dinwiddy
Partner · Agriculture
James Hall
Senior Solicitor · Charities
James Robinson
Partner · Property Litigation
Jeanette Wheeler
Partner, Head of Corporate Services · Employment
Julie Gowland
Partner, Head of Licensing · Licensing
Karl Pocock
Partner, Head of Corporate Tax · Corporate Tax
Katie Beaven
Partner, Head of Family · Family
Lauren Johnson
Associate · Insolvency
Laurence Weeks
Partner, Head of Commercial Litigation · Commercial Litigation
Liz Brownsell
Partner, Head of Charities · Charities
Lorna Spear
Partner · Private Client
Louise Long
Partner, Head of Private Client Advisory · Private Client
Lucy Churchill
Senior Associate · Employment
Maria Peyman
Partner, Head of Intellectual Property · Intellectual Property
Marie Constantine
Senior Associate · Social Housing
Marina Garston
Lega Director · Employment
Mark Gipson
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Mark Li
Mark has over 16 years of experience, specialising in high value complex commercial property transactions. Mark’s experience encompasses general commercial property transactions including all aspects of landlord and tenant work, general estate management and the sale and acquisition of freehold and leasehold property. In particular, he has expertise in acting for infrastructure developers and owners in the transport and energy sectors and in dealing with development projects in both the public and private sphere. Mark is also heavily involved in the work the firm is leading in relation to electric vehicles and mobility services. · Real Estate
Mark Walkington
Partner · Real Estate
Matthew Atkins
Partner · Debt Recovery
Matthew Gowen
Partner (Barrister), Head of Regulatory and Corporate Defence · Regulatory / Corporate Defence
Matthew Newnham
Partner, Head of Employment · Employment
Matthew Weston
Legal Director · Insolvency
Matthew White
Partner · Real Estate
Meena Gupta
Partner · Real Estate
Melinda Dix
Associate Solicitor · Real Estate
Melissa Loucas
Partner · Commercial Property
Neda Badri
Associate · Social Housing
Nicholas Woo
Partner · Shipping