Freeths law firm has announced a "record" year-on-year growth at its Bristol office.
The company opened its Bristol office in 2019 and last year saw its revenue increase by 51%. Freeths Bristol has now said it is in its fourth consecutive year of prosperity.
Freeths is known for advising organisations in the UK and Europe such as international energy services, Centrica.
Its Bristol office now employs 50 staff and has added a specialist private wealth team in the last year as well as new hires in the firm's planning and environmental law team. Freeths said that these hires have helped bolster the office's portfolio of services, whilst maintaining team growth in key services such as real estate, corporate and property litigation.
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Private wealth and tax director Tom Gauterin was recently appointed to advise on the restructuring of a £100m family-owned property business. This multi-stage instruction will assess whether its UK arm is likely to qualify for business relief in due course. In the long term, Freeths will help provide organisational legal advice so it can continue over several generations.
To help meet client demand in the South West, Ben Derrington joined the planning and environmental law team in the Bristol office. Mr Derrington has over 17 years’ legal experience in environmental law and a technical background in environmental science. He acts for high profile businesses across the key sectors of waste, energy, agriculture, construction and manufacturing.
Adam Watson, managing partner of the Bristol office, said: “I am proud of what we have achieved as an office over the last year and beyond. What separates us from our rivals is our ability to give clients answers and not options. Commercialism is at the heart of what we do, and we will continue to recruit at all levels as we look to at least double the size of our practice over the next two years.”
There have been many notable real estate, corporate and energy deals at Freeths Bristol in the last year including Photovolt Development Partners’ (PVDP) development of Europe’s largest ever solar farm.
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