City analysts have revealed why the "attractive" £28m acquisition of a Canadian law firm is good news for expanding counterpart DWF.
The listed group, which has offices in Manchester, Liverpool, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Newcastle, is to snap up Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation.
The deal values the company, which was founded in Vancouver in 1979, at £27.7m. It now has 16 partners and more than 200 employees.