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DLA Piper team seal trio of deals

Lawyers from the Birmingham office of DLA Piper have reported a bumper summer season for providing real estate tax advice, having acted on a trio of national deals worth almost £500 million.Read

Further expansion for HCB

Midland law firm HCB has continued its rapid growth with the acquisition of another firm - the fourth in the last three years.Read

London link-up for Davies and Partners

Birmingham law firm Davies and Partners is expanding its operations to London after merging with a West End practice.Read

Three new specialists at Challinors

Challinors’ Birmingham office has continued to grow its team by adding three specialists across its childcare, crime and wills trust and probate teams.Read

Legal revolution is 'good for business' says entrepreneur

Law firms have had it too good for too long and should not be surprised that others want a slice of the action in the wake of the Legal Services Act.Read

New recruit at Alsters Kelley

Warwickshire law firm Alsters Kelley Solicitors has awarded a training contract to a new recruit.Read

Expansion for BCL Legal

Birmingham based BCL Legal - one of the largest legal recruitment consultancies outside London – has continued its expansion drive after announcing it placed 23 per cent more candidates in the first eight months of 2012 across the Midlands.Read

SGH Martineau advises on retail park deal

The Birmingham office of SGH Martineau has acted on the recent acquisition of Worcester’s Tybridge Street Retail Park.Read

Planning and environment team boost for Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons has strengthened its UK planning and environment team with the recruitment of Rebecca Warren to its Birmingham office as a legal director.Read

DLA Piper teams advise Busy Bees and SCH

Real estate lawyers from the Birmingham office of DLA Piper have advised Busy Bees, the UK’s largest nursery group, on the property aspects of its acquisition of Just Learning’s chain of 71 nurseries.Read

Law firms' merger to result in 50 job losses in Midlands

More than 50 people are likely to lose their jobs and three offices will close following the merger between law firms Shakespeares and Harvey Ingram, it has been announced.Read

Simon Astill, of Harvey Ingram

Job losses expected as Shakespeares and Harvey Ingram merge

Job losses expected as Shakespeares and Harvey Ingram mergeRead

Dains LLP

Dains acquires business and staff of RSM Tenon's Stoke-on-Trent office

A Midland accountancy firm has acquired the business and employees of the Stoke-on-Trent office of a national listed rival. Read

Birmingham Post

SGH Martineau announces hat trick of promotions

An international law firm with Birmingham roots has announced a hat trick of promotions at its city office.Read

Rubric Lois King Solicitors expands after funding deal

A Birmingham solicitors firm has expanded and relocated after securing a £400,000 loan.Read

Leamington court case shows that defamation law is for all

Pursuing a libel action is traditionally the preserve of A-list celebrities or those with very deep pockets.Read

QualitySolicitors Clark Brookes Turner Cary

Law firms merge to create one of largest in Sandwell

Two West Midlands law firms have merged to become one of the largest legal firms in Sandwell.Read

Ranking boost for Cartwright King

A specialist law firm with a Birmingham office is celebrating after being ranked in more specialist areas of the law than ever before in the new issue of the Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.Read

Barristers agree planning

Members of a Birmingham barristers’ chambers have secured planning permission for their clients following a 13 day public inquiry.Read

Turnover rises at Anthony Collins

A Birmingham-based law firm has posted an 8.8 per cent increase in turnover, generating fees of more than £14 million for the 2011-12 financial year.Read