We offer a range of international services to clients based in the UK and to those abroad with financial or business interests in the UK.
Birketts LLP
Birketts is a top 100 UK law firm with offices in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich. Our lawyers deliver a full range of expert legal advice on corporate and commercial, commercial property, dispute resolution and private client issues. Our clients trust us to achieve a solution that is right for them however difficult or challenging the circumstances.
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 326 600
Address: 22 Station Road Cambridge
Post Code: CB1 2JD
Country: United Kingdom
Website: http://www.birketts.co.uk
Membership Type: Corporate 51+
Alongside our core business areas of corporate and commercial, commercial property, commercial and personal litigation and private client law, we have leading solicitors in specialist areas of the law such as shipping and transportation, agricultural and rural property, construction and planning, strategic land development, corporate criminal defence and intellectual property rights. We have also established industry sector groups, assembling lawyers with a knowledge and understanding of the issues relevant to sectors such as family owned and run businesses, food production and processing, logistics, technology, motor retail, energy, health and education. We provide a wide reaching international service to our clients through our close working relationships with leading independent law firms around and world and through our alliance with the IAG network.
Our most important asset is the professional skill and integrity of our lawyers. We are committed to employing and retaining personnel with the experience and technical expertise necessary to ensure we are equipped to meet our clients' objectives. Our broad range of resource means we can provide the right person for the job taking into account complexity and cost and give value for money to our clients.
Our reputation is of durability and reliability, combined with innovative applications of modern technology. We are flexible about everything except the professional and ethical standards which we maintain rigorously and with the confidence of our good name. This is reflected in the Law Society's practice management accreditation, "Lexcel" which we have held since 2001.
Different sectors can, and frequently, do have very different legal needs and issues. It is a clear case of 'one size not fitting all'.
We are recognised as one of the leading regional firms in advising private clients on a broad range of issues relating to estates and private property, tax planning and family matters.
The law surrounding business, industry and commerce is complex and is the subject of frequent, and sometimes radical, change.
Despite these uncertain times, Birketts continues to do its part to support the community by assisting the Suffolk Law Centre in offering free legal advice to Suffolk residents.
25-03-2020
Top 100 law firm Birketts’ Senior Conveyancing Executive Kelvin Cooper has been nominated as a finalist for the title of Best Conveyancing Paralegal at the National Paralegal Awards for the second year running. Kelvin has also been asked to join the advisory board for the eastern region.
13-03-2020
Top 100 law firm Birketts has advised Cambridgeshire County Council on its acquisition of Evolution Business Park in Cambridge.
20-02-2020
Birketts has advised the director of leading agricultural research and training company Crop Management Information Ltd (CMI) on its transfer of undertakings to cutting edge farming company Beeswax Dyson Farming Limited.
10-02-2020
Birketts has advised the owners of leading order and warehouse management solutions business, Mintsoft Limited, on its sale to prominent software provider, The Access Group.
22-01-2020
Top 100 law firm Birketts has been shortlisted for Best Community Programme at the eighteenth annual Management Excellence Awards.
14-01-2020
Birketts has advised Seetec Business and Technology Centre Limited’s founder and 80 per cent shareholder, Peter Cooper, in respect of his sale of 51 per cent of the company into a trust for the sole benefit of the company’s 2,500 employees. As a result Seetec becomes the 9th largest employee-owned company in the UK by number of employees and the largest to provide public services.
13-01-2020
Family Business United, sponsored by Birketts LLP, is delighted to announce the nominees for the East & East Anglia Family Business of the Year Award 2020.
10-01-2020
Birketts once again rallied the troops by Walking Home For Christmas, raising over £1,000 for Norfolk-based charity, Walking With The Wounded, in the process.
09-01-2020
Birketts' latest Early Bird seminar series looks at the duty placed on employers to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees. Seminars are being held throughout the Eastern region, including Cambridge.
08-01-2020
Birketts has assisted Mike Montgomery, the founder of renowned British games developer, The Bitmap Brothers (Bitmap), in the sale of its entire portfolio to independent game studio, Rebellion Developments, for an undisclosed amount.
06-01-2020
Birketts’ Chelmsford office has announced that this year’s 21st annual Race4Business event raised a fantastic final total of £20,000 for Little Havens Hospice which cares for babies, children and teenagers living with complex or incurable conditions across Essex.
18-12-2019
Leading East of England law firm Birketts has advised the owner of Essex Limited Top 100 company, APP Wholesale Limited (APP), on the sale of its majority shareholding to premier retail manufacturer business, Lords Group Trading Ltd (LGT Ltd).
17-12-2019
Leading East of England law firm Birketts has advised top-tier real estate company Jordan Inc. on the acquisition of premier vehicle maintenance business Chelmsford Accident Repair Specialists (CARS).
12-12-2019
Recent statistics indicate that the biggest problem faced by businesses today is finding the right person for the job. At Birketts, the employment team has been working hard behind the scenes to develop a new 'Shaping Excellence' course focused on effective recruitment.
10-12-2019
Birketts has been named Human Resources ‘Firm of the Year (Outside London)’ at the Legal 500 UK Awards 2020.
10-12-2019
Birketts has been named ‘Corporate Law Firm of the Year’ for the second successive year at the Insider Media Central & East of England Dealmakers Awards.
18-11-2019
Birketts has advised industry leading silage storage company, ARK Agriculture Limited (ARK), on the acquisition of shares in international agricultural specialist Thomas & Fontaine Ltd, which is the company behind the patented Secure Cover product line, for an undisclosed amount.
18-11-2019
Leading East Anglian law firm Birketts has been shortlisted for the UK Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2019.
04-11-2019
Top 100 law firm Birketts, has advised industry leading company, PSI International Holdings Ltd (PSI), on the acquisition of shares of specialist human resources business, Cubiks Group Limited, for an undisclosed amount.
01-11-2019
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