Birketts celebrates trainee excellence with two Lex 100 wins
Birketts trainees have some of the highest levels of job satisfaction and work/life balance in the latest Lex 100 survey of new lawyers in the UK.
Birketts' class of 2021
Fresh off the success of another multi-award winning year, including winner of 'Private Client Team of the Year' at the 2021 Cambridgeshire Law Society awards, Birketts is very pleased to announce the appointment of 19 talented trainees. Simultaneously, the firm is delighted to congratulate its 14 newest solicitors as they qualify and take up roles across Birketts’ offices on…
Birketts' banking and finance team boosted by Senior Associate arrival
Dashna Morarji-Sagoo has joined Birketts’ top-tier Banking and Finance Team, adding to the wealth of expertise available to the firm’s clients in the financial sector.
Birketts advises leading supply chain management firm on strategic acquisition
Following the team’s impressive work last year advising the shareholders of Vanilla Electronics Ltd (Vanilla) on the sale of a majority stake to Literacy Capital plc, Birketts has once again supported Vanilla, this time on an acquisition of Wiltshire-based electronics manufacturing services business, Interconics Ltd (Interconics).
Employment Tribunal claims accepted this year highest since 2013 – and likely to continue to climb
The total number of single Employment Tribunal claims accepted for the financial year 2020/2021 is at its highest since 2013.
Birketts shortlisted for prominent legal industry award for second time
Birketts has been shortlisted in the ‘Law Firm of the Year: The Independents – Regional’ category at this year’s The Lawyer Awards, just two years after winning this significant and much coveted industry title for the first time.
New Costs Lawyer joins Birketts’ Shipping team
Birketts’ experienced Shipping and International Trade Team has been enhanced by the appointment of new Costs Lawyer, Kelly Townshend.
Birketts nominated for Independent Law Firm of the Year
Top 100 law firm Birketts is in the running for the British Legal Awards’ Independent Law Firm of the Year, having been short-listed alongside three other UK law firms.
Birketts advises on UK construction sector’s biggest employee ownership trust formation
Birketts has advised privately run construction heavyweight, Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd, in respect of its sale in to an employee ownership trust (EOT).
Private Client Team boosts its offering with new Senior Associate appointment
Top 100 law firm, Birketts, has appointed Emily O'Donnell as a Senior Associate in its award-winning Private Client Team.
Birketts advises on purchase of iconic WWII Spitfire
Birketts has advised on the purchase of one of the few remaining airworthy WWII Spitfires in the UK.
Birketts Private Wealth offering ranked Band 1 for fifth year running
Top 100 law firm Birketts, has been ranked ‘Band 1’ in the ‘Private Wealth Law’ category in Cambridge, Essex and Outside London for the fifth year running and ‘Band 2’ in Norwich in Chambers High Net Worth 2021 Guide (HNW).
Birketts donates £1,000 to cancer charity
Top 100 law firm Birketts is proud to donate £1,000 to The Helen Rollason Cancer Charity ahead of the organisation’s upcoming sponsored cycle ride this autumn. The annual cycle ride (now in its eighth year) is organised to raise much needed funds for the charity.
Birketts advises Suffolk holiday cottage firm on its sale to national holiday letting agency
Leading East Anglian law firm Birketts has supported Best of Suffolk, an award-winning holiday cottage business, on its sale to Sykes Holiday Cottages.
New Senior Associate for Birketts' Cambridge Private Client Team
James Marsh has joined Birketts' top-tier Private Client Team, bringing with him more than a decade of experience in the field.
£20,000 for EACH and counting: Birketts pushes past halfway point of fundraising goal
Leading law firm Birketts has now raised more than £20,000 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
Birketts nominated at 2021 EG Awards
Top 100 UK law firm Birketts is once again nominated for the Legal Team Award in the prestigious Estates Gazette’s annual awards.
Birketts supports Walking With The Wounded’s Cumbrian Challenge for sixth year
Ten teams of Birketts’ colleagues will take on the hills of the Lake District in this year’s Cumbrian Challenge.
Birketts’ Banking and Finance Team hires new Partner and announces new head
Birketts has announced the appointment of Colin Tan as a Partner in its highly reputable Banking and Finance Team.
Birketts advises physical theatre company Gecko on charity registration and premises lease
Leading regional law firm, Birketts, has provided support to internationally acclaimed physical theatre company, Gecko, assisting with the registration of the company as a charity as well as the lease of its new premises, the Gecko Creation Space.
Birketts joins Suffolk’s Big Hoot trail 2022
Leading regional law firm Birketts, has signed-up to support the third Wild in Art trail, The Big Hoot Ipswich 2022, in aid of independent local charity, St Elizabeth Hospice.
Five family businesses from the region recognised
Family Business United, in association with Birketts, is delighted to announce five winners from the East & East Anglia region at this year’s Family Business of the Year Awards which, due to the current pandemic, took place in a virtual ceremony.
Birketts celebrates employee trust ownership milestone for specialist wholesaler
In 2017, top 100 law firm Birketts, assisted the co-owners of Peregrine Livefoods Ltd (Peregrine), Europe’s largest specialist wholesaler within the reptile sector, in transitioning the business to an employee ownership model. In just four short years, the company has paid off its founders to become an independent employee-owned business.
East Anglian engineering company Cobalt Aerospace sold to IFPL Limited
Birketts has advised shareholders of Cobalt Aerospace Limited on its sale to IFPL Limited for an undisclosed sum.
10 new Partners announced at Birketts following internal promotions
Birketts has announced the appointment of 10 new Partners, taking the total number of Partners in the firm to 90.