Beachcroft LLP
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Beachcroft LLP is one of the largest national commercial law firms in the United Kingdom
. The firm specializes in integrated legal services to clients in six main industry groups: financial institutions (including the insurance industry), health and public sector, real estate, technology, industrial goods and services, and consumer goods and services. It employs over 1,500 people, including over 800 lawyers and over 140 partners, and provides legal advice and litigation services from eight UK locations (Birmingham
, Bristol
, Leeds
, Manchester
, Newcastle
, Newport
, Winchester
, and three in London
). The firm also has an office in Auckland
, New Zealand
.
Beachcroft Dublin was opened in March 2009. It has a representative office in Brussels
and a best friends network in Europe.
This year Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2010, recognised 82 Beachcroft partners as leading lawyers with 66 individual rankings in 31 separate practice areas. In Legal 500 2009, a guide to the top 500 lawyers in the UK, the firm received a tier 1 ranking for 21 of its practice areas and tier 2 for a further 14.
United Kingdom
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. The firm specializes in integrated legal services to clients in six main industry groups: financial institutions (including the insurance industry), health and public sector, real estate, technology, industrial goods and services, and consumer goods and services. It employs over 1,500 people, including over 800 lawyers and over 140 partners, and provides legal advice and litigation services from eight UK locations (Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, Newport
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
, Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
, and three in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
). The firm also has an office in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Beachcroft Dublin was opened in March 2009. It has a representative office in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
and a best friends network in Europe.
This year Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the Legal Profession 2010, recognised 82 Beachcroft partners as leading lawyers with 66 individual rankings in 31 separate practice areas. In Legal 500 2009, a guide to the top 500 lawyers in the UK, the firm received a tier 1 ranking for 21 of its practice areas and tier 2 for a further 14.