SECTOR FOCUS: LEGAL Merger will
help clients Law firm Shakespeare Martineau has merged with London-based commercial lawyer Macrae & Co LLP. Formerly based in
Cannon Street, the five-strong team of lawyers and support staff will be joining Shakespeare
Martineau’s London office,
situated in Crosswall. Andy Raynor (pictured), CEO at
Shakespeare Martineau, said: “We have a strong commercial personality and Macrae & Co are a natural fit. Completing this merger demonstrates our commitment to giving our clients access to the best talent available and the team at Macrae & Co brings significant benefits to the firm.” Julian Turnbull, partner at Macrae
& Co LLP, said: “We are looking forward to joining the corporate team of a firm that is recognised as a strong and dynamic law firm. Our expertise smoothly dovetails with that of Shakespeare Martineau and this will enable us to deliver results to our clients and together we will get more heavily involved in large- scale transactional work.”
Sharing one great future L
aw firms Irwin Mitchell and Thomas Eggar have merged to create a £250m legal services business, with a top-five private wealth legal team.
Irwin Mitchell group chief executive Andrew Tucker
said the deal would be a catalyst for growth for both businesses and demonstrates a continued determination to seize opportunities arising from continued consolidation in the legal sector. Thomas Eggar managing partner Vicky Brackett -
who will join the Irwin Mitchell LLP executive board - said the complementary cultural and service fit between the two businesses and shared approach to client care would broaden the offering to clients, including sports law and planning.
‘It combines the strength of two highly respected businesses to create a client-focused firm’
The merger will see the turnover in the combined business team rise to more than £80m. The newly merged firm will see Thomas Eggar’s expertise in the retail, financial services, technology and media, and manufacturing sectors complement Irwin Mitchell’s specialism in corporate, employment, real estate, commercial litigation, banking and intellectual property law. Thomas Eggar’s six offices in London and the South-
East will be added to Irwin Mitchell’s 11 offices. The merger will see all 450 Thomas Eggar
employees, including 67 partners, transfer to Irwin Mitchell. Thomas Eggar will adopt the Irwin Mitchell name in the first half of 2016. Andrew Tucker said: “This is about two great
Newly merged: Vicky Brackett with Andrew Tucker
businesses coming together to share one great future. A merger with one of the leading business and
private client law firms in the south-east will transform our group. It combines the strengths of two highly- respected businesses to create a dynamic, client- focused firm that will give us further scale, critical mass and a competitive advantage in our target markets to become the legal brand of choice”. Vicky Brackett said: “This is a really exciting merger
that is great news for our clients and our staff. Bringing our two firms together will make us only stronger and gives the strength in numbers and depth of experience to offer a service that is second to none.”
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