Sector Focus:Legal
Acquisition takes Switalskis Solicitors to a £20m business
Yorkshire law firm Switalskis Solicitors has acquired Doncaster-based Atherton Godfrey LLP for an undisclosed sum, in a move that creates a £20m turnover business. Switalskis employs over 250
staff across 11 Yorkshire offices, handling a range of specialist legal services including medical negligence, brain and serious injury, child care, wills and probate, residential and commercial property, family law, and inquests. Atherton Godfrey specialises in commercial, property, personal injury, medical negligence, wills and probate, family and employment law. The combined Switalskis
Group will employ 380 staff across 12 offices in West, North, and South Yorkshire. Atherton Godfrey’s Head of
Litigation, John McQuater, Head of Personal Injury, Diane Parker, and Head of Commercial and Property, Sarah Naylor, join Switalskis as Directors. Don Bird has stepped down as Managing Partner and joins Switalskis as a Consultant. All four will continue in their departmental roles at Atherton Godfrey and the firm will continue to trade and act for clients under the Atherton Godfrey name. The combining of the firms
puts Switalskis into the top 150 law firms in the country and makes it the third largest firm in Yorkshire with offices solely in the region.
Switalskis Managing Director
John Durkan said: “Over the last 28 years Switalskis has grown, both organically and via a series of acquisitions, into a highly successful firm with a strong reputation and many practitioners recognised as leaders in their field, regionally and nationally. Atherton Godfrey is a well-respected firm throughout South Yorkshire, with a 42-year history and specialist staff covering many of the legal services required by individuals, families, organisations, and businesses. “Over the coming weeks and
months, we will work on maximising the synergies and benefits that will flow from bringing the two firms together, as well as identifying new opportunities that will see the combined group go from strength to strength. In short, we believe Switalskis and Atherton Godfrey can do great things together.” Don Bird, of Atherton Godfrey,
said: “Atherton Godfrey has a strong reputation for providing high quality and client-focused legal services to individuals and businesses across the Doncaster and wider South Yorkshire region. With the benefit of the additional network and resources of the Switalskis Group, we look forward to building on this for the benefit of our clients and those who work in our business.”
Sutherland & Co Law are a firm of solicitors in Doncaster specialising in conveyancing, company commercial, wills ,trust probate ,lasting powers of attorney, and landlord and tenant work. We are accredited by the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme. Caroline Sutherland, the Managing Director is born and raised in Doncaster, she is very passionate about supporting local businesses and local people. Caroline has created a friendly modern and approachable law firm, providing “jargon free “legal advice, a personal service, and an understanding approach. The mission statement of Sutherland & Co Law, is “if it’s personal to you it’s personal to us”, and this is at the core of our values. We offer very competitive prices for the services that we provide.
Caroline has transcended the parameters of a conventional law practice within her work culture. The Sutherland culture is inclusive, where every team member is valued, and has a voice, and CPD is for everyone, with robust career development plans in place. Caroline invests her time in her team, developing their technical knowledge, to ensure continuity of a consistent quality service for clients.
Caroline Sutherland
Switalskis Group MD John Durkan with Don Bird and new Director Sarah Naylor
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Sutherland & Co Law has been shortlisted in the Doncaster Business Awards 2020/21, for the excellence in people development category. This is an outstanding achievement for us, we are delighted to be shortlisted and to celebrate our team’s success story, which is something positive in these uncertain times. We have team members who have completed their Apprentice journey and team members who currently are on their Apprentice journey. We have harnessed our talent pool, to secure our businesses future.
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