No of Partners: 52
No of Assistant Solicitors: 46
Other Fee Earners: 42 |
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Hewitsons is a leading regional law firm whose main centres at Cambridge and Northampton have a national and international reputation across a range of legal specialisms.
Hewitsons has built its high reputation on a policy of recruiting and successfully retaining lawyers whose specialist skills and professional approach are of the quality expected from a City of London law practice. As well as fully applying the Law Society's Practice Management standards, it holds an Investors in People award.
The 51-partner practice has consistently gained high recommendations from the Legal 500 guide to UK law firms, and the 2000 edition was no exception. Hewitsons gained top or leading regional rankings in a number of areas of work including corporate and commercial, debt recovery, commercial litigation, employment, commercial property, EU and competition law, family, information technology, insolvency, intellectual property, planning and environment, construction, pensions, personal injury, private client and tax.
Some of the specialist areas for which Hewitsons is particularly noted include:
Corporate finance - ranging from start-up businesses needing venture capital backing to multi-national public companies. The firm handles all legal aspects involved in acquisitions and disposals, and in raising finance from UK and US sources.
Technology - where the firm combines expertise in all areas from computer technology to entertainment, media and Internet law, for a client base extending across Europe and North America. The Technology Group's services include advising on patents, design rights, trade marks and other intellectual property issues.
Bioscience and pharmaceuticals - where it has been playing a strategic role in the start-up and growth of companies in East Anglia's 'Silicon Fen'. The firm acts for a number of academic and research institutions, as well as new and long-established companies, on matters involving research and licensing, joint ventures and other collaborations.
Commercial property - advising on the full range of matters within the sector, including portfolio management, property acquisition and disposal, funding and joint ventures, investment advice and all property matters.
Development - involving all aspects of property and construction law, including infrastructure requirements, funding such as PFIs and joint ventures, planning and environmental issues.
Employment law - covering all contentious and non-contentious matters, including such issues as collective labour law matters, unfair dismissal, sexual and racial discrimination, pensions and contracting services.
Agriculture - acting for farmers and agricultural estate owners in areas such as the acquisition and disposal of land, planning and diversification, environmental matters, subsidies, tax planning, tenancies, and establishing partnerships and farming companies.
Tax and trusts - providing tax advice in areas such as estate planning, private company shareholdings, offshore trusts, domicile and residence, heritage property, life policies and pensions.
Charities - advising individuals about establishing private charities and the tax reliefs available on charitable gifts; the firm also acts for substantial service-providing and grant-making charities in their dealings with the Charity Commission and all areas where they need legal assistance.
Hewitsons is a founder member of LawExchange International, an independent association of legal practices, which now has member firms throughout Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. |
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Cambridge
Shakespeare House
42 Newmarket Road
Cambridge
CB5 8EP
UK
T: +44 (0)1223 461155
F: +44 (0)1223 316511
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Saffron Walden
53 High Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1AR
UK
T: +44 (0)1799 522471
F: +44 (0)1799 524742
E: nbjmAifxjutpot/dpn
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Our Address
Hewitsons
7 Spencer Parade
Northampton
NN1 5AB
UK
T: +44 (0)1604 233233
F: +44 (0)1604 627941
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