Birketts joins the UK’s Top 100 law firms
Birketts closed its financial year on 31 May 2011 with an impressive increase in sales compared with previous years. This increase has propelled the firm into the national Top 100 law firms by turnover – a significant achievement by Birketts, which sees the firm climb 21 places to position 91.
Birketts’ CEO Alistair Lang commented “To reach our highest ever target in excess of £23million of sales would have been good, but to beat it by several hundred thousand pounds to almost £24million is a great achievement by all involved. All offices have been able to build a good momentum during the year, particularly with the new Chelmsford team settling and delivering the goods. Generally this growth in fee income is the result of increased market share rather than a general uplift in the economy, with a number of sectors remaining challenging in terms of activity. The range of legal services provided and the broad base of skills in the firm have helped us enormously in the face of a sluggish market place."
This performance underlines Birketts’ commitment to both growth and business development having merged with Wollastons LLP, an established firm of Essex solicitors, in September 2010.
As a result, Birketts now have offices in four regional centres, Ipswich, Cambridge, Norwich and Chelmsford with a staff of 390 and 53 partners.
