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Mills & Reeve complete Manchester merger

National law firm Mills & Reeve has announced the completion of its merger with Manchester-based firm, George Davies.

The deal was officialised on 1st June when the combined firms’ full workforce moved into its offices on New York Street in Manchester city centre.

George Davies staff did not have to move far, as they were already based in the same building.

Mills & Reeve will now occupy the 8th and 9th floors of the building with a total of 15 partners and 87 staff.

Across the whole of the UK the firm has 111 partners and 870 staff operating from its six offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Manchester and Norwich.

Guy Hinchley, Mills & Reeve managing partner, said: “This is an exciting day for the firm with a substantially enhanced presence in the North allowing us to deliver our strategy of providing a full range of legal services to clients in our key sectors.

“Pre-merger our Manchester office had built a strong reputation in family, insurance disputes and private client work but this takes our offering to a different level.

“We now have substantial corporate, employment, construction, real estate and commercial disputes teams on the ground as well.

“The merger has also enabled us to add sport to our list of sector specialisms, which already includes education, health, insurance, private wealth, agriculture, charities, food and beverage, real estate investment and technology.

“We are pleased to now be able to represent high profile sport clients such as the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Professional Footballers’ Association.”

Former George Davies managing partner, Mark Hovell, will now lead the Mills & Reeve Manchester office and the new sport sector.

He commented: “Mills & Reeve and George Davies have a great deal of synergy and it’s great to be able to combine the Mills & Reeve sector expertise with a full service offering in Manchester to provide clients with a truly first class proposition.”

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