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The lack of diversity within corporate and in-house legal teams is becoming increasing prevalent, highlighted by a groundswell of support to have all minority groups fairly represented. The legal profession has been slow to redress this imbalance and we wish to explore ways that we can support companies achieve more diverse in-house legal teams. Taylor Root recently hosted a...

Mills & Reeve is a top 40 UK law firm and the only law firm in the UK top 100 to have consistently grown profit and turnover each year since 2002. The law firm has appeared in the Sunday Times’ Best 100 Companies to Work For list for 16 years’ running. David Varnham is a partner in the firm’s banking and finance team based in Birmingham. He has extensive experience of acting...

Squire Patton Boggs is an award-winning global law firm, working across 20 countries. The firm has operated from Birmingham city centre for more than 100 years, representing many of the region’s leading businesses and highly familiar with the nuances of the local business environment. Roy Grist is a well-regarded Legal 500 rated partner in Squire Patton Boggs’ Financial Serv...

Gateley Legal is the legal business at the heart of professional services group Gateley. Founded in Birmingham in 1808, the business has provided commercial legal services to individuals and businesses for over 200 years. In 2015 Gateley was the first commercial UK law firm to list on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market. Since then, a number of other la...

As we all know, we are in the midst of a very difficult time. Everyone I know in my professional network and myself included, has been effected and are having to work extremely hard and make personal and financial sacrifices to make sure we have the best chance to come through this in relatively good shape. This is a relatively small price to pay compared to a lot of familie...

Why recruit an in-house lawyer? Appointing a first in-house lawyer is a major decision for any organisation; involving both financial and commercial commitment and buy-in. As we commence a new decade against the back drop of an imminent exit from the EU, CEOs will likely come under even more pressure to closely scrutinise the constantly evolving legal needs of their business...