Legal
MOVING ON UP Richard Pollins, Managing Partner at DMH Stallard, talks moving the law firm on to bigger heights, with growth at its core
Award-winning legal firm, DMH Stallard has entered a new phase of business as they expand further into the city and continue their recruitment of a host of high profile team members.
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’m delighted to confirm that DMH Stallard has completed a major expansion into Brighton. We’ve increased our presence in the city centre with up to 30 solicitors and support staff moving into our new suite of offices in Jubilee Street.
The move includes the relocation of senior partners and other staff from the DMH Stallard office at Gatwick, and we will be busy recruiting the best legal talent from other firms in Brighton & Hove. Our focus in the city, in addition to digital, media and technology businesses, and family and real estate, will include a major push into the private client sector, an area of expertise that I believe has been lacking in Brighton for some time. The feedback we’ve received, from both entrepreneurs and private individuals, has repeatedly underlined the view that there is a place in the market in Brighton and Hove for high quality, specialist legal advice from a larger firm like ours. To this end, we have been working closely with our network of contacts in the area for some time and are now actively following up these leads. There’s no doubt our existing teams are exceptionally well regarded for what they do, and we are confident that together we will be able to provide a first class range of services to these client groups. I’m so proud of Brighton & Hove. Its culture, diversity, ambition and attitude mark it out in the UK and I love that distinction - it makes our expansion in the city even more special for me.
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rowth at DMH Stallard has continued apace over the last year. The practice was confirmed in the ‘Top 100 law firms in the UK’ after reporting revenues of over £24million. For some time, the law firm has been one of the largest in the South East and now employs nearly 300 staff. This includes over 60 partners across offices in London, Gatwick, Guildford and Brighton. In the last 12 months alone, DMH Stallard has made a number of very senior appointments at partner level. Intellectual property and technology solicitor James Martin, joined from City law firm, Fieldfisher. Last year his standing in the industry resulted in James being part of a UK delegation at the International Bar Association Annual Conference in Washington DC, and in January 2017, James spoke at the Global IP Convention in Delhi on the law and developments in the protection of trade secrets in the UK and EU. Corporate and commercial transaction specialist Mark Harden was recruited from Thrings and Michael Nixon joined the real estate department from Downs Solicitors. More recently, Kate Norgett joined the award-winning corporate team from Barlow Robbins, following senior roles at Clifford Chance and CMS Cameron McKenna. Other high profile appointments in Brighton and other lateral hires in Gatwick, London and Guildford will soon be announced.
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