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Gorvins, a regional full-service commercial law firm with headquarters in the North West, has 17 partners and 100 staff based at offices in South Manchester. Gorvins provides high-quality, cost-effective legal advice to corporate, SME and entrepreneurial clients.

The firm: Gorvins works in partnership with its clients, adopting an innovative, assertive and proactive approach to achieve defined commercial objectives on time and to budget. Practicality, commerciality and an emphasis on quality are all hallmarks of the firm’s approach. Gorvins’ clients demand a responsible and cost-effective service. As such, Gorvins’ commercial team can demonstrate significant added value for every transaction. Gorvins’ clients want lawyers who respond quickly, provide a personal service and deliver excellent value for money.

Gorvins also has one of the largest private client teams outside Central London, dealing with all aspects of family law, wealth management and conveyancing, therefore complementing the commercial advice offered to corporate clients and entrepreneurs.

Types of work undertaken: Gorvins provide a seamless package of commercial legal services. Gorvins’ commercial team provides an encompassing legal service. The commercial team ensures it works closely with clients to maximise the potential interests and to exceed in the delivery of value to their business. The firm has an experienced commercial team whose lawyers understand the needs of their clients, whether advising on a set-up, growth or exit strategy. The firm demonstrates value through minimising risk and maximising return to achieve its clients’ business objectives.

Gorvins’ experienced commercial property team uses a practical approach for its clients, whether on developments or investments, to ensure that each project maximises opportunity and minimises risk. Whether a new business acquiring or leasing its first premises, or an experienced property developer or investor, Gorvins’ commercial property team will use its expertise to the clients’ advantage and to get the deal done.

The employment team at Gorvins works with its clients to face the complexities of modern day employment law legislation, which can prove to be challenging. The team helps to support the management of its clients with their relationships with their employees, unions and other representative bodies.

The extensive dispute resolution team at Gorvins works with the client to establish a clear strategy at the outset of any dispute and ensure throughout the process that the vision and objectives of the client are optimised.

Gorvins’ specialists in property litigation have extensive experience in advising a portfolio of clients on all types of commercial and civil disputes.

The corporate recovery team acts on all aspects of corporate insolvency and business recovery. The team works with clients to ensure a stable platform is provided.

The firm’s consumer credit team advises on consumer credit regulatory and compliance issues and has many years’ experience in dealing with finance house litigation.

In addition to the services provided by the commercial team, Gorvins is one of the few major practices in South Manchester to offer a full range of advice and services for the individual. The private client team is recognised nationwide for its expertise and has a 150-year history of advising individuals, business executives, charities and landowners.

Gorvins’ wills, trusts and probate team offers invaluable and longstanding experience in advising individuals on the retention of and increase in value of personal assets. From drafting a will or planning for the future, the firm’s team of specialists can ensure the right advice is provided with the avoidance of unnecessary taxation.

Gorvins’ team of specialist family lawyers is renowned for offering a wealth of expertise and outstanding service to clients seeking advice on all aspects of family law and children matters.

A particular strength for an individual instructing Gorvins is the benefit that comes from the wide range of expertise available from the other teams within the firm. This is particularly valuable to a client who is, for example, facing a divorce and requires advice in connection with a company or pension asset, or a couple purchasing a property requiring advice on inheritance or living together agreements.

Number of UK partners 17
Number of other UK fee-earners 35