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Withy King LLP

NORTH BAILEY HOUSE, NEW INN HALL STREET, OXFORD, OX1 2EA, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 01865 792300
Fax:: Fax 01865 793616
DX:: 4314 OXFORD 1

Web:: www.withyking.co.uk
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Trowbridge, Thame, Swindon, Oxford, Marlborough, London and 3 more

South East : Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, tier 5

Richard Baxter’s team at Withy King LLP handles instructions with the ‘utmost professionalism’ and in a ‘timely manner’. New clients include St Hilda’s College (Oxford University), Mulberry Events and JML Industries.

South East : Human resources

Within Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Withy King LLP is a third tier firm,

Recent team changes at Withy King LLP saw Richard White return to the firm’s Bath office and part-time employment judge Mark Emery join from Bindmans LLP. Now heading the department, Emery is ‘determined, enthusiastic and willing to go the extra mile’.

South East : Insurance

Within Clinical negligence: claimant Clinical negligence: claimant

Within Personal injury: claimant Personal injury: claimant

South East : Private client

Within Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Withy King LLP is a third tier firm,

Withy King LLP’s three-partner team has niche expertise in representing children’s guardians. Team head Simon Bassett has ‘invaluable experience and knowledge of the legal system’.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40,

Manches LLP’s team includes Oxford-based department head Anna Burnside, and assistant Penny Wright, who joined from Thomas Eggar LLP and leads the Reading-based private client offering. Tom Gilman left for Withy King LLP.

South East : Real estate

Within Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Withy King LLP is a third tier firm,

Solicitor Graham Atkinson and associate Mike Cooper are now the key Oxford contacts at Withy King LLP, following James Barnatt’s retirement in 2012.

South East : TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Sport Sport

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Offices in Oxford, Thame, and Abingdon

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Offices in Swindon, Bath BA1, Bath BA1, Trowbridge, and Marlborough

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