The Legal 500

Named Regional Law Firm of the Year 2010 at the British Legal Awards, Boyes Turner is one of the UK’s most vibrant and outstanding regional heavyweight law firms. Over two-thirds of its partners are recognised as leaders in their fields and there are few full-service law firms in the UK that can match the level and quality of service that it provides.

The firm: The firm is committed to strong organic growth and also to the recruitment of the right lawyers and support staff to service a client base which would sit comfortably with leading City and large national firms.

Types of work undertaken: The corporate group handles UK and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs, banking, disposals, flotations, funding, joint ventures, partnership law, corporate governance, reorganisations, shareholder agreements, share incentive schemes and tax (business).

The banking and finance group advises banks, venture capitalists and borrowers on the full range of financing transactions including acquisition finance, real estate finance, project finance, cross-border finance, lending, invoice discounting, asset leasing and derivatives

The commercial and technology group provides advice on agency and distribution strategies, commercial and trading agreements, outsourcing agreements, protection and commercialisation of IP, regulation and competition, franchising, joint ventures and partnering, branding, media and marketing law, as well as data protection issues.

The employment group provides a comprehensive service tailored to individual clients’ needs on all contentious and non-contentious aspects of employment law and personnel matters, including TUPE. It also provides an HR consultancy service to help businesses cope with some of the more time-consuming tasks which they encounter on a daily basis.

The property group has substantial experience of all aspects of commercial property work, including landlord and tenant, land development and sales, as well as construction and environmental issues. Notably, it has its own dedicated planning team.

The dispute resolution group provides direct advice on a variety of disputes for both claimants and defendants, including contractual, financial and other commercial claims. It has considerable experience of using alternative dispute resolution techniques, including mediation, adjudication, expert determination and arbitration, and frequently conducts litigation through to trial. It also includes specialist IP, property litigation and construction litigation teams.

The corporate recovery group is headed by a licensed insolvency practitioner and is one of the most highly rated in the UK. It acts for a wide range of clients in a number of industries and works closely with leading accountants and IPs, as well as banks and other professional advisers. There is also a dedicated team providing advice and assistance on all aspects of inward investment into the Thames Valley and Europe, where the firm’s membership of LawRope provides clients with high-calibre, pan-European legal advice.

The business services groups are supported by expertise in personal and corporate tax, trust and probate, and residential conveyancing. There is a particular emphasis on working with clients where complex financial issues are involved.

The firm also has a nationally recognised claims group, with solicitors on specialist panels for the Law Society, APIL and AVMA, and has expertise in complex injury work and clinical negligence claims, including birth accidents, head injuries and spinal injuries.

The firm’s significant industrial disease practice focuses on high-value asbestos-related disease litigation work, recovering maximum compensation for claimants.

Breakdown of work %
Industrial disease 19
Employment 16
Property 14
Litigation 13
Commercial and technology 9
Medical negligence 9
Corporate and banking 7
Corporate recovery 6
Personal injury 4
Wealth protection 3

Number of UK partners 26
Number of other UK fee-earners 70