James Austin > Birketts LLP > Ipswich, England > Lawyer Profile
Birketts LLP Offices
Providence House
141-145 Princes Street
IPSWICH
IP1 1QJ
England
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James Austin
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Senior Partner
Career
James joined Birketts in 1989, quickly becoming a Partner in the Corporate Team and he has played a key role in its growth and the growth of the firm ever since. He is now Senior Partner having taken up the role in June 2016. As such he works closely with our CEO, Jonathan Agar. As Senior Partner he also chairs both the monthly Partnership Board meetings and the quarterly Partners Meetings. He sees one of his most important functions as being the guardian of the firm’s unique culture which helps differentiate Birketts from its competitors .
James remains a member of the firm’s Corporate Team and is responsible for a number of key client relationships.
Education
Prior to training as a solicitor, James obtained a degree in civil engineering.
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
(Hall of Fame)Birketts LLP
has a long-standing reputation as a leading corporate and commercial practice in Suffolk though its Ipswich office frequently handles work from beyond the region. The team is described as ‘responsive, accurate and understanding‘. It is led by Alexandra Nelson, who has particular expertise in advising manufacturers and distributors of highly engineered products; senior partner James Austin
, who handles commercial contracts and transactional matters; commercial and technology specialist Mark Gipson; and finance partner Andrew Tubb. Employee incentives specialist Lisa Hayward and senior associate Emma Bysouth are also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia East Anglia > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: elsewhere in East Anglia
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Transport > Transport and shipping