Mills & Reeve

Mills & Reeve LLP
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
No. of offices 6
No. of lawyers 499[1]
No. of employees 960+[1]
Key people Justin Ripman
(Senior Partner)
Claire Clarke
(Managing Partner)[2]
Revenue £93.3 million (2016/17)[3]
Profit per equity partner £403,000 (2016/17)[4]
Date founded 1789 (Francis & Co)[5]
1880 (Mills & Reeve)
Company type Limited liability partnership
Website mills-reeve.com

Mills & Reeve LLP is a British law firm headquartered in London. It employs around 900 staff, including over 499 lawyers and 117 partners.[1] In addition to London it has offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester and Norwich, it is the UK's 44th largest law firm measured by 2016/17 revenues.[6] The firm has been named for a record fourteenth year running as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in The Sunday Times’ annual survey, one of a small number of organisations to have achieved a listing for 14 years running and the only UK law firm. [7]

History

The firm’s roots can be traced back to 1789 when the practice which was eventually to become Francis & Co was started in Cambridge by the 24-year-old newly qualified solicitor Christopher Pemberton.[5] The original Mills & Reeve was formed in Norwich in 1880 when Henry Mills and Edmund Reeve came together to undertake the legal work arising out of the development of the tram system in Norwich.[5]

The current Mills & Reeve practice was formed in 1987 by the merger of the Norwich-based Mills & Reeve and the Cambridge-based Francis & Co, forming Mills & Reeve Francis.[5]

In 2013, Mills & Reeve merged with Manchester-based law firm George Davies[8] and in 2017 merged with London firm Maxwell Winward. [9]

In September 2014 Mills & Reeve formed an exclusive "best friends" alliance with the French law firm FIDAL.[10][11]

Notable clients

Mills & Reeve has worked with Trinity College Cambridge since 1861 (as Francis, Webster and Riches).[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Key Facts", Mills & Reeve LLP. Retrieved 6 May 2014
  2. ↑ http://www.thelawyer.com/analysis/behind-the-law/the-leadership-interview/mills-and-reeves-clarke-reveals-norfolk-as-home-of-the-trailblazer/3038336.article
  3. ↑ "UK 200 2017: How did you do?". The Lawyer. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Jackson, Christopher (September 1990). A Cambridge Bicentenary: The History of a Legal Practice, 1789-1989. Morrow & Co. ISBN 0948903082.
  5. ↑ "UK 200 2017, The Lawyer. Retrieved 29 November 2017
  6. ↑ "The Sunday Times", The Sunday Times. Retrieved 29 November 2017
  7. ↑ "Key Facts", Mills & Reeve LLP. Retrieved 6 May 2014
  8. ↑ "Maxwell Winward deal, Mills & Reeve LLP. Retrieved 28 November 2017
  9. ↑ "Fidal formalises best friends alliance with Mills & Reeve". The Lawyer. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Mills & Reeve's French connection strengthened". Birmingham Post. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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