Mills & Reeve

Mills & Reeve LLP is a British law firm headquartered in London. It also has offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester and Norwich, it is the UK's 37th largest law firm measured by 2017/18 revenues.[6] The firm has been named for a record sixteenth 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 16 years running and the only UK law firm.[7]

Mills & Reeve LLP
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
No. of offices6
No. of lawyers500[1]
No. of employees940[1]
Key peopleJustin Ripman
(Senior Partner)
Claire Clarke
(Managing Partner)[2]
Revenue£106.3 million (2017/18)[3]
Profit per equity partner£403,000 (2016/17)[4]
Date founded1789 (Francis & Co)[5]
1880 (Mills & Reeve)
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitemills-reeve.com

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[1] and in 2017 merged with London firm Maxwell Winward.[8]

In 2014, Mills & Reeve formed an exclusive "best friends" alliance with the French law firm FIDAL.[9][10]

Notable clients

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

Notable awards

In 2018, Mills & Reeve won UK Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards[11] and the 2019 RollOnFriday Firm of the Year award.[12]

Mills & Reeve was placed 24th in The Sunday Times’ Best 100 Companies to Work For 2019, appearing on the list for the 16th year in a row.[13]

The firm launched the Cohabitation Law website[14] to highlight the fact that despite popular belief ‘common law marriage’ does not exist and couples that live together may not be aware that they don’t have the same rights as married couples. The website won the award for Marketing Innovation at the Legal Week Innovation Awards 2018.[15]

References
  1. "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. "Mills & Reeve celebrates record annual results with highest ever staff bonus". Mills & Reeve. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. Jackson, Christopher (September 1990). A Cambridge Bicentenary: The History of a Legal Practice, 1789-1989. Morrow & Co. ISBN 0948903082.
  5. "UK 200 2018, The Lawyer. Retrieved 29 November 2017
  6. ", 100 Best Companies To Work For in The Sunday Times' annual survey
  7. "Maxwell Winward deal, Mills & Reeve LLP. Retrieved 28 November 2017
  8. "Fidal formalises best friends alliance with Mills & Reeve". The Lawyer. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. "Mills & Reeve's French connection strengthened". Birmingham Post. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. , Mills & Reeve LLP is the UK law firm of the year at The British Legal Awards
  11. , Mills & Reeve is the RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2019
  12. , The Sunday Times’ Best 100 Companies to Work For 2019
  13. , Mills & Reeve's Cohabitation law website
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