BLM - Key Facts about BLM

Personnel

Circa 200 partners
Circa 800 lawyers and technical experts
A total of circa 1,500 employees

Offices

13 offices across the UK and Ireland: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Derry, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Southampton.

Management

Senior partner:

Matthew Harrington

Managing partner:

Vivienne Williams

Belfast and Derry head of office:

Cormac Fitzpatrick

Birmingham head of office:

James Harvey

Bristol and Southampton head of office:

Joe Wakeford

Cardiff head of office:

Kerris Dale

Dublin head of office:

Gavin Campbell

Edinburgh head of office:

Ian Leach

Glasgow head of office:

Frank Hughes

Leeds head of office:

Henry Kirkup

Liverpool head of office:

Joanne Francis

London head of office:

Paula Jefferson

Manchester head of office:

Luisa Lamb

Services

We operate in 12 key markets: brokers; care; construction & property; general insurance; healthcare; leisure & hospitality; Lloyds & London market; manufacturing; public sector; retail; TMT; transportation & logistics.

History

1997

The merger of Berrymans with Lace Mawer

1999

Hamilton Burns & Moore and Cochran Sayers & Cook merged to become HBM Sayers

2003

Berrymans Lace Mawer incorporated Jackson’s Insurance Law

2007

Expansion continued for Berrymans Lace Mawer with an office opening in Cardiff

2010

Berrymans Lace Mawer Bristol branch opened

2012

A new office in Dublin for Berrymans Lace Mawer

2013

A second Berrymans Lace Mawer London office opened in EC3

2014

Berrymans Lace Mawer and HBM Sayers combined to become BLM

2014

BLM combine with Campbell Fitzpatrick Solicitors

2015

BLM moved its entire London operations to a single, new office in Plantation Place

2017

BLM expands its offering and capability with a new Commercial Advisory practice