Key Facts about BLM

Home About us Key Facts about BLM

Personnel

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

Offices

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

Management

Senior partner:
Matthew Harrington
 
Managing partner:
Vivienne Williams
 
Belfast and Derry head of office:
John Guerin
 
Birmingham head of office:
James Harvey
 
Bristol region and Southampton head of office:
Joe Wakeford
 
Cardiff head of office:
Kerris Dale
 
Dublin head of office:
Sinead Connolly & Olivia Treston
 
Edinburgh head of office:
Ian Leach
 
Glasgow head of office:
Frank Hughes
 
Leeds region:
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 at 30 Fenchurch Street
 
2017
BLM expands its offering and capability with a new Commercial Advisory practice