M4 Corridor and Gloucestershire: Bath, Swindon and Cheltenham are the three main centres of legal excellence in this region. Despite the town's proximity to Bristol firms, firms in Bath find themselves more often competing with firms further east, in Reading and Birmingham. Thring Townsend and Withy King both have offices in Swindon. In addition to an excellent reputation for work for the SME business community, Thring Townsend is also highly regarded for high-value, innovative family work, its planning and environmental expertise, agriculture and estates, and a solid employment practice. Withy King meanwhile has a good reputation for its commercial practice, and for corporate transactions in the £1m-£5m range. In 2004, the firm merged with leading national horseracing and bloodstock firm Chalk Smith Brooks, and has also made great strides in building its employment practice, and winning high-value accommodation PFI work. Liquor licensing expert Nigel Musgrove joined from Thring Townsend, and the firm's divorce, estates, and clinical negligence and personal injury practices are also genuine strengths.
The Cheltenham office of Charles Russell has an excellent reputation for competition advice, litigation, and high-end private client work, and Maitland Walker stands out for its niche expertise in competition law, litigation and licensing.
Wiggin LLP has a truly national media and technology practice, with expertise in outsourcing, defamation, media-related litigation, and cutting-edge work on broadcast platforms and content. The firm's background in pay-for-view broadcasting has given it an edge with the rapid expansion of digital and 3G technology.
BPE has grown, clients say, with remarkable success. Corporate, property, personal injury, and financial services are all areas of strength for the firm.
Clark Holt is widely recognised for its good corporate advice and its work on IT outsourcing contracts, while Rickerbys Solicitors has some highly regarded niche practices, including schools and charities, private client, and advice to a loyal group of SME business clients.
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