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 38th largest law firm measured by 2019/20 revenues.[4] The firm has been named for a record seventeenth 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 17 years running and the only UK law firm.[5]

Mills & Reeve LLP
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
No. of offices6
No. of lawyers466
No. of employees999
Key peopleJustin Ripman
(Senior Partner)
Claire Clarke
(Managing Partner)[1]
Revenue£114.1 million (2019/20)[2]
Profit per equity partner£409,000 (2019/20)[2]
Date founded1789 (Francis & Co)[3]
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.[3] 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.[3]

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.[3]

In 2013, Mills & Reeve merged with Manchester-based law firm George Davies[6] and in 2017 merged with London firm Maxwell Winward.[7]

In 2014, Mills & Reeve formed an exclusive "best friends" alliance with the French law firm FIDAL.[8][9]

Notable clients

Mills & Reeve has worked with Trinity College Cambridge since 1861 (as Francis, Webster and Riches).[3]

Notable awards

Mills & Reeve was placed 90th in The Sunday Times’ Best 100 Companies to Work For 2020, appearing on the list for the 17th year in a row.[10]

The firm was named as one of the 30 most innovative law firms in Europe in the FT Innovative Lawyers Europe 2020 [11] and won three awards and was highly commended in two further categories at the Legal Week Innovation Awards 2020.[12] Mills & Reeve has been RollOnFriday’s Firm of the Year for the last three years from 2018-2020.[13]

References
  1. http://www.thelawyer.com/analysis/behind-the-law/the-leadership-interview/mills-and-reeves-clarke-reveals-norfolk-as-home-of-the-trailblazer/3038336.article
  2. "UK 200: The Top 100 2020". The Lawyer. December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. Jackson, Christopher (September 1990). A Cambridge Bicentenary: The History of a Legal Practice, 1789-1989. Morrow & Co. ISBN 0948903082.
  4. "UK 200 2020, The Lawyer. Retrieved 09 December 2020
  5. ", A record-breaking 17 years of winning top employer award for Mills & Reeve
  6. "Key Facts", Mills & Reeve LLP. Retrieved 6 May 2014
  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. , The Sunday Times’ Best 100 Companies to Work For 2020
  11. , Clients are going digital, and so must the lawyers
  12. , Mills & Reeve pips Shearman & Sterling and Osborne Clarke to RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2020
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