Well-known Midlands legal figure to retire from his firm
LAW firm Wright Hassall’s former managing partner Peter Beddoes is to retire from the law firm.
Beddoes is to step down following 35 years at Wright Hassall, 17 years of which he was the man at the helm of the company.
His career at Wright Hassall, based in Leamington Spa, has coincided with its growth from 30 staff and five partners to 230 staff and 35 partners.
Beddoes said: “It’s the end of my working life at Wright Hassall but I leave with Wright Hassall in great shape.
“We have a fantastic team across all the sector disciplines, which I believe is one of the strongest in the country.
“I think we are ideally placed to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves to the firm in the future.”
Beddoes joined Wright Hassall in 1979 after training with Brindley Twist, and within three years he was a partner, and then a part owner two years after that.
While Beddoes may be retiring from his working life at Wright Hassall, he will remain busy in retirement.
He is the chairman of developer and builder A C Lloyd, a non-exec director with medical needle and equipment manufacturer Entaco and he runs the Queens Street Group, a development and investment firm.
He also advises a major Midlands-based advertising agency and is a trustee of a large local charity.
