Year of progress for law firm Gateley
LAW firm Gateley has said its ambitions to be a national operation have been strengthened following a year of progress.
The Birmingham-based firm, which has a Manchester office at Ship Canal House on King Street, said total fee income had risen across several key sectors and the opening of its new London office had given it a major presence in a vital market.
It said it was also pleased with the performance of its Leeds office, which has shown “significant growth” during the year.
Mike Ward, senior partner, said: “The 2012/13 financial figures coupled with our excellent results in this year’s Q3 Experian Corpfin national and regional league tables highlights the quality of the team that we have in place here. Despite uncertain economic conditions, we have grown as a firm and aim to continue to do so throughout the rest of 2013 and into 2014.
“Gateley’s core vision is to be the leading national law firm with a strong regional emphasis and a passion for delivering pragmatic, focused and commercial advice to clients from an enjoyable and fulfilling working environment.”
According to the firm’s UK board report, group fee income was made up of the following: property (28%), corporate (20.46%), business services (19.75%) and banking and finance (18.06%).
Additionally, the banking and finance operations saw fee income increase by 23.3% on the prior year, with business services up 20.2%, property by 5.5% and corporate by 1.2%.
The Experian Corpfin Q3 league table showed that in terms of deal volumes it was second nationally (2012: 12th).
