TWO West Midlands law firms have merged and changed their names to form a new practice.
Solihull-based Harris Cooper Walsh has joined forces with the 150-year-old Brownings Solicitors, which has offices in Redditch and Alcester, to become Harris Cooper Brownings.
The link-up means that the new company has offices across circling Birmingham with other sites in Stratford-upon-Avon and Harborne.
Harris Cooper Walsh will be taking on seven fee earners and seven support staff from the Redditch and Alcester offices as the merger goes through.
Harris Cooper Walsh’s managing partner Mike Gahan told TheBusinessDesk.com there would be no office closures and no redundancies as a result of the merger, adding that they might be opening a new office and taking on more staff.
“Brownings Solicitors fits well into our portfolio of services. It is a family and commercial firm which has served the north Worcestershire area for many years and now we can bolster the existing commercial city expertise to their operation,” he said.
“Besides the specialists we have in private law, we have a team of corporate law experts second to none and we will be looking to extend that area of the company’s activities greatly in the north Worcestershire area.
“Brownings Solicitors has an enviable reputation for good service to the community in the Redditch and Alcester area and I am sure the newly-merged firm can add to that by providing an increasing number of services from city-proficient experts.”
Picture: John Madge and Paul Broad of Brownings (front left and right), with new partners (from left) Sian Kenkre, Christien Mulingani and Becky Tiffin. Mike Gahan (back left) and Daniel da Silva from Harris Cooper Walsh.
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