{"id":2111264,"date":"2026-04-29T14:38:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/?p=2111264"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:38:53","slug":"mfg-solicitors-expands-birmingham-office-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2111264-mfg-solicitors-expands-birmingham-office-space","title":{"rendered":"mfg Solicitors expands Birmingham office space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A law firm has expanded its Birmingham base after sustained growth in client work and team size led to increased demand for office capacity.<\/p>\n<p>mfg Solicitors has taken additional space at Waterloo House, where it relocated its Birmingham operations in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The latest expansion sees the firm occupy a further floor to accommodate a growing number of lawyers and support staff.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Davies, partner and managing director at mfg Solicitors, said: \u201cOur move to Waterloo House in 2024 was another exciting milestone for the firm and it\u2019s proved to be hugely successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince then, we have continued to see significant growth in the city, including through new clients and adding senior appointments across our Corporate, Commercial Property, Tax &amp; Succession Planning, Private Client and Family departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking on the additional office space allows us to maintain that growth and house more specialist teams and lawyers under one roof. It\u2019s a perfect springboard for us in Birmingham as we enter a new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The expansion follows a series of senior hires into the Birmingham office, including corporate lawyers Matt Smith, Philip Chapman and Nick Little, family law specialist Richard Port MBE, commercial property expert Brian Hession, tax and succession planning specialist Tom Evans, private client lawyer Tracy Ashby, and agriculture and rural affairs specialist Neil Harrison. Senior associate Ian Sheppard has also joined the commercial litigation team.<\/p>\n<p>mfg Solicitors first established its Birmingham presence in 2018 and now operates alongside offices across Worcestershire, Shropshire and the Black Country, providing both corporate advisory services and private client legal support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional space has been taken at Waterloo House to support a growing team and rising demand for legal services in the city<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266702,"featured_media":2111265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"coauthors":[127717],"class_list":["post-2111264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","tag-featured-story","tag-greater-birmingham"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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