Record turnover for legal group

THE parent company of city law fim Shakespeare Martineau law firm has seen a 16 per cent rise in revenues – even before factoring in two recent mergers.

The Ampa group saw turnover hit a record £80.4 million for its 21/22 financial year.

The Birmingham-based business includes full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau – which has offices across the UK, including Leicester, Nottingham, Stratford and Bristol – along with consumer champion law firm Lime Solicitors, planning consultancy Marrons Planning, uninsured loss recovery experts Corclaim and cyber security consultancy CSS Assure.

The group said the latest two mergers will extend revenues even further.

They are Sussex firm Mayo Wynne Baxter, which joined the group in May, while Bristol-based GL Law will merge into the group’s Shakespeare Martineau brand later this year.

The combined group will have a turnover of more than £105 million for the next financial year.

Chief executive Sarah WalkerSmith, pictured above, said: “In 2020 we pressed ahead with our plans despite the uncertainty of the pandemic.

“Our house of brands portfolio provides resilience and sustainability in a volatile and uncertain economic and political landscape.

“We are looking to change business for good – benefitting our clients, communities and people with a collaborative and conscious approach to commercial strategy.”

The group’s businesses currently have 18 hubs across the Midlands, South, South East, South West, South Yorkshire and Scotland.

The group said it had made no redundancies as result of any of its mergers.