Travers Smith
| Travers Smith LLP | |
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| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| No. of offices | Two (London and Paris) |
| No. of lawyers | Approximately 255[1] |
| No. of employees | Approximately 385[1] |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Andrew Lilley (Managing Partner) Chris Carroll (Senior Partner) |
| Revenue |  £72m (2009/10)[1] |
| Date founded | pre-1801 (London) |
| Company type | Limited liability partnership |
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| www.traverssmith.com | |
Travers Smith is a corporate law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm has almost 300 lawyers, including 60 partners.
The firm employs around 385 staff and operates in 14 specialist practice areas. Travers Smith was voted UK Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and 2008.[citation needed] The firm converted to a limited liability partnership in July 2008.[2]
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[edit] History
The firm was originally founded by Samuel Amory, who qualified in 1810. Samuel's daughter, Ann, married John Travers, a member of the well-known produce family in the City of London which was a long-standing client of the practice. Their grandson, Joseph Travers Smith, joined the firm in 1851 and became its senior partner. One of the firm’s partners drafted the constitution for the first London Stock Exchange in 1801.
Historian Charles Sharman spoke of Joseph Travers Smith as the solicitor to “the Westminster Bank and to numerous old families from Royalty downwards”. The firm was joined by Stephen Braithwaite in 1873, when the practice became known as Travers Smith Braithwaite, a name it retained until 2004 when it reverted to Travers Smith.
Since the Second World War, the firm has grown steadily through the organic route rather than merger and acquisition. This was to distinguish the firm in the 1990s when it decided not to follow the path of expansion followed by larger firms but to stay London-centric (aside from opening a small Paris office). Travers Smith also resisted temptation when it was courted by Latham & Watkins for merger. However, the famously independent[3][4] UK firm declined the opportunity to be absorbed by a larger American practice.[5]
[edit] Main practice areas
Travers Smith's main practice areas include:[6]
- Banking
- Commercial
- Competition
- Corporate
- Corporate recovery
- Employment
- Environmental
- Financial services & markets
- Investment funds
- Litigation
- Pension
- Real estate
- Tax
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Travers Smith". The Lawyer. http://www.thelawyer.com/directory/t/Travers-Smith/. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- ^ Chellel, Kit (1 July 2008). "Travers latest to make LLP switch". The Lawyer. http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=133640&d=415&h=417&f=416. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ Chambers Student Guide 2012
- ^ 'Law firm mergers: a developing trend'
- ^ Legal Week
- ^ "Expertise". Travers Smith LLP. http://www.traverssmith.co.uk/?pid=3&level=1. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- Sadowski, Emma (15/07/2008 15:40). "Bellwether Travers hikes fees but profits drop". Legal Week. http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1145806/Bellwether+Travers+hikes+fees+but+profits+drop.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- "Legal Week Wiki". http://www.legalweek.com/Navigation/36/Articles/1000095/Travers+Smith.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- "Travers tops £800k PEP with 15% growth spurt". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20080328130843/http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1038363/Travers+tops+800k+PEP+with+15+growth+spurt.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- "Herding cats: Chris Carroll". Legal Week. http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1025050/Herding+cats+Chris+Carroll.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- "Travers reaps rewards of 3i links with deal windfall". Legal Week. http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1023675/Travers+reaps+rewards+of+3i+links+with+deal+windfall.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- "Law Firm Directory". The Lawyer. http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=128851. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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