"Birketts is carrying onward while others are going backwards."
From Chambers [UK 2008]

Our corporate finance team of 6 partners and 4 other fee earners combines specialist skills with a commitment to service excellence. We expect our lawyers to pursue a "sleeves rolled-up approach", to provide clarity and to be accountable. We believe this is why we have a reputation for punching above our weight. As a client very recently said of our performance: "... strong communication skills ... strong focus on solving deal issues ... gave us the feeling that someone else was really looking after our interests ..."

Our team is regularly instructed in relation to corporate lending, acquisitions and disposals, MBOs, MBIs, restructuring and refinancing and new ventures. Our clients include entrepreneurs, owner-managed businesses, banks, venture capital funds, listed and unlisted plcs. In addition to the constant stream of transactional work, the team provides legal advice to clients on a broad range of contractual and commercial activities.

"Birketts acted for the company from its inception through to its eventual successful disposal.  The firm developed a thorough understanding of our business, and never failed to give us clear practical guidance on all legal matters.  Annette Whybrow acted as an astute and highly committed business partner throughout the deal; her advice was always constructive and commercially aware."
Neil Kirk (on the disposal of Anglia Crown to Geest plc)