Bristol
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England
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About Burges Salmon
Burges Salmon is a UK law firm with a national and international client base, including FTSE-listed companies, government departments, public bodies, executives and individuals.
The firm operates throughout the UK and in all major European and international jurisdictions. Burges Salmon works with independent law firms around the world to meet clients' international needs. The firm currently has 79 partners and has sector expertise in a range of areas including energy, transport, food and farming, real estate, financial services and infrastructure. Burges Salmon's turnover for the 2012 / 2013 financial year was £73.7 million, with an operating profit of £23.5m and profit per equity partner of £423,000.
The firm undertakes corporate responsibility, and collaborates with organisations to contribute to three main areas: community, education and environment. The firm was a founder member of the Legal Sector Alliance.
In 2012, Burges Salmon chose the
Bristol Children's Hospital
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, also known as the Bristol Children's Hospital, is a Children's hospital, paediatric hospital in Bristol and the only paediatric major trauma centre in South West England. The hospital is part of the Universit ...
charity, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Appeal, as its charity of the year - raising £84,000 to help support the expansion of the hospital.
In 2013, the firm became a founding sponsor of
Aardman
Aardman Animations Limited (also known as Aardman Studios, simply Aardman or Aardman Animation and stylised as AARDMAN as of 2022) is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England. It is known for films made using stop-motion and clay ani ...
and The Grand Appeal's Gromit Unleashed public art exhibition – sponsoring Aardman's Gromit sculpture at
London Paddington station
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great W ...
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The firm publishes an annual review called Insight.
History
The origins of the firm go back to 1841 when Edward Burges set up as a sole practitioner. His father and grandfather had both been lawyers before him.
Following the death of the founder in 1890, the practice was continued by his son W. E. Parry Burges who formed a partnership with a Mr Sloan, resulting in the name becoming Burges & Sloan. In 1947 the partnership was joined by Stuart Evans, who was then practising alone as Salmon, Cumberland and Evans. The firm's move to Narrow Quay House in 1982 saw the shortening of the name to "Burges Salmon".
In 2010 Burges Salmon re-located from Narrow Quay to its current head office at One Glass Wharf in the
Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone
Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone is an enterprise zone in Bristol, England, focused on creative, high-tech and low-carbon industries. Covering an area of , it is based around Bristol Temple Meads railway station, which is being redevelope ...
. In 2012, the firm also moved its London offices from Chancery Exchange to New Street Square, enabling it to operate from both Bristol and London.
The firm's recent history has been working in sectors including energy, transport, food, farming and land, real estate, financial services and infrastructure. Burges Salmon has authored a number of publications including the ''Burges Salmon Guide to Nuclear Law'' and the ''Burges Salmon Guide for Landowners and Farmers'', also known as ''The Pink Book''.
In 2008, allegations were made against Burges Salmon that sub-prime loans may have been mis-sold to farmers, and was investigated by the
Solicitors Regulation Authority
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is the regulatory body for solicitors in England and Wales.
It is responsible for regulating the professional conduct of more than 125,000 solicitors and other authorised individuals at more than 11,000 ...
. In October 2010 the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced that it had closed the investigation with no further action.
Notable deals / cases in 2013
*Advised longstanding client
FirstGroup
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
*Helped the Discovery Channel to successfully defend a fierce trade mark and passing off challenge by AETN.
*Advised
Business Growth Fund
BGF, established in 2011 as the Business Growth Fund, is an investment company that provides growth capital for small and mid-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland.
From a network of 16 offices in the UK and Ireland, the company has invested more ...
as it invested £3.9 million to support growth for travel product pioneer Trunki.
*Represented
Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service connecting the United Kingdom with France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Most Eurostar trains travel through the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operate ...
in a case which set new standards in complex procurement and rail disputes.
*Advised
Leeds United F.C.
Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road ...
on a test case which saw
West Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England. It is the fourth largest territorial police force in England and Wales by number of officers.
History
West Yor ...
ultimately lose an appeal relating to charges for match day policing.
*Advised the
Competition Commission
The Competition Commission was a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom. It was a competition regulator under t ...
on the corporate aspects of the sale of
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh Airport is an airport located in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the busiest airport in Scotland in 2019, handling over 14.7 million passengers. It was also the sixth-busiest airport in the United Kingdom by ...
for £807.2m at the end of April 2012.
*Advised longstanding client
Milk Link
Milk Link was a large dairy company in the United Kingdom. It was the UK's largest dairy cooperative and the UK's largest producer of cheese. In 2012 the company merged with Arla Foods.
History
It was formed in April 2000 as one of three succe ...
on its merger with
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
, creating one of the first ever mergers between a UK and a foreign co-operative.
*Advised Cardiff City Transport Limited (trading as
Cardiff Bus
Cardiff Bus ( cy, Bws Caerdydd) is the dominant operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth. The company is wholly owned by Cardiff Council and is one of the few municipal bus companies to ...
) in its successful defence of a major claim brought by a competitor before the
Competition Appeal Tribunal
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) of the United Kingdom was created by Section 12 and Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002 which came into force on 1 April 2003. The Competition Service is an executive non-departmental public body which ...
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Industry Awards
*Lawyer Awards 2013
Competition Team of the Year – Runner-up
Litigation Team of the Year - Shortlisted
Corporate Restructuring Team of the Year - Shortlisted
Private Wealth Team of the Year - Shortlisted
*Insider South West Dealmakers Awards 2013
Corporate Law Firm of the Year - Winner
*European Pensions Awards 2013
European Pensions Law Firm of the Year - Shortlisted
*Knowlist Awards 2013
IT Team Achievement Award - Winner
*Legal Business Awards 2013
Competition Team of the Year – Shortlisted
Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year – Shortlisted
*British Legal Awards 2012
Commercial Team of the Year – Winner – for work with the NDA on the decommissioning of Dounreay
Litigation and Regulatory Team of the Year – Shortlisted
*Bristol Law Society Awards
Law Firm of the Year – Winner (national category)
*The Lawyer Awards 2012
Competition / Regulatory Team of the Year – Joint Winner
LawCareers.net Awards
Best Trainee Solicitor Recruiter - national firm winner for seventh consecutive year