Appleyard Lees currently works with UK and multinational businesses across all continents and all technical areas, and has a strong presence in the university sector.
As part of the firm’s continuing expansion, Cambridge is considered to be a key location to enable the firm to provide excellent local support to some of the country’s most innovative companies.
Jo King the Managing Director for Appleyard Lees commented “one of our core strengths is the excellent tailored services we provide to our clients. We invest time and energy to build strong working relationshipsthrough regular face-to-face meetings. Expanding our geographical coverage allows us to interact more frequently with more of our clients to provide the clear strategic advice for which we are known”. Jo continued to explain “opening an office in Cambridge also allows us to expand our recruitment talent pool so that we can continue to attract the brightest and best attorneysto work for our clients”.
The new office will be headed by Julia Gwilt (http://www.appleyardlees.com/people/julia-gwilt/), who has twenty years experience in the profession, working in the Cambridge area. Julia is recognised as an exceptional talent in the local area and is noted for her considerable success rate in contentious proceedings.