No. of offices 6 No. of employees 890+ Number of employees 890 Profit per equity partner 373,000 GBP (2015–2016) | No. of lawyers 400+ Founded 1789 Number of offices 6 | |
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Key people Justin Ripman(Senior Partner)Claire Clarke(Managing Partner) Date founded 1789 (Francis & Co)1880 (Mills & Reeve) Revenue 87.2 million GBP (2015–2016) | ||
Mills & Reeve LLP is a British law firm headquartered in London. It employs around 900 staff, including over 400 lawyers and 114 partners. In addition to London it has offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester and Norwich, and is the UK’s 45th-largest law firm measured by 2015/16 revenues.
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History
The firm’s roots can be traced back to 1789 when the practice which was eventually to become Francis & Co was started in Cambridge by the 24-year-old newly qualified solicitor Christopher Pemberton. The original Mills & Reeve was formed in Norwich in 1880 when Henry Mills and Edmund Reeve came together to undertake the legal work arising out of the development of the tram system in Norwich.
The current Mills & Reeve practice was formed in 1987 by the merger of the Norwich-based Mills & Reeve and the Cambridge-based Francis & Co, forming Mills & Reeve Francis.
The firm’s former Cambridge office from 1914-86 at 10 Peas Hill. Mills & Reeve’s current Cambridge office is Botanic House, which was the winner of the 2013 BCO Midlands and East Anglia Best Commercial Workplace Award.
In 2013, Mills & Reeve acquired the Manchester-based law firm George Davies.
In September 2014 Mills & Reeve formed an exclusive "best friends" alliance with the French law firm Fidal.
Notable clients
Mills & Reeve has worked with Trinity College Cambridge since 1861 (as Francis, Webster and Riches).