Leading East Anglian law firm, Ellisons Solicitors, has received a raft of recommendations in this year’s Legal 500, including the highly-regarded Tier 1 ranking for its immigration and commercial property departments. In total six practice areas were recommended in the 2019 edition, with four Partners noted as Leading Individuals, and six Partners and one Senior…
East Anglian law firm, Ellisons Solicitors has been awarded the Law Society’s international legal practice quality mark, Lexcel, for the fifth consecutive time. Gemma Garen, who has recently been promoted to director of quality and compliance at Ellisons, led the firm’s Lexcel evaluation process. The Lexcel accreditation, an optional, widely-recognised scheme, is awarded to law firms…
The approval of the European Union’s (EU) Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in January 2018 means that the landscape for online transactions in the UK is set to change forever. From September 14, 2019 businesses that accept online payments from customers will be required to comply with PSD2, which builds on the original Payment Services Directive…
Ellisons Solicitors’ partner, Catherine Abbott, has returned to Ipswich, joining the firm’s award-winning Ipswich office at Wherstead Park. Catherine is a highly experienced professional and well known in Ipswich and Suffolk having spent the majority of her career in the area. Specialising in commercial property, she has a particular interest in acting for clients within…
Leading law firm, Ellisons Solicitors, is announcing a merger with Bury St Edmunds-based firm Gross & Co. which will take place on 1st August 2019. The merger will give Ellisons a London base and a second office in Suffolk having established its Ipswich office five years ago. Ellisons now has seven offices in total, including its…
Ellisons Solicitors is celebrating a bumper end to the financial year after dealing with in excess of £100m worth of commercial property transactions from April 2018 to March 2019. The Commercial Property team acted on over 1,800 transactions during the year which saw them not only operating in East Anglia but across the country including…
Ellisons Solicitors’ Ipswich office is celebrating its fifth year in business. Since the law firm’s expansion into Suffolk in 2014, the team has grown by 289% and has built a strong reputation for its dedication to delivering excellent client service from start to finish, which has resulted in an increase of 39% in its fee…
A law firm in Felixstowe has raised £1,185 in vital funds for charity by volunteering their time and expertise to write people’s wills in exchange for charitable donations. Fairstep Solicitors gave up some of their time in November to take part in Will Aid, an annual campaign which raises money for nine of the UK’s…