Wrigleys Solicitors LLP

Managing Partner: Marie-Louise Hamilton

Number of UK partners: 36

Number of other fee-earners: 107

As a leading specialist practice outside of London, Wrigleys has embraced the modern era while upholding the traditions and beliefs that have marked the firm out as distinct from its peers in a crowded legal market. We are recognised as experts in our specialist areas and give practical, common-sense, and technically excellent advice to our clients with whom we foster valued long-term relationships. We attribute the firm’s success to a clear and consistent identity: a reliable, enduring niche practice delivering service with understated quality.

The firm was founded in 1996 as a niche private client, charity, and trust law practice. The founding members previously worked at a large national practice but increasingly found the culture and cost base of larger firms unsuitable for private and charity clients. As a result, they took care to design a firm that would serve these clients effectively, offering a more personal and long-term approach.

The firm is unique in limiting its work to private clients, charities, and trusts (with related niche areas including agriculture, pensions, ecclesiastical, and education). We strive to maintain an optimal environment for these work types and have chosen to avoid other practice areas that would dilute our focus. The firm therefore does not practice in litigation, family law, or mainstream commercial work, and where asked, we will put clients in contact with reputable and cost-effective advisers elsewhere.

The firm’s approach has proven successful, resulting in strong organic growth driven primarily by the quality of our work and word-of-mouth recommendations. We aim to consolidate our position as the leading firm in specific niche areas and to encourage colleagues to innovate within related emerging areas. Above all, we aim to cultivate first-rate specialists in their chosen fields and to manage the firm in a way that brings out the best in them, delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients. We have a strong record of differentiating from other firms and have attracted excellent colleagues who enjoy our non-corporate environment. We have been successful in bringing nationally recognised specialists to the firm, attracted to working in a more flexible and collegiate environment.

Contacts:

Capital Tax Planning: Andrew Wriglesworth, Julia Boyes, Angus Hunter Smart

Trusts & Estates: Marie-Louise Hamilton

Charities: Clare Lawrence and Elizabeth Wilson

Employment: Alacoque Marvin

Education: Chris Billington

Property: Rachel Meredith

Agriculture & Rural Affairs: Jonathan Attey and Angus Hunter Smart

Transport: Elizabeth Wilson

Pensions: Kate Buckham and Louise Edwards

Personal Injuries Trusts: Lynne Bradey

Court of Protection: Jane Netting and Charlotte Dyson