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In 1997, the firm was created with the merger of Berrymans with Lace Mawer. The origins of the firm date back to the 18th century, when Joshua Lace gave his name to an already established law firm in Liverpool. In 1901, Frederic Berryman began the practice of Berrymans in the City of London and, in
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Matthew Harrington is the current national senior partner (elected February 2018) succeeding Mike Brown's six-year term. In October 2017, BLM launched a new commercial advisory practice bringing in a new team of 33 lawyers, including 11 partners from the law firm, Slater & Gordon.
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BLM provided legal services in 50 areas of law, grouped into eleven key market sectors: brokers, construction and property, general insurance, healthcare, leisure and hospitality, Lloyds and London market, manufacturing, public sector, retail, TMT and transport and logistics.
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1946, Arthur Mawer founded AW Mawer & Co in Manchester. On 1 May 2014, Berrymans Lace Mawer and HBM Sayers formally combined as BLM.
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As of March 2022 BLM have agreed to merge with Clyde & Co
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was an insurance and dispute resolution law firm based in the
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As of 1 July 2022, BLM completed its merger with global firm
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