The firm will launch a formal month-long consultation tomorrow (14 May) on the redundancy programme, with its three offices in
The cuts are likely to affect six fee earners. In addition, 27 support staff and seven secretarial roles are set to come under the spotlight after the firm said there was an overlap in support services in finance, administration, human resources, IT and marketing.
The consultation was prompted by a strategic review kicked off by the firm’s board in September as it looked at forming its three-year strategy.
The review found the firm’s core business of health, local government and housing in the public and private sectors remained strong but that a number of practice areas, such as commercial – which includes banking, corporate, intellectual property and IT – were underperforming.
Bevan Brittan’s chief executive, Stuart Whitfield (pictured), said: “Announcing a redundancy programme is not an easy option but the board’s review made clear the need to refocus on our core markets where we continue to perform in accordance with expectations and where we are forecasting further growth in the next cycle.”
He added: “We have an obligation to ensuring that we’re well placed to ensure ongoing commercial success in an increasingly competitive legal market and today’s announcement delivers this.”
The news comes after Beachcroft yesterday (12 May) announced that it is set to close its international practice group as part of an overhaul of its international strategy, putting one partner and five lawyers in the firm’s
In addition, Legal Week revealed earlier this year that Halliwells was restructuring its
