Weightmans is set to acquire the insurance division of Vizards Wyeth next month, including the firm’s senior partner Mark Newman.

The deal, which will take effect on 1 April, will see around 25 lawyers joining Weightmans, including 13 partners. Weightmans will also take over Vizards’ Dartford office, while those lawyers operating from Vizards’ London base will join Weightmans’ existing London base.