Withers and Speechly Bircham are to vote next week on a potential merger which could create a UK top 25 law firm known as Withers Speechly Bircham (WSB).

Speechly’s interim vote is on Tuesday (21 May) and Withers’ is on Wednesday (22 May), with the news coming after the private client focused firms issued a joint statement on 25 March confirming preliminary discussions were taking place.