Top 200 law firm Buckles Solicitors LLP has today announced its acquisition of London-based Lyndales Solicitors. Buckles has offices in Peterborough, London, Nottingham and Stamford and the acquisition of Lyndales reflects the award-winning firm’s recent emphasis on growth with a strong focus on the London market.
Operating under the name Buckles Lyndales, the existing London office will be joined by the Lyndales team and relocate to 40 Furnival Street from 1 October 2019. The acquisition propels the firm up the ranking table with a turnover of £12m+ and more than 90 lawyers.
Buckles’ Chief Executive, Duncan Jackson, says: “We are delighted to officially announce the acquisition of Lyndales to strengthen our London proposition. Based on a long history of client-led service, Buckles has a strong regional reputation acquired mainly through organic growth. The legal market has changed and we don’t want to rest on our laurels. Building on a position of strength and safeguarding our clients UK-wide, we are implementing an exciting growth strategy. Lyndales is a perfect fit for us as they are also a people-driven business. Lyndales is an established London firm and we are thrilled to merge our teams’ expertise to offer our clients an even wider range of legal expertise.”
Lyndales’ Managing Partner, Stanley Harris OBE, added “We have built a strong reputation in London during the last 20 years for clear, pragmatic, expert advice. This aligns perfectly with Buckles’ ethos of providing a legally focused, relationship driven service and we are delighted to be joining forces. Our clients can now benefit from a widely expanded range of services including construction, contentious probate and many more. In addition to our existing close connections with Germany, we can offer our clients expertise in European law.”
Buckles’ services include specialisms in French, Italian and Spanish law. With lawyers ranked in Chambers and Legal500, the firm has third party accreditation of their expertise.
