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Article: FIRM PROFILE: BIRKETTS.
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- The Lawyer
- Article date:
- November 24, 2008
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By Tom Philips
Being a regional firm can have its advantages, as Birketts in East Anglia discovered this year. The 38-partner firm benefited from the closure of Eversheds' Norwich office and has seen its total lawyer headcount in the town rise from six in 2004 to more than 50 fee-earners today.
Birketts chief executive Alistair Lang, a non-lawyer credited with improving the firm's fortunes since he was appointed in 2001, has been keen to snap up lawyers with "local knowledge". A former regional director at Bank of Scotland, Lang has presided over double-digit growth for the past five years - up from #6.3m in 2005 to #16.3m last year - making ...