Facts & Figures

• Cobbetts LLP is firmly established as one of the UK’s leading law firms, serving key plc and institutional clients and regional mid-market owner-managed businesses.
• Cobbetts has developed national practice areas - corporate, real estate, commercial, banking, employment, dispute resolution and private capital - and key specialist teams in fields such as planning, low carbon energy, state aid and regeneration.
• Based in the key regional financial cities of Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, Cobbetts also has a corporate finance practice in London that focuses on M&A and private equity work.
• It is the firm’s pragmatic style and its approach and commitment to client relationships, however, that truly distinguishes Cobbetts from its competition, and increasing numbers of clients are seeing how that the firm’s technical expertise, sound legal advice and sector knowledge can add real value to their business.
• In  2010 Cobbetts topped the UK’s most respected client poll for alternative billing and predictable costs, reflecting our innovative approach to aligning our fee structure to our clients’ constantly evolving needs.  The league table, compiled for Legal Week’s annual Client Satisfaction Report, saw us beat off competition from second placed, international law firm, SJ Berwin, and third placed, national firm Hammonds (both 6.7 out of ten), to achieve a satisfaction rating of 7.3.
• Recent achievements include winning the Financial Times Innovative Lawyer of the Year Award, being rated as one of the top two real estate practices in the country by Legal Week, winning the Excellence in Exporting Legal Services Award (The Law Society), being ranked as the leading adviser to basic materials companies on AIM for the ninth consecutive quarter (Hemscott) and launching Cobbetts International based in Cairo to facilitate cross border cooperation with other professional services firms with an initial focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.