LAW FIRM’S DRIVE SETS IT APART FROM THE COMPETITION.

13/09/2010

Nottingham law firm Rothera Dowson has again made its mark in the World’s foremost guide to Law Firms, the Legal 500, with no fewer than seven areas of its work being recommended.

Rothera Dowson’s transport department was once again named as the leading department of its type in the East Midlands region by the guide, and the firm’s charities and family departments were named in the second tier of firms in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.

In the guide Anton Balkitis, the partner who heads up the firm’s 50-year-old transport department, was described simply as “excellent” and the department itself “a first-choice practice”. The guide also cited the firm’s increase in work with international hauliers and UK operator licence inquiry work as one of the reasons for its strong recommendation.

In the guide’s recommendation for Rothera Dowson’s family department, senior partner Christine Doughty was described as “highly regarded”, particularly in respect of her work in complex children cases.

Additionally, the firm also received recommendations for its agriculture and estates, commercial litigation, commercial property and personal tax and probate offerings.

Rothera Dowson’s managing partner, Amanda Redgate is delighted with the firm’s performance in this year’s Legal 500, she says:

“We have identified where our real strengths as a firm lie, and channelled our focus accordingly. Our strong performance in the Legal 500 is the result of this focus, which in the past year has seen us strengthen our core teams with the appointment of a number of excellent new legal professionals and invest in a targeted marketing campaign to help facilitate further growth in these areas.

“There has been much concern in our industry regarding forthcoming deregulation, but we believe that there will always be a requirement for great client service through close client relationships and consultation and the excellent results that these two crucial factors bring. We plan to work harder on these elements - not the commoditisation of our services.”

This pleasing result for the firm follows its equally strong performance in the 2011 Chambers and Partners guide, which saw managing partner Amanda Redgate and partners Anton Balkitis and Tom Redgate identified as leaders in their fields of legal expertise.