A West Midlands law firm has expanded with a trio of acquisitions.
Askews Legal, which is headquartered in Coventry and also has a team in Solihull, has bought out Cocks Lloyd Solicitors in Nuneaton, Smalleys Solicitors in Nottingham and John Mohamed & Co in Bedworth.
As a result of the deals, Askews Legal has now doubled in size, both in terms of revenue and staffing which has gone from 60 to 120 employees.
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In each of the three acquisitions, the existing partners were retiring and wanted their practices to be taken over.
All three firms have long-standing histories in their local town so their staff and office locations are being retained while retiring partners are assisting with the transition.
Askews Legal's service offer covers a broad range of fields including criminal law, civil litigation, commercial property, family and conveyancing.
By pooling resources across the group, clients in Nuneaton, Bedworth and Nottingham will now have access to a wider range of legal services via their locally based solicitors.
Askews Legal said it would be going "fully digital" across the trio of acquired firms as part of a bid to streamline and automate processes.
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The practice was founded 12 years ago by Pritpal Chahal, Kuljeet Sandhu and Teerath Gill since when they have strengthened the senior team with the addition of partner and head of employment law Lianne Payne.
Mr Chahal said: "We have always had a vision of growth but we wanted to spend time developing a good solid base from which to achieve that while at the same time setting ourselves apart as a modern law firm, flexible to the needs of today's clients and employees.
"We felt the time was right to accelerate our plans for growth and these acquisitions are a massive step forward.
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"We put a lot of time and effort into finding the right businesses to bring into the Askews group and equally they had to choose us too.
"The partners at Cocks Lloyd, Smalleys and John Mohamed & Co have all put their heart and soul into these businesses over many years and they didn't want them to be swallowed up by a big regional business.
"It was important to them to see their names and reputation continue because they have built up so much respect in their communities and we are also keen to see that continue.
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"The acquisitions allow us to expand the Askews offering into new locations while bringing more legal services to the Nuneaton, Bedworth and Nottingham areas."
Terms of the deals were not disclosed.