As the first 海角视频 commercial law firm to list on the London Stock Exchange鈥檚 growth market, AIM, in 2015, Gateley has since become a prominent legal and professional services group with law at its core.
Its Manchester team of more than 200 employees at Gateley Legal in the heart of the city forms part of the 1,400-strong team employed by the company nationally.
Key to the Manchester operation is Gateley鈥檚 corporate and finance transactional teams, including a strong private equity (PE) offering. The experienced team advises on a variety of transactions, whether for institutional investors, business owners looking for exit, management teams or debt providers.
Paul Jefferson, corporate partner and office head for Gateley in Manchester, said: 鈥淢anchester represents the most active and well-served corporate finance and PE community outside of London and our team routinely advises on more PE-backed transactions than any other 海角视频 law firm. Our national PE head and head of our corporate platform are both Manchester partners and form part of a 25-strong corporate transactional team based here. This team, like Gateley as a whole, has more than doubled in terms of both headcount and revenue since our float in 2015.
鈥淢anchester鈥檚 growth in the tech and life sciences space has also been mirrored by our corporate and intellectual property team, who advise local funders as well as successful and fast-growing local tech companies.
鈥淚n addition, our construction and residential property teams continue to flourish and provide an unrivalled service to development and real estate investment clients in the North West. We have established a strong reputation as the 鈥榞o to鈥 legal and professional services provider for the region.鈥
A purpose led approach
Gateley has a 鈥榩urpose led鈥 approach which is to "deliver results that delight our clients, inspire our people and support our communities."
In December 2022, Gateley published its latest responsible business report, which aligns its ESG strategy with the company鈥檚 purpose. Last year the first responsible business manager was appointed, who co-ordinates, measures and report鈥檚 back on Gateley鈥檚 commitment to being a responsible business and the work it is doing to deliver its objectives in this area.
Through its work as a responsible business, Gateley also partners with University Academy 92 (UA92). Paul Jefferson adds: 鈥淥ur support for the Greater Manchester community we serve is demonstrated in our partnering with UA92, where we are again happy to be providing student bursaries and sponsoring this year鈥檚 graduation ceremony.
"While we are a national legal and professional services group, we are also very much at the heart of the Manchester business community through our Gateley Legal team. For this reason, we were keen to be involved in the Manchester Evening News Business Awards and to sponsor the Business of the Year category.
鈥淲e look forward to attending the awards ceremony in May and the opportunity to meet up and network with our Manchester business colleagues and friends.鈥
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The Manchester Evening News Business Awards 2023 are taking place on May 11 at Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
