Tue, 01 Apr 2025 | MERGER
A Lincolnshire and Yorkshire law firm have announced they are to merge to create a regional legal powerhouse.
Wilkin Chapman LLP, which has a turnover of around £31 million, and Rollits LLP will merge under the trading name of Wilkin Chapman Rollits.
Hull-based Rollits dates back to 1841 whilst Wilkin Chapman dates back to 1900 when it was founded in Grimsby.
The new firm will have more than 500 people including 70 partners and have a combined annual turnover of £40 million. It will operate from six locations: Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, Hull, York and Beverley. It will be the largest law firm operating out of both Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and has a combined history going back more than 300 years.
The new venture said that the merger is market and client driven and that it will offer greater strength and depth to its clients across the commercial and public sectors and private client disciplines within its region and nationally.
As part of the build up to the announcement, both firms said they spoke to a number of their strategic commercial clients who they described as being very supportive of the news. There are no planned redundancies as part of the merger.
Robin Simmonds, CEO of Wilkin Chapman, said: “There is a great synergy between the two firms across culture, values and strategy and we believe the new firm will provide our clients with the responsive, personal tailored support that they expect.”
Ralph Gilbert, managing partner of Rollits, added: “Both of our firms have deep local connections and histories within our respective regions and are very proud of these links. Such links help us understand the needs of our clients and bring insights to them. Additionally, the combined firm will continue to advise our regionally-based clients with their needs nationally, as well as clients based outside of our locations.”
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