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FBC Manby Bowdler Acquires Specialist Corporate Practice- 17/01/2011
West Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler LLP has acquired a specialist corporate legal practice.
Wolverhampton-based David Hughes Legal has been merged into FBC Manby Bowdler.
Established by senior corporate finance lawyer David Hughes in 2002, David Hughes Legal advised UK and foreign owned private companies on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, MBOs and other corporate and commercial transactions.
On non-corporate matters, Mr Hughes worked closely with FBC Manby Bowdler providing advice to his clients, while he also acted as a consultant to the firm’s Corporate Department. Following the merger, Mr Hughes remains as a consultant with FBC Manby Bowdler.
Mr Hughes qualified as a solicitor in London and worked in the capital for seven years with leading London law firms Slaughter and May and Nabarro Nathanson. He then spent 15 years as a Corporate Partner with Pinsent Masons in Birmingham.
“Having worked alongside David for several successful years, we jumped at the opportunity to merge his practice into ours and to work even more closely with him,” said James Sage, Partner and Head of Corporate.
Mr Hughes said: “I am delighted, as this deal secures the continuing resources of both myself and FBC Manby Bowdler for my clients.”
A resident of Compton in Wolverhampton, Mr Hughes is a governor of Wolverhampton Grammar School and is a member of the Birmingham Bach Choir.
James Sage (left) and David Hughes
With 36 partners, FBC Manby Bowdler is one of the largest law firms in the West Midlands. The firm has offices in Wolverhampton, Willenhall, Telford, Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth.