Tyne Tees law firms merge

Submitted by on Wed, 18.06.08

Two North East commercial law firms, Mincoffs from Tyneside and Jacksons from Teesside are to merge in October 2008.  The firm, to be called Mincoff Jacksons, will stake its claim as one of the top five major players in the North East legal market.

Comprising 21 partners and over 160 staff Mincoff Jacksons will continue to operate from its current offices in Newcastle and Teesside.  The new firm will be headed by the current senior partners of both practices, Howard Gold and Kevin Fletcher, who will also sit on the firm’s management board with Paul Hughes and John Nicholson from Mincoffs and Nigel Kidwell and Tony Wentworth from Jacksons.

Howard Gold, senior partner at Mincoffs comments: “The merger will give businesses across the region the opportunity to benefit from the excellent skills and commercial understanding for which both firms are already well respected.  In particular, clients are assured that advice comes from people who understand the region and its economy.“

Nigel Kidwell, managing partner of Jacksons, comments on the merger: “Both firms have been watching the legal market and feel that now is the right time to join forces to provide clients with a first-class two-centre practice based in the North East.  Our approaches are similar as we both give clients practical and straightforward advice in a way that suits their individual needs.”

Mincoffs, based in Newcastle, was established in 1948 while Jacksons’ origins date back over 130 years.  The new firm will make a formidable team able to advise both commercial and private clients across the whole of the North East region.