| Burges Salmon LLP | |
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| Headquarters | Bristol, United Kingdom |
| No. of offices | 1 manned, 1 unmanned |
| No. of lawyers | 246[1] |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Revenue | £60.7m (2010)[2] |
| Date founded | 1841 (Bristol) |
| Company type | LLP |
| Website | |
| www.burgessalmon.com | |
Burges Salmon LLP is a law firm based in Bristol, England, and one of the 50 largest in the UK.
The origins of the firm go back to the 1841, when Edward Burges set up as a sole practitioner. His father and grandfather had both been lawyers before him.
Following the death of the founder in 1890 the practice was continued by his son W.E Parry Burges who formed a partnership with a Mr Sloan, resulting in the name becoming Burges & Sloan. In 1947 the partnership was joined by Stuart Evans, who was then practising alone as Salmon, Cumberland and Evans. The firm's move to Narrow Quay House in 1982 saw the shortening of the name to "Burges Salmon".
In 2008, allegations were made against Burges Salmon that sub-prime loans may have been mis-sold to farmers, and was investigated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.[3] In October 2010 the Solicitors Regulation Authority announced that it had closed the investigation with no further action.[4]
Burges Salmon moved its Bristol head office from Narrow Quay to new offices at One Glass Wharf in 2010.[5] The firm also has an office at Chancery Exchange in London, although no lawyers are permanently based there.
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