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Exporting starts at home

A short while ago I dined at a very well known Leicestershire venue that attracts people from all over the country. The dessert menu included 'a selection of French cheeses'. Nothing wrong in that you may say but ponder a little longer and you begin to wonder why specifically French cheeses. That venue is but a few miles from the source of some of the best cheeses in the world, made locally in Leicestershire. The UK more widely makes a huge range of some of the finest cheeses that money can buy.

1 November 2011

Jo Botting

Midlands’ law firm Challinors, which has a network of offices across the East Midlands, including Nottingham, has confirmed its sponsorship of emita.

By working closely with Challinors, emita members have the opportunity to access its comprehensive legal service for local and international businesses operating on a regional, national or global stage.

Challinors is one of the Midlands’ most experienced firms of solicitors, with a total of five strategically-located offices and a team of over 200 providing a full range of legal services, and is ranked as one of the top legal firms in the Chambers UK and Legal 500 Directories. The firm is continually expanding its operations in the East Midlands through strategic partnerships, acquisitions and lateral hires.

It has teams dedicated to providing specialist legal services from corporate and commercial, construction, dispute resolution, fraud and asset recovery, to professional negligence, business crime, commercial property, employment, and licensing.

Challinors’ Andrew Shipley, a Director of emita, has particular expertise in contractual disputes, especially those with an international element. He explains:

“We believe the ability to provide an outstanding legal service, by itself, is not enough. We treat every client as a relationship, not as a transaction and we believe that shines through in the way we work. We listen to our clients, getting to the very root of their issues, so that our lawyers and specialist teams are able to spend more time doing what they do best – solving problems. At times like these, companies need unmatched legal expertise and a personal touch, both of which we consistently deliver to businesses looking to explore and develop opportunities in the UK and overseas.

“We feel that by working closely with emita and its members, we can make available Challinors’ extensive knowledge and experience on international corporate and commercial matters in particular, to assist them in expanding their business and ultimately helping them towards long-term sustainability.”

Challinors has offices in Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Halesowen and Nottingham. It has 17 partners and over 100 fee earners, and is ranked as one of the top legal firms in the West Midlands.