The Norwich office of Birketts LLP plays a central role in its region-wide litigation practice, being home to lead partner and qualified barrister Andrew Kinnison and ‘extremely efficient and prompt’ senior associate Adam Blenkinsop. The firm climbs the ranking this year having been involved in numerous multimillion-pound cases, notably in Kinnison’s area of contractual disputes, insolvency, and shareholder disputes. Blenkinsop handles complex and high-value disputes for corporate, charitable, and private clients, while associate Chloe Bird has a varied caseload that includes breach of contract and contract interpretation matters, unfair prejudice petitions, and breach of directors’ duties cases.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The whole team are always available to contact, no matter how small the query is that I have. They are great at explaining things in a way that is easy for me to understand.’
‘Adam Blenkinsopp is always on hand to answer any queries, does not make me feel daft for asking questions, and always advises on clients and how to move forward.’
‘It is commendable at how well they organise themselves, being a team of mixed part and full time whilst managing a shared inbox. I never have any concerns that something isn't being picked up or dealt with, which from experience can often be the case. They all have a good understanding of our business and legal technicalities, but are open to admit when something needs escalating. They appear to have a bottom up approach to managing tasks/ queries, as opposed to delegating down which helps to keep our costs down and keeps senior team members free for more complex queries/ cases.’
‘Adam Blenkinsop is extremely efficient and prompt with responses, always happy to help, and available for a call whenever needed. He makes you feel like you are his main priority, and takes all the time you need to fully address concerns over a case or explain legal points. His judgement is fair and well balanced, when it comes to when and when not to charge for work done.’
‘Efficient, effective, good advice even if it's not what you want to hear. Resulting in a direct delivery.’
‘Adam Blenkinsop - informed, knowledgable, listens, turning disputes to resolve.’
‘Very knowledgeable with excellent attention to detail, and great at handling clients.’
‘Adam Blenkinsop is fantastic to work with, great at strategy and remarkably thorough.’
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Kinnison