Boyes Turner

Boyes Turner is a leading full-service regional law firm based in the Thames Valley, recognised for its dynamic approach and broad-ranging expertise. The firm combines strong local roots with an international reach, providing services to both private clients and commercial entities, including some of the world’s most innovative start-ups and largest multinational corporations.

The firm demonstrates particular strength in the global technology and innovation sector and maintains a nationally recognised claims group. It also offers specialist expertise in leisure and hospitality, property development and housebuilding. Boyes Turner focuses on organic growth, attracting highly skilled lawyers and support staff to serve a client base comparable to leading City and national firms.

Its claims practice is nationally acknowledged and includes solicitors on specialist panels for the Law Society, APIL, AVMA, Headway, and the Spinal Injuries Association. The team handles complex personal injury and clinical negligence claims, including birth-related injuries, head injuries, and spinal injuries.

The commercial group provides comprehensive advice on agency and distribution strategies, trading agreements, outsourcing, intellectual property protection and commercialisation, regulatory and competition matters, joint ventures, branding, media and marketing law, and data protection.

The corporate team manages UK and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, buy-outs, disposals, joint ventures, partnership law, corporate governance, reorganisations, and shareholder agreements.

Boyes Turner’s dispute resolution team delivers leading commercial litigation services for regional, national, and international clients, with particular focus on technology and international sectors. The team handles litigation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution, emphasising first-class commercial outcomes.

The employment group offers tailored services covering all contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including HR consultancy support.

The specialist family law team advises on a wide range of family and matrimonial matters, including divorce, separation, financial arrangements, arrangements for children, divorce under Islamic Law, and innovative joint services for separating couples.

The firm’s industrial disease practice focuses on high-value asbestos-related litigation to secure maximum compensation for claimants. Its insolvency and corporate recovery team, which includes a licensed insolvency practitioner, is highly rated and works closely with accountants, banks, and other professional advisers across industries.

Boyes Turner also provides international legal support, assisting with inward investment into the Thames Valley and Europe through its LawRope membership, and managing cross-border transactions for international clients. The private client team advises high-net-worth individuals on wills, inheritance tax planning, probate, and trusts.

The commercial property group handles all aspects of commercial property work, including landlord and tenant matters, land development, sales, construction, environmental issues, and planning, alongside residential conveyancing services.

Staffing

• Partners: 27
• Other fee-earners: 80