Category: Employee Ownership

Our 1st birthday as a 100% employee-owned law firm

It’s our first birthday since we became a fully fledged 100% employee-owned company, transferring all our shares to an employee ownership trust and so committing to all members of our firm having an ownership stake. In this short blog, our founder Robert Postlethwaite looks at the impact employee ownership has had on us so far, whether anything has changed, and what’s next….


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Robin Hartley joins Postlethwaite Solicitors

Robert Postlethwaite, Postlethwaite’s Founder and Managing Director, said: “We are delighted Robin has joined the Postlethwaite team. We have ambitious plans for growth as the employee ownership sector continues to increase and Robin will be key in helping us to take advantage of the opportunities available and meeting our growth targets for this year and beyond.”


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Employee ownership trusts: the best law firm succession solution you’ve never heard of?

Business succession through an EOT is the fastest growing business model in the UK, to date adopted by 1400+ companies, including a growing number of law firms. Independent research shows that employee-owned companies outperform their peers in a number of ways. Watch our webinar and download our guide for Law firms on EOTs now…


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Reflections on the EOA’s Annual Conference – what a treat!

Last week saw a large group from the Postlethwaite team travel to the Liverpool ACC conference centre, where we were sponsors and platinum exhibitors at the EOA’s 2023 annual conference. if you weren’t there, you missed a treat! It is a place where thoughtful and driven people from a range of high performing businesses gather together to share their insights into how they are making employee ownership successful, with honesty about both what has gone well and what has not…


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