Weightmans takes on the competition

National law firm Weightmans LLP has appointed renowned competition law expert Laurence Pritchard as Head of Competition Law in its Liverpool office.

Laurence joins from DWF and is widely recognised as a leading expert in competition law, recommended as such in the UK’s legal directories and is a previous winner of the accolade of ‘Lawyer of the Year’ at the North West Insider Awards.

Paul Raftery, Partner and Head of Corporate at Weightmans said:

“We are delighted to welcome Laurence to the team. His wealth of experience will prove extremely valuable to existing and new clients as we continue to expand our offering and services. Competition law issues are an increasing concern for our commercial clients whether in terms of merger activity or their day to day commercial arrangements.

“We are also seeing an increasing demand for this service from our insurer and public sector clients. Laurence’s appointment is designed to meet the client need as well as forming part of our ambitious growth plans following last year’s merger with Mace & Jones.”

Laurence added:

“I am thrilled to join Weightmans at such an exciting time for the firm. It has a very strong client base which I am looking forward to working closely with, advising on competition law specifically and assisting in growing the commercial client base as a whole.”