DWF Group Plc is a multinational law firm headquartered in Manchester with 31 offices across the world. In March 2019, DWF was listed on the London Stock Exchange. With a £366m valuation and offer size of £95m, DWF became the UK’s largest listed law firm.
DWF’s London offices at 20 Fenchurch Street also known as London’s “Walkie Talkie”
The firm started life as a four office practice in North West England and has grown globally through a series of international mergers. It currently has around 3,100 staff and is the 19th-largest law firm in the UK measured by revenues and advises national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.
View of the Sky Garden rooftop garden and restaurant at the top of the 20 Fenchurch Street tower where the firm’s London office is based
Clients of the firm include major household names and FTSE 100-listed companies such as adidas, Aviva, Barclays, Expedia, Haribo, Leeds City Council, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Pepsi, Poundland, the Royal Bank of Scotland, RSA Insurance Group, Uber, Whitbread and Zurich Insurance Group.
In March 2019, DWF floated on the London Stock Exchange, valued at just under £370m, well short of the £1 billion that it was hoping for a year earlier. DWF posted group revenue growth of 15% from £236.5m to £272.4m for 2018-19.
Headquarters: Manchester, England
Founder: Jim Davies, Guy Wallis
Website: www.dwfgroup.com