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DWF LLP

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Multinational law firm headquartered in Manchester

DWF is an international law firm in Manchester, England, with 35 offices across the world. The firm started as a four-office practice in North West England and has now grown globally through a series of international mergers.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

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DWF is an international law firm in Manchester, England, with 35 offices across the world.2

How it started

History

Davies Wallis was founded in 1977 in Liverpool and merged with Dodds Ashcroft in 1989.

A merger with Foysters in 1990 brought a Manchester office and a change of name to Davies Wallis Foyster, which was abbreviated to DWF in 2007, shortly after the acquisition of Ricksons. The Ricksons acquisition added offices in Preston and Leeds. DWF opened a London office in 2008.

A series of acquisitions in 2012 and 2013 added offices in Birmingham (Buller Jeffries), Newcastle (Crutes), Glasgow and Edinburgh (both Biggart Baillie), Bristol, Dublin and a second London office (Fishburns), before acquiring Cobbetts through a pre-pack administration.

In 2014, DWF reported a 23% increase in net profit from £20.8 million in 2012/13 to £25.5 million in its first full year financial results following four mergers.

DWF opened an office in Dubai in March 2015, the firm's first office outside of the British Isles.

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Leadership

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Chair

  1. Jonathan Bloomer2020–now
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Timeline

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