About us

WALKER MORRIS

Walker Morris is a unique firm with a national reputation for strong multi disciplinary teamwork and straight forward advice. “The most widely admired firm among lawyers in the region. It is unique in having branched out into national and international-scale work, while at the same time retaining an exclusively ‘local’, single-site presence.”* We have achieved this as a result of the independent, non-conformist culture of the firm, the quality and enthusiasm of the people we employ and the close relationships we develop with our clients.

NATIONAL LAW FIRM

We can trace our origins back almost 130 years to the 1880s. Over the past decade we have more than quadrupled in size and now employ 530 staff which ranks the firm in the leading 100 UK law firms. We are proud to be a major employer in Yorkshire and have developed a centre of excellence which engenders the nurturing of close, long-term relationships with our clients of which 71% are based outside Yorkshire. We have developed the firm to have the capacity to support our clients’ national legal requirements throughout the UK.

UNIQUE CULTURE

The culture of the firm is also very important to us. While it is vital that we continually strive to improve client service in terms of delivery, quality and commerciality, we do not believe this is inconsistent with creating a friendly working environment. We firmly believe that a friendly, motivated staff will ensure that our clients will enjoy working with Walker Morris. Creating a culture which encourages genuine teamwork between staff and between staff and clients is therefore of fundamental importance to us. Lawyers are drawn to Walker Morris because we offer them the freedom to think and to apply their technical skills in a creative environment.

HANDS ON

We strongly believe that one of the secrets of our success is our continued commitment to a true partnership structure. Despite the size of the firm we continue to believe in the importance of the partners being very much ‘hands on’. Clients, as a consequence, are able to tap into the extensive experience that has been built up by the partners in their respective specialist fields through practical application, in a commercial environment.

EXPERIENCE

Successful transactions demand excellent teamwork between all the parties involved. In our increasingly complex world, most transactions demand the seamless involvement of specialist lawyers.

To meet this demand we have developed a breadth of expertise in teams specialising in specific fields of the law. The clear benefit for our clients is that our lawyers are able to draw on current and relevant experience gained on a regular basis, to provide informed and commercial advice.

Our specialist teams have the ethos of encouraging lawyers to operate as generalists within their specialist disciplines. This ethos differentiates us from many of our competitors as it gives our lawyers the ability to provide our clients with advice drawn from a broader perspective.

With our breadth of expertise and all our specialist lawyers in one location, vital knowledge and teamwork occurs seamlessly.

* Legal 500