DAC Beachcroft

DAC Beachcroft LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has around 2,500 lawyers and professionals across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America. It provides a full-service claims, commercial, risk, advisory and transactional capability, primarily in health, insurance and real estate.[3]

"Beachcroft" redirects here. For the surname, see Beachcroft (surname).

DAC Beachcroft LLP
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
No. of offices34[1]
No. of employees2,500 approx
Major practice areasGeneral practice
Key peopleDavid Pollitt
(Managing Partner)
Virginia Clegg
(Senior Partner)
Revenue£230 million (2017/18)[2]
Profit per equity partner£530,000 (2017/18)[2]
Date founded2011
Company typeLimited liability partnership
Websitewww.dacbeachcroft.com

History
  • 1762 Origins of the firm – Joseph Eyre began practising at Christ's Hospital
  • 1828 Richard Beachcroft founded a London practice, which later became Beachcrofts
  • 1830 Wasbrough & Stanley was formed, which later became Stanley Simpson
  • 1882 Wansbroughs opened in Bristol, which became Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave (WWH)
  • 1927 Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC) was formed in London
  • 1988 Beachcroft Stanleys was formed by the merger of Beachcroft and Stanley Simpson
  • 1999 Beachcroft Wansbrough was formed by the merger of WWH and Beachcroft Stanleys
  • 2006 Beachcroft LLP was incorporated on 1 May
  • 2008 Davies Arnold Cooper acquired KSB Law LLP in London[4]
  • 2009 Beachcroft acquired Kings Legal in Newport, South Wales
  • 2010 Beachcroft acquired the business of Williams Holden Cooklin Gibbons (WHCG)[5]
  • 2011 Beachcroft merged with Davies Arnold Cooper to form DAC Beachcroft[6][7]
  • 2012 DAC Beachcroft merged with the Scottish law firm Andersons Solicitors LLP, with its operations subsequently being rebranded as DAC Beachcroft Scotland[8]
  • 2012 DAC Beachcroft merged with Santiago-based law firms SegurosLex and Amunategui y Cía to form DAC Beachcroft Chile[9][10]
  • 2013 DAC Beachcroft merged with Bogotá-based law firm De La Torre & Monroy to form DAC Beachcroft Colombia[11]
  • 2015 DAC Beachcroft formed association with Demarest Advogados in Brazil[12]
  • 2015 DAC Beachcroft opened office in Miami, US[13]
  • 2016 DAC Beachcroft formed association with McKinty & Wright[12]
  • 2016 DAC Beachcroft formed association with BLP (Central America) and TCPR (Peru)[12]
  • 2017 DAC Beachcroft was a founding member of Legalign Global, covering UK, USA, Germany, Australia and New Zealand[14]
  • 2017 DAC Beachcroft formed association with Lopez Saavedra & Villarroel Abogados, Argentina[15]
  • 2017 DAC Beachcroft formed collaboration with Oldham, Li & Nie, Hong Kong[16]
  • 2019 DAC Beachcroft opened a Northern Ireland office by acquiring McKinty and Wright[17]
  • 2019 DAC Beachcroft opened office in Paris, forming DAC Beachcroft France[18]

Main practice areas
St Paul's House is home to DAC Beachroft's offices in Leeds.

Main practice areas are: construction, financial services, health (independent sector and public sector), industrials & manufacturing, insurance, public sector, real estate, retail and leisure, technology, and telecoms.

It is on the Crown Commercial Service panel for general legal advice services.[19]

International associations

DAC Beachcroft is a founding member of Legalign Global, an alliance of four multi-national insurance-focused law firms: BLD Bach Langheid Dallmayr (Germany), Wilson Elser (US) and Wotton + Kearney (Australia and New Zealand).[20]

References
  1. "Locations". DAC Beachcroft.
  2. "DAC Beachcroft Announces Financial Results for 2017/2018". DAC Beachcroft.
  3. "Expertise". DAC Beachcroft.
  4. "DAC drops KSB name post-merger". The Lawyer. 7 January 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  5. "Beachcroft ups insurance nous with City boutique WHCG". The Lawyer. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  6. "DAC Beachcroft to go live in November". The Lawyer. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  7. "DAC Beachcroft growth strategy: pump up the volume". The Lawyer. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  8. "Post-merger DAC Beachcroft snaps up Scotland's Andersons". The Lawyer. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  9. "DAC Beachcroft signs three-way Chilean merger". The Lawyer. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  10. "History". DAC Beachcroft LLP. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  11. "DAC Beachcroft merges with Colombian alliance firm". The Lawyer. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  12. "History". DAC Beachcroft.
  13. "DAC Beachcroft Continues its Drive into Latin America with Launch of New Base in Miami". DAC Beachcroft.
  14. "World's Leading Insurance Law Firms To Serve The Global Insurance Market Through Innovative New Model". DAC Beachcroft.
  15. "DAC Beachcroft Continues LatAm Expansion With New Association in Argentina". DAC Beachcroft.
  16. "DAC Beachcroft Expands International Reach in Asia With New Hong Kong Collaboration". DAC Beachcroft.
  17. "Two Belfast companies acquired in major deals" – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  18. Moloney, Rachel (4 January 2019). "DAC joins the throng in Paris with eight-lawyer team hire".
  19. "Twelve firms make it onto top tier of reduced Crown Commercial Services panel". Legal Business. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  20. "Legalign Global". DAC Beachcroft.
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