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Legal eagles – Muckle real estate partner Libbie Henderson and head of construction and engineering Adam Aston.
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North-East law firm tells Tees companies:‘ We can look after your legal needs right here in the region’
Firms in Teesside seeking a“ wraparound” commercial law service are being assured they don’ t have to go out of the North- East to get it.
Since 1920, Muckle has been a constant presence in the North-East, helping regional, national and international clients with their legal needs.
Guided by its core values of trust, teamwork, responsibility and care, it offers award-winning legal services and is consistently recognised as one of the North-East’ s best places to work, holding Investors in People platinum status and ranked second in the world for law firms accredited across 75 countries.
Based in Newcastle, its geographical proximity has always made it well-placed to help Teesside clients.
But with the Tees Valley’ s current economic vibrancy, increasing numbers of Tees clients are tapping into Muckle’ s wealth of expertise and experience.
Its specialisms are wide-ranging – everything from commercial development, construction and engineering to banking, corporate and real estate finance and public procurement.
With such a comprehensive mix, it’ s little wonder that many leading Tees Valley organisations have called on Muckle’ s expertise, including Teesside International Airport, Tees Valley Combined Authority,
Development Corporation, PD Ports, Great North Air Ambulance and Wilton Universal Group.
The firm was also appointed to the legal panel for the £ 20m Teesside Flexible Investment Fund, which aims to support economic development in Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton.
And according to Muckle head of construction and engineering Adam Aston, there’ s likely to be more, given the number of new projects springing up in Teesside.
He told Tees Business:“ We’ ve always been one of the biggest law firms in the North-East and had a strong focus on Teesside.
“ But I think increasingly over the last few years – and it’ s something we’ ve really tried to grow and develop – we’ ve seen a real growth in development work in Teesside across different sectors.
“ Businesses may think they can only get
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