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Mills & Reeve LLP
Mills & Reeve LLP is a UK law firm that employs more than 890 staff, including over 400 lawyers and 114 partners. It has offices in London, Cambridge, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Norwich, and is one of the UK’s 50 largest law firms by revenue.

History and Origins
The current Mills & Reeve practice was formed in 1987, out of the merger of Francis & Co and Mills & Reeve, forming Mills & Reeve Francis. However, the firm’s roots can be traced back to 1789 when the practice which was eventually to become Francis & Co was started by the 24-year-old newly qualified solicitor Christopher Pemberton. The original Mills & Reeve was practising in Norwich at least as early as 1902.

Michelle Cookson was admitted to the partnership on the day of the merger of Francis & Co and Mills & Reeve in 1987, becoming the first woman partner in the Cambridge practice.

The firm’s former Cambridge office from 1914-86 at 10 Peas Hill is now the Pint Shop, the first new public house to open in Cambridge since 1999. Mills & Reeve’s current Cambridge office is Botanic House, which was the winner of the 2013 BCO Midlands and East Anglia Best Commercial Workplace Award.

In 2013, Mills & Reeve acquired Manchester-based law firm George Davies.

Clients
Mills & Reeve has worked with Trinity College Cambridge since 1861 (as Francis, Webster and Riches).