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Russell Cooke is a UK top-100 London based law firm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Intelligence | The Lawyer )〕 The firm advises on a broad mix of commercial, not for profit, regulatory and private clients. Since its establishment in 1880 the firm has grown in size and now has 170 solicitors and lawyers. The firm has a core client base of more than 12,000 and an annual turnover of £22.9 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Russell-Cooke - Overview | The Lawyer )〕 John Gould is the firm’s senior partner and has led the firm’s senior management for more than twenty years. == History == Russell-Cooke was founded in London in 1880 by William Russell-Cooke and Sir Henry Paget-Cooke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Russell-Cooke LLP: Solicitor Law Firm in London )〕 In the 1890s the firm moved into Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn, where clients included the Liberal Party and members of the Royal Family. Following the Second World War, Russell-Cooke aligned itself with suburban firm Sloper, Potter & Chapman, based at 2 Putney Hill. The two firms eventually merged in 1958 to form Russell-Cooke Potter & Chapman, with Edward Chapman as senior partner. During the 1960s and 1970s Russell-Cooke Potter and Chapman expanded, developing a large commercial property department and attracted a number of famous clients from the pop and entertainment world. Edward Chapman’s son Lewin became senior partner. A new office in Kingston-upon-Thames was opened in the early 1990s which is now located on the river next to Kingston Bridge. After 100 years occupying the upper two floors of 2 Putney Hill, the firm took over the ground floor from the National Westminster Bank. Further growth during the nineties saw the Central London contingent move from Old Square into grade 2 listed buildings at 8 Bedford Row. In Putney, the firm later expanded into a nearby office block. In 2000 Russell-Cooke Potter and Chapman merged with Putney based firm Evill & Coleman’s Commercial Property, Private Client and Commercial departments.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Part merger lifts Russell Cooke Potter | News | The Lawyer )〕 The firm shortened its name to Russell-Cooke in 2001. In 2003 Russell-Cooke merged with charity law specialists Sinclair Taylor & Martin, one of the leading charity law practices in the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sinclair Taylor & Martin to merge with Russell-Cooke Solicitors | UK Fundraising )〕 The merger saw the firm take on over 600 charity clients. A further merger, with Evill and Coleman’s PI and Clinical Negligence Department in 2005 followed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Evill and Coleman, Russell-Cooke create London PI powerhouse | News | The Lawyer )〕 In 2005 the firm celebrated its 125th anniversary and in May 2007 the firm converted to a limited liability partnership () practice, Russell-Cooke LLP. Russell-Cooke is now a top-100 law firm with 170 solicitors and lawyers and bringing the total number of staff to over 300.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Russell-Cooke – London – Law Firm Profile - Chambers UK 2015 – Chambers and Partners )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russell-Cooke Solicitors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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