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We’re different. And our clients and people feel it.
The added value we provide makes us both a standout partner for clients and the employer of choice.
A certified B Corp with award-winning sustainability and social impact credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change.
Proudly anchored in the North since 1815, we serve all of England and Wales.
Purposeful by design.
We’re a purpose-led business, committed to our clients, people and communities.
Our independence allows us to be objective, principled and provide a service with heart and character.
Client centred. Adding value.
Our multidisciplinary and diverse range of talented individuals think independently yet work collaboratively to achieve the right results for our clients.
With over 500 colleagues, we offer the full range of legal services. We’re here for you in times of both challenge and opportunity.
It’s all part of how we make the difference.
We make the difference
Our mission to make the difference guides everything we do, pushing us to go the extra mile for our clients and empowering our people to do what they do best.
A certified B Corp, we’re committed to responsible business. That means high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
With four modern offices in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Lancashire, our people have the choice to work remotely and flexibly to best support our clients’ needs.
Our services
We offer the full range of legal support.
Our practice areas cover corporate defence and compliance, commercial, corporate, employment, family, immigration, intellectual property, litigation, pensions, private client, professional conduct, real estate, regulatory and more.
We work with clients across a wide range of sectors including health, manufacturing and supply chain, professional services, property, construction and regeneration, recruitment and workforce solutions, retail and leisure, sport and technology.
We have strong connections with legal advisers around the world. As active members of Eurolegal and the Association of European Lawyers (AEL), we offer cross-border support and trusted foreign legal advice.
Multi-award-winning
We're multi-award-winning, including featuring in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame and The Times’ Best Law Firms 2025, being named the best law firm and the sixth best large company to work for in the UK by Best Companies for 2024, CSR Champions of the Year at the Manchester Legal Awards, Sustainability Initiative of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2023 and Outstanding Marketing Innovation by Law.com for our podcast series Rooney v Vardy: The Breakdown.
Recognised by
“Among recent successful cases, Brabners' litigation team won a landmark defamation and malicious falsehood case in the Supreme Court overturning an early Court of Appeal ruling... Brabners also has one of the North of England’s largest family law teams, with expertise across financial, children, international and fertility work.”
The Times Best Law Firms 2025
“Brabners has created an environment where staff can thrive collaboratively whilst pushing the business forward... The firm has a full-service offering, with strong northern personality and ethos.”
The Legal 500
“Our commitment to the B Corp movement has only strengthened as we continue to engage with the industry-leading knowledge of our colleagues in the global B Corp network. Their support has been instrumental in shaping the evolution of our sustainability strategy and, in turn, helped us to act more effectively as a flagbearer for the legal sector to incorporate people and the planet as measures of success.”
Robert White, CEO, Brabners
“Acting on some of the UK’s most high-profile casework propelled Brabners, a firm anchored in the north but with national reach, to post its sixth consecutive year of growth [in 2023], with revenue up by more than 50 per cent since 2017.”
The Times Best Law Firms, 2024
“It’s not just the size of the business, it’s what you do with it. That is what led our judges to select this year’s legal award winner. A firm that is purpose-led, true to its roots and putting its business where its values are.”
EG Awards 2024
We're committed to responsible business
Northern Ambition
The collaborative network for purpose-led businesses. We’re building a more sustainable and innovative tomorrow.
Sustainable Business
In 2022, we proudly became the UK’s largest law firm (and the first outside London) to become B Corp certified.
Community Impact
We channel the energy of our public-spirited people and clients towards improving our local communities.
