Brabners is a purpose-led independent law firm. A certified B Corp with award-winning environmental credentials, we seek to demonstrate that business can bring about positive change by being innovative, diverse and sustainable.
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.
We specialise in enabling public and third sector organisations and private individuals to achieve their goals. We provide a full-service legal offering to large and mid-sized businesses, SMEs, public sector bodies, charities, business owners, entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals.
With over 200 years of history, we’re proudly anchored in the North but serve businesses and individuals across England and Wales. Our four modern offices in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Lancashire provide our people with the choice to work remotely and flexibly to best support our clients’ needs.
We work with clients across a wide range of sectors including charity and social enterprise, health, housing and regeneration, manufacturing and supply chain, media and technology, real estate, recruitment, retail and sport.
Our practice areas cover banking and finance, commercial, corporate, deal advisory, employment, family, insolvency and restructuring, international, investigations, litigation, pensions, private client and property and construction.
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 across Europe.
We are multi-award-winning, including being named the Best Law Firm 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 at the Law.com Legal Innovation Awards for our “ingenious and brave” podcast series Rooney v Vardy: The Breakdown.
We are highly ranked in The Legal 500 and 16 of our lawyers were recognised as Best Lawyers for 2024. We also hold ten The Legal 500 Future Lawyers awards for job satisfaction, quality of work, client contact, sustainability, legal technology, inclusiveness, approachability, social life, 'work from home' and work/life balance.