Gorvins Solicitors retains and improves on annual Legal 500 rankings

Stockport-based Gorvins Solicitors is celebrating the results of the Legal 500 rankings for 2025, improving on performance in the previous year.

In the report, the performance of their practice and individual solicitors has once again been recognised.

The firm has retained the highest tier 1 rankings within three practice areas: corporate & commercial, commercial property and commercial litigation/dispute resolution services; grading it among the best in the UK within these fields.  

Alongside this, a total of nine lawyers were name-checked as ‘leading lawyers’. Among that number are Patricia Robinson (Partner and Co-Head of Family) and Amanda Porter (Partner – Commercial Property) who have been recognised as such for the first time. Rowan Uren, a senior associate in the corporate & commercial team, is also categorised as a Leading Associate.

As well as tier 1 categorisations for three practice areas, an additional twelve practice areas at Gorvins Solicitors (up from 10 last year) are ranked in the Legal 500 for 2025. 

The firm was also labelled amongst the ‘firms to watch’ for its road traffic defence team within the crime, fraud and licensing category with Paul Reddy and Tom Nutter receiving name checks.

Mark Deverell, Managing Partner at Gorvins, said:

“We’re very pleased to receive our Legal 500 results for 2025, recognising our continued growth as a firm. To have more of our colleagues recognised as “leading Lawyers” and so many of our teams recognised as top-tier departments is testament to the work we do day in and day out. 

“Our continued year-on-year improvement in the Legal 500 rankings reflects the hard work that our team give to their clients each day. Receiving national recognition for what we do is something we’re very proud of and shows the exceptional service that we provide.”

Gorvins LLP and its solicitors achieved recommendations in the following practice areas:

• Corporate & Commercial,
• Commercial Property,
• Dispute Resolution,
• Litigation – Debt Recovery,
• Employment – employee/trade unions,
• Employment generally,
• Personal Injury – claimant,
• Contentious Trusts and Probate,
• Personal Tax,
• Trusts & Probate,
• Professional Negligence,
• Family,
• Property Litigation and Technology,
• Media & Telecoms – intellectual property.

With roots dating back more than 150 years, Gorvins Solicitors is a full-service law firm based in Stockport town centre with 20 partners and more than 70 employees.

The Legal 500 is a comprehensive research programme that analyses law firms across the world. It assesses strengths across more than 150 jurisdictions and incorporates feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide.

Pictured: (L-R) Mark Deverell – managing partner and head of commercial litigation; Claire Beaumont – partner and head of commercial property; Christian Mancier – partner; and Andrew Curwen – senior partner and head of corporate.