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TLT Celebrates Ten Years in Northern Ireland UK law firm TLT is celebrating its tenth anniversary of law practice in Northern Ireland. The firm opened its first office in Belfast in 2012 with the aim of strengthening relationships with strategically important clients, helping win new business and growing its market share.
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s well as being part of the firm’s long term-growth strategy, the move into the legal market in Northern Ireland cemented TLT’s position as a national firm capable of delivering legal advice in all three UK legal jurisdictions – England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. In the last decade TLT NI has grown from delivering litigation services to a number of key clients in the Financial Services sector to expanding service lines across Clean Energy, Real Estate and Public Sector. Over
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the years, the team in Belfast has built a reputation for providing commercially-astute and diligent services, which has helped to cement TLT’s position as a top 50 UK law firm collecting accolades such as the highly competitive Law Firm of the Year amongst many others. In an active legal market against the backdrop of economic challenges, Brexit and the pandemic, TLT have continued to grow and invest in Belfast to deliver outstanding services for its clients – some of which
are Northern Ireland’s largest investors and major corporations. The office has grown from a couple of employees to a team of over 60 professionals (legal and other) led by 8 partners and boasting an impressive portfolio of cross-sector legal professionals offering a wide variety of expertise and experience. Katharine Kimber, partner and head of Northern Ireland at TLT said: “Ten years ago, when we first opened in Northern Ireland, we had a small serviced office space and one key client. We have