Welcome to the seventh issue of our Alumni newsletter

Welcome to the seventh issue of our Alumni newsletter.

After all the uncertainty and abnormality over the last two years, Mills & Reeve colleagues were able to catch up in person once again as we returned to the office. And boy, it’s been a year of reunions! Once it was clear that it was safe again to congregate in groups, many of our teams organised away days to reunite with old team members, some of whom they hadn’t seen in person for years, and welcome new members to the team. Marketing, the partners, insurance, and CoCo (which included 200 people descending on Birmingham for a day of workshops) were just some of the groups that organised meet ups.

Other exciting news includes the opening of our new Oxford office and seventh Mills & Reeve office to open in the UK on page 20! With the increasing interest in education, life sciences, real estate investment, private wealth and technology sectors based in the area, we couldn’t say no.

Since its opening, we have welcomed three new partners to help grow the firm’s partnership, William Downing (employment), Dominic Jones (construction), and Matt Heyworth (family) and we’ve been busy making new connections throughout Oxford.

In January we formed an ESG team who have been working hard to minimise our impact on the environment. We’ve committed to net zero by 2050 and, in alignment with the Paris Treaty’s target to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we aim to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by at least 35% by 2031. To communicate this process we’ve created our first ever comprehensive sustainability report with a review of the steps we’ve taken in the last 12 months and the next actions in achieving our goals.

In other news, we celebrated being ranked 18th in the UK Best Companies to Work For list 2022, our highest ever ranking (that is up until we smashed it again in 2023).

We also received great results from our Fearless Feedback survey which revealed overall improvement in client satisfaction and recommendation on page 26. The firm has set an ambitious goal of achieving a 95% client recommendation score by 2025, promoting continuous improvement and striving to evolve our culture by absorbing client voices in everything we do.

Overall, it’s been a busy and exciting year for us. We hope you enjoy reading about what we’ve been up to.

We love hearing from our alumni and keeping up to date with your news. If you want to get in touch to let us know how you’re doing, or you want to appear in our “where are they now” feature please let us know! Email us at: alumni@mills-reeve.com. Join our LinkedIn group or follow us on Twitter @Alumni_MR We’d love to hear from you! If you know of any other previous Mills & Reeve people who might like to join the network please do point them in our direction!