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Law firm grows in
size and partnerships In order to meet the shifting economy head on, Leicestershire law firm TML Solicitors more than doubled their workforce. Here, Director Dav Mahet tells Emily Miller how
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he TML team has sought partnerships with other local businesses to boost the local economy and help other fellow business owners throughout the coronavirus crisis. TML Solicitors have acknowledged that different businesses have been affected in different ways by the pandemic and have assisted business owners through this difficult period. Pre-pandemic, TML Solicitors offered every solicitor service available with their team of eight. Providing a service to all for every need sounds like a good idea, and it worked for them since the business’s inception back in 2013. But something shifted for Director Dav Mahet, as the pandemic changed the shape of everything: “Quite quickly we could see that we needed to focus on four key areas of law: family law, conveyancing, commercial property law, and
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criminal defence,” he told us. “As directors, we had to detach from Covid and look at other ways to succeed. We pulled back our services and chose to focus on our key areas in the business, solidifying our offering.” As a result, the team needed more specialists and having started in one office with eight employees, they are now a team of 26 occupying three offices. First taking on a business development manager who repositioned them and established new relationships, they then developed their IT structure and processes so that everyone could work from home. “We’ve grown to deal with the shifting economy, to meet the demand of our clients and provide services from some of the best, highly skilled lawyers.” They developed their team by starting regular in-house training, and in some cases attracted existing members to retrain in
areas to reposition themselves in the company. One employee who started as a receptionist expressed interest in learning and is now a conveyancing assistant Dav told me. Their oldest member of the team is 67 – they made a move to TML six months ago. “That’s a scary move to make at that stage in your career, but she saw that we were progressive and was confident in us. “We have many people who come to us to complete their training and gain their qualifications due to our reputation for developing our team members and working with them to achieve their career ambitions,” adds Dav. With the support of the team as a whole TML Solicitors has grown into a major player in the Leicester legal landscape. To read more about TML’s team and services, go to tml-solicitors.co.uk.
