Watson Burton's 200th celebratory Dinner

Celebrating 200 years of quality service

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Celebrating

years of quality service Watson Burton

recently marked 200 years as a leading commercial law firm with a celebratory event held to thank clients and friends for their continued support.

The 200th anniversary dinner, which took place at the Tyne & Wear Discovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, saw the firm’s national portfolio of clients gather in the Story of the Tyne gallery for a champagne reception followed by a three course meal in the Great Hall with an array of entertainment.

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Celebrating 200 years of quality service

Businesses representing a range of sectors were present at the event, such as construction and engineering, finance, nuclear energy, education, real estate and oil and gas. WS Atkins Plc, Bellway Group, Barnsley College, Hiscox Insurance Company Ltd, Contract Natural Gas and The Mansion Group were among those organisations that travelled to the region to celebrate the unique milestone with the firm.

Entertainment was provided in the form of Victorian themed stilt walkers and human statues, a harpist and string quartet, culminating in dinner closing with a unique performance by aerial artists, Serico.

North East chamber musicians, Northern Chords also performed for guests, with founder Jonathan Bloxham taking the lead on the Cello.

Alasdair Greig of North Star Equity Investors, Helen Milburn of Watson Burton and David Arthur of Tait Walker

Patrick Harwood, CEO of Watson Burton

Gillian Hall, Senior partner of Watson Burton

A performance by Serico

Jonathan Sykes of Jones Laing Lasalle and Tracy Hall of Watson Burton

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Duncan Reid of Watson Burton, Andrew Mill of Narec and Jack McGrory of Variable Message Signs

Celebrating 200 years of quality service

Stephen McCoy of Frank Haslam Milan Limited, Andrea Gardner of Watson Burton and John Wood of Tolent Construction

Roisin Laird of Watson Burton and Ian Wilson of The IP Group

Trevor Phillipson of Tolent Construction and Peter Stoker of Bellway Plc

Alison Rhodes of Nexus, Lee Betchley of Watson Burton, Sonja Driller of Watson Burton, Anne Randall of Atkins Plc and Jilly Ward of Atkins Plc

Gillian Hall, Senior Partner at Watson Burton said “As a firm that is proud of our North East roots, we are delighted to have celebrated our 200th anniversary with clients and friends in the region where Watson Burton was first formed.”

“Although the firm has extended its reach on a national scale, The Discovery Museum is apt in representing the time when our doors first opened back in 1811 and we are delighted that so many of clients were present at the event to celebrate this great achievement with us.”

“The aim of the celebration was to thank our clients for their ongoing support over the years and to emphasise that Watson Burton would not have enjoyed 200 years in business if it had not been for them. Feedback from clients since the event has proven that it was a great success and the firm looks forward to enjoying many more years of productive relationships with our clients.”

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Celebrating 200 years of quality service

Gerry Moran, Elaine Dunan and Elina Lusted of Hiscox with Richard Palmer of Watson Burton

Gordon Bell of CCCS, David Jenkins of Watson Burton, Jackie Turner of Watson Burton, Gearalt Fahy of Watson Burton, Lesley Cheeseman of CCCS and Fiona Megaw of CCCS

Chris England of Contract Natural Gas, Tim Jones of Contract Natural Gas, James Nightingale of Watson Burton, Gavin Form of RF Consulting Ventures Ltd and Colin Coates of the Business Investors Group

Partners Tracy Hall, Richard Palmer and Christopher Graham of Watson Burton

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