Royds Withy King changes its name to RWK Goodman

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Peter Davison

Following completion of the merger with London-based Goodman Derrick LLP on 1 May, South West and Thames Valley law firm Royds Withy King LLP has rebranded as RWK Goodman LLP.

The merged firm, which comprises over 350 specialist lawyers across its’s Business, Personal and Injury practices, will continue to trade from current offices across the South West, Thames Valley, and from Carter Lane in London.

Graham Street, Royds Withy King's managing partner, said: "The completion of this merger is a significant step forward for both firms. It strengthens our position as a Top 100 UK practice, enhancing and extending the breadth and depth of expertise and specialist services available to clients, as well as providing significant opportunities for further growth and development for our people."

Graham Street will continue as the firm's managing partner, with Goodman Derrick's senior partner Edward Hoare and chief operating officer Mark Jones joining the firm’s executive committee.

RWK Goodman has offices in Bath, London, Oxford, Swindon, Bristol, Marlborough, and Thame.

Peter Davison

Peter Davison is deputy editor of The Business Magazine. He has spent his life in journalism – doing work experience in newsrooms in and around Bristol while still at school, and landing his first job on a local newspaper aged 19. By 28 he was the youngest newspaper editor in the country. An early advocate of online news, he spent the first years of the 2000s telling his bosses that the internet posed both the biggest opportunity and greatest threat to the newspaper industry and the art of journalism. He was right on both counts. Since 2006 he has enjoyed a career as a freelance journalist. He lives in rural Wiltshire with one wife, two children, and three cats.