Peter Bennett
Partnership Executive Officer, Bates Wells Braithwaite's
Peter is one of the most experienced professional managers in the legal industry. 10 years in his current role of COO of Bates Wells Braithwaite was preceded by 20 years in chief officer roles within a large high street firm, what is now BLM, one of the largest Common Law Chambers and Maitland Chambers – the top commercial chancery set. He became dual qualified in accountancy and marketing and has a keen interest in strategic & risk based management.
BWB is a 250 strong £25 million turnover City based commercial law firm, with a strong brand in its own sectors. Over the last 10 years turnover has increased by 250% and profit by 400% all through organic growth. Peter led the conversion of BWB to become an ABS in 2014 and is the only city based solicitor led organisation to offer “one stop shop” client facing corporate finance and FCA regulatory services from its team of accountants and other specialists.
Peter has written regularly for Managing Partner on his matter based risk management system which has just achieved 10 years without a PI payment. Another initiative is “BWB Get Legal” which is now in its second year of offering a large number of increasingly complex legal documents directly to clients via the BWB website – for which BWB received a “highly commended” in the FT European Innovation awards 2016.