Local law firm featured in Government’s new sector plan

Law firm Schofield & Associates have announced that they have been featured as a case study in the Governments Modern Industrial Strategy Professional Services sector plan, published recently.

The detail of the plan is to ensure that the UK’s professional and business services sector is at the forefront of seizing new commercial opportunities created by new technology, including AI.

Schofield & Associates full case study is below:

Schofield & Associates is an award-winning employment law firm in the West Midlands. The firm offers bespoke legal support to internationally based clients wishing to establish UK subsidiaries.

This advice ensures compliance with UK employment law as well as continuity of success in these UK operations.

Many of the complexities of UK employment legislation are not mirrored in jurisdictions in which these businesses have their primary offices, including US, Europe, and Asia. The impact for these jurisdictions of failing to apply statutory obligations is potentially significant in litigation costs and employee turnover.

Overseas businesses have recognised the value of having professional experts advising on sensitive and complex legal issues.

Schofield & Associates’ international business makes up around 25 per cent of the firm’s revenue, working across a variety of sectors. DBT support has been significant in assisting the firm with policy advice in more complex markets, together with overseas connections and opportunities to meet other law firms and potential businesses looking to export into the UK.

Eileen, a principal at the firm told us: “The value we have got as a business from working closely with DBT, also now as an Export Champion, has been hugely beneficial in raising our profile and opening markets and opportunities which would not have happened so swiftly without the support of DBT”.

A past President of the Solihull Chamber of Commerce, Eileen Schofield is the owner and an Employment Law solicitor at Schofield & Associates.

Speaking about being featured in the plan, Eileen said: "The Government's Modern Industrial Strategy incorporating professional legal services is an ambitious objective, but one which our legal services is already geared up to achieve through the excellent work that The Law Society is doing in maintaining our global reputation for providing excellent, trusted professional services. 

"I am delighted that our firm Schofield & Associates has played a small part in showcasing all of the excellent work law firms do in promoting our legal services internationally."

The Governments Modern Industrial Strategy Professional Services sector plan ambition is to ensure that by 2035, the UK will be the worlds most trusted advisor to global industry, with the most dynamic and productive PBS sector, remaining the world’s second largest expert of professional and business services.

It is an ambitious objective, but one which legal services are already geared up to achieve.

For more information on Schofield & Associates, visit their website.

Pictured (L-R): Sarah Coyne, Mariana Drinkwater, Derri-Louise Moran and Eileen Schofield