Mission Our purpose is to deliver positive outcomes to our colleagues, clients, and communities. We do this to be a good business to work for and to work with, creating an environment our colleagues enjoy working in and our clients benefit from interacting with.
We are an innovator, a disruptor, a transformer. Our forward-thinking approach to delivering world-class integrated legal and business services has enabled us to become recognised as a global leader and one of the most dynamic providers in the sector.
Our structure encourages individual progression, and our Integrated Legal Management approach allows for a diverse and varied career where colleagues can contribute to work outside of their core area, either on a project basis or a longer-term arrangement.
Our values
Our values are at the heart of our inclusive culture, providing a clear foundation for our people, and are integral to the achievement of our strategy. They influence actions and behaviours, complement our strategic direction and support the integration of people that join our business.
Description DWF is a leading global provider of integrated legal and business services. Operating in over 35 global locations and with over 4500 people.
We listen to our clients and there is a growing desire for legal and business services to be delivered in an easier and more efficient way. So, we've built our business and designed our range of services on this principle.
We have three offerings – Legal Services, Legal Operations and Business Services. Our ability to seamlessly combine any number of these services to deliver bespoke solutions for our clients is our key differentiator. Delivered through our global teams across nine core sectors, our Integrated Legal Management approach delivers greater efficiency, price certainty and transparency for our clients without compromising on quality or service.
Our three offerings:
Legal Services Premium legal advice and excellent client service. Our teams bring commercial intelligence and industry sector relevant experience.
Legal Operations Outsourced and process led legal services which standardise, systematise, scale and optimise legal workflows.
Business Services Products and business services that enhance our legal offerings.
Davies is the leading specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses.
Today the firm boasts 9,500+ colleagues working across 22+ countries with large operational centres in the UK, U.S & India.
We're a leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities. We have more than 1500 people working from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham.
Our purpose to See the Possibility flows through every aspect of how we do business and treat our people.
More about our purpose: https://www.weightmans.com/about-us/see-the-possibility/
Our Strengths
A leading national and international player in its client markets, Weightmans’ roots date back to the early 19th century. With 146 specialisms recognised and 453 experts listed in key legal directories, the firm offers a full spectrum of services to built environment enterprises, large corporate institutions, health organisations, insurance companies, public sector bodies, owner managed businesses and individual private clients.
We're well-equipped to provide a full legal service to all of our clients and have the resources to deal with the most demanding legal needs, both at home and overseas. We are leading members of two international legal alliances that ensure we can provide the right contacts and advice for any assignment. We know, trust and are happy to recommend firms from these alliances to our clients. In addition, we have a further network of law firms who sit outside of these alliances who we have worked with over many years. In this way we are confident we can cater for our clients’ needs in any jurisdiction.
Winn Solicitors was founded in 2002 with the aim of becoming the best specialist road traffic accident solicitors in the business.
Over the course of 20 years, Winns has grown into one of the leading companies in the claims management industry, achieving awards for its customer care and impressive range of services.
The focus of Winn Solicitors is on providing a high-quality service to customers and making the claims process as efficient as possible. Through the 'one-stop-shop' and a close working relationship with reputable partners, we can offer you a service that goes above and beyond our competitors.
Walker Morris is a collection of diverse, talented and specialist lawyers and professionals. We provide tailored, long term, strategic legal advice to our clients around the world.
We’re a full service law firm giving high quality advice to our clients, both nationally and internationally. Our single-site in Leeds offers the advantages of a strong team-based culture, with the value and cost effectiveness that a Leeds base brings — but we also pride ourselves on our international reach.
Our law firm is united by the belief that great work can’t be delivered without passion, intelligence and personal commitment.
At Walker Morris, we believe everyone is unique. We all have our own goals and vision for what we want our professional lives to look like.
We encourage our people to pursue their goals and work together, supporting them along the way to help them achieve those goals.
Our motto is “Forge your own path”. We encourage our people to pursue their own goals and support them along the way. We give our people the flexibility to get their clients to where they want to be, in the best way for them. When we asked our people in most recent annual survey if they agreed that Walker Morris gives them the freedom to make their own decisions, almost 80% did.
We think that sets our style of client service apart. We also encourage our people to help their clients to pursue their goals, and we don't put barriers in the way to helping them do that. We reward entrepreneurialism and innovation – there is no one 'Walker Morris way' in which we work.
DWF has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 783 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DWF employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).
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Overall, 43% of employees would recommend working at DWF to a friend. This is based on 798 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
67% of job seekers rate their interview experience at DWF as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at DWF.