Local Government

Change is a constant

Local government has never been immune from change but these days present real challenges in:

• keeping people and places safe and secure in these times of recession;
• protecting the vulnerable;
• delivering improving services with diminishing resources;
• achieving longer term aims, such as contributing to carbon savings;
• attracting capital investment when private and public funding is scarce;
• achieving economic, social and environmental well-being in commissioning;
• joint working and collaboration with other local authorities and public agencies, exemplified by the Total Place initiative.

Alongside you

We understand and believe in local government which means we are supportive and incisive in the way we would work with you. By recognising the high level of expertise that most councils have within their own staff, we see our role as supplement existing resources. This means that we can help our clients to achieve better co-working, not just between ourselves and the councils we serve, but also within councils and with their partner organisations. We easily match the resources of our competitors but can deploy it in a more effective manner from our base in Birmingham across the country.

We offer quality legal support, delivered with a clear grasp of the sector, including:

• Administrative and Corporate Governance
• Adult Social Services
• Commercial contracts, intellectual property and technology
• Construction and sustainable Procurement
• Criminal Litigation
• Education
• Employee absence
• Housing
• Licensing
• Regeneration and Community Asset Transfer
• Social Enterprise

And we must be doing something right as we have recently been appointed to the EM LawShare partnership, North West Legal Consortium and the Fusion 21 panel.

Common purpose

Not many law firms have principles written into their partnership agreement – but we do and you can find these within the culture and values section of our site or by clicking here.  Two examples:

“we aim to make a proactive difference in society and within local communities”

“the maximisation of profits to the partners is not an objective of the Business”

A law firm which is constitutionally aligned to the objectives of local government? Now there’s a change!

More than conversation

It’s good to talk, but it’s also good to walk with other people.  If you’d like to explore how we can help you make the difference, do get in touch with Chris Plumley on 0121 214 3576 or Mark Cook on 0121 212 7472 or at localgovernment@anthonycollins.com