About Us
Today the way people manage their businesses and their lives is changing. Barriers are breaking down. Innovation is being rewarded. To help you thrive in this competitive world, we at BHP are taking a different approach than you might expect from a traditional law firm.
Not only is BHP an established legal practice, but also a dynamic, resourceful business. Our flexible structure enables us to provide legal and other relevant professional services in the blend best suited to your changing needs.
Simplicity
Whichever of our experienced specialists you meet you’ll also gain access to a unique array of skills: from planning applications to financial planning, intellectual property to commercial property, estate agency to sports agency. Working as a team, we will tailor an integrated, creative solution that fits in every respect. That’s the difference.
It makes all the difference. For example, for property developers BHP can simply take care of the whole development cycle in-house: funding, site acquisition, planning, architecture, contracts and legal details. Should any individual also require personal investment advice or a trust drawn up, that’s also well within our capability.
Scope
With a network of offices including Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, Teesside and Halifax we are ideally placed to complement clients operating at a regional or national level. At the same time locally based business enjoy the benefit of first hand knowledge and connections built up in each centre.
Although we have grown to over 250 professional and support staff organised into a series of disciplines, in spirit we are one family united by a passion for quality and a belief in personal service. Only by understanding you and your business in depth can we make a real difference.
Integrity remains a cornerstone, as you would expect of a firm building on a heritage of traditional legal practice going back to 1835.
Structured to deliver more
To deliver help and advice more efficiently, under the BHP umbrella we are now organised into a number of disciplines geared to flexible, cross-functional working. This gives clarity without rigidity. Whichever of our expert services you find you need, you know it is only one conversation away.
BHP Law, the legal practice, consists of two main parts. BHP Enterprise for commercial matters and BHP Lifetime for private concerns. In addition BHP has four additional non-legal sub-divisions in BHP Develop, BHP Financial, BHP Sport and BHP Home Ltd.
This arm of BHP Law is made up of teams with expertise in a range of commercial areas. We support clients from start-up to plc, from across the north east, nationally and internationally, in a range of sectors including manufacturing, retail, agriculture, engineering, construction and service sectors with legal advice on:
- Property funding, acquisitions and disposals
- Planning and development
- Construction and engineering contracts
- Business and company structures and trading arrangements
- All types of business to business relationships
- Corporate affairs and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Commercial dispute resolution and debt recovery
- Corporate recovery and insolvency
- Employment
- Media and advertising
- Sponsorship and merchandising
- Contract related services from in-house notaries public
Success in business brings its rewards. To look after the interests of you and your family through the stages of life we bring together a complete range of private client expertise. In conjunction with our other experts in finance and property, our legal advisors enable you to enjoy security whilst making the most of your assets. Turn to our experts for:
- Wills and probate
- Family trusts and tax planning
- Conveyancing, sales and all residential property matters
- Matrimonial disputes
- Child and family related issues
- Personal injury claims
- Litigation and court representation
- Contract related services from in-house notaries public
You will find no one else in the North East region with chartered town planners, architects and planning solicitors working under one roof. Together they will smooth the way and maximise opportunities for developers of all sizes and organisations with large property or land portfolios. You do not have to be a client of BHP Law to take advantage of the unique range of services offered by consultancy:
- Architecture and design
- Feasibility studies
- Developments appraisals
- Planning applications and appeals
- Specialist minerals and waste advice
- Rural diversification
- Environmental assessments
Turn to our in-house team of independent financial experts for the benefit of their experience advising sporting and television celebrities, business owners, individuals and families across the country. We will help you decide how best to protect and invest your money, whether finding the best mortgage for your circumstances, mitigating tax, advising on pensions and investments for retirement or looking after the affairs of elderly family members. Our advisers work closely with our trust and estate planners so you can be sure of achieving the most tax-effective management of your income and capital.
You can expect all the services of an estate agency and more from our region -wide network. As the established estate agency business of BHP we can draw on the expertise of BHP Law, BHP Financial and BHP Develop to simplify the whole process of buying, selling, renting or letting a home or property for development. Producing Home Information Packs, securing the mortgage that fit your needs and taking care of all the legalities is part of the seamless service that awaits you through the door of your nearest branch of BHP Home - whether you are a buyer, seller, landlord, tenant or investor.
This innovative team was born from our long record working with prominent sports people and companies worldwide. We identified a need in the sport business sector for a single source of professional, objective advice and guidance. No one knows the inside track better than our core team of ex-professionals who have performed at the highest level in a range of sports. Supported by BHP Enterprise experts in sports-related legal work. BHP Sport goes the whole way from mentoring up and coming sports men and women to advancing successful careers and making the most of their post-playing opportunities through investment planning. We are retained by a number of Premier and Championship football clubs for sports related legal advice and help with building teams.
Start making more
The difference with BHP is not simply the unique range of professional services from one source, but the synergy between them. BHP Enterprise, BHP Lifetime and our other teams each draw upon and contribute to the specialist experience of the others. This adds value to the service you receive from any one of them. By leading the way in structuring ourselves to offer the law and more, BHP is the multi-disciplinary firm of tomorrow - today.
