About Burges Salmon
Burges Salmon is an ambitious, sustainable, and inclusive firm that ensures its clients, people, and wider communities flourish. [4]
Competing at the top of the legal market, the firm supports sophisticated clients with a wide range of services, often at critical moments when astute legal advice and commercial guidance are needed.
With offices in Bristol, Edinburgh, and London [5] , Burges Salmon operates across the UK and has lawyers qualified to work in all three legal jurisdictions – England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
The firm employs over 1,100 people, including 540+ fee earners and 115+ partners, generating a revenue of £178.0 million. Burges Salmon has sector expertise in built environment, energy and utilities, financial services, infrastructure, private wealth, public sector, technology and transport. [6]
History
Burges Salmon's roots go back to the 18th century [7] . One of the founders of the Bristol Law Society in 1770 was Daniel Burges, whose son became City Solicitor and Town Clerk, practicing in partnership with William Brice. Edward Burges, Daniel's grandson [8] , qualified as a solicitor in 1837 and founded the firm as a sole practitioner in 1841. The firm has grown to be one of the most respected and professional commercial firms in the country.
Burges Salmon's headquarters moved to One Glass Wharf in 2010, refreshed its brand in 2016, and opened further offices in London (2012), Edinburgh (2019) and Dublin (2020).
The firm won Law Firm of the Year at the 2025 Legal Business Awards [9] , is recognised as one of Europe’s most innovative law firms by the Financial Times [10] and is listed in The Times’ Best Law Firms 2026 report. It also retained its ‘Best Law Firm to Work at’ for four years running from 2022-2025, with hundreds of people from across the firm consistently contributing to the survey to highlight Burges Salmon’s unique and exceptional working environment, which is deeply rooted in delivering an exceptional service to its clients and champions values of openness, inclusivity and support. [11]
As a pillar of the community, Burges Salmon has far-reaching responsible business programmes and works collaboratively with over 60 charities across both Bristol, Edinburgh and London. Between 2020 and 2024, the firm raised and donated £160,000 under its charitable theme ‘No Child Goes Hungry’ to support various organisations and community groups tackling food poverty and it is now raising funds for Fairer Futures for Young People to support education, health and wellbeing and social mobility projects as well as help tackle homelessness and food poverty amongst young people. [12]
The firm is also well on track to deliver on its environmental ambitions through a combination of continued science-based carbon reduction targets, efficiency gains and investment in high-quality carbon offsetting projects, including a focus on biodiversity. Since 2021, the firm has planted 6,500 native trees and in 2023 it turned its hand to beekeeping, with three beehives across the UK and 200 jars of honey harvested and sold, with proceeds reinvested into the community. In June 2025, it sealed a £1 million partnership with Oxygen Conservation, purchasing up to 8,000 UK-based premium quality carbon credits to deliver lasting ecological value.
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