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International Lawyers
Our international lawyers help clients with their personal and business needs worldwide. We offer a unique approach to supporting your international interests and ambitions.
For businesses, we offer the full range of services, working closely with management teams and general counsel. For individuals, we manage and protect the global wealth and reputation of you and your family.
The international legal partner you can rely on
Combining local insight with international expertise, our legal experts help businesses and individuals navigate opportunities and challenges around the world.Legal insight. Global opportunity.
Drawing on specialist expertise across business and personal legal services, alongside a trusted international network, we help clients in more than 100 countries achieve their ambitions.
From our UK base, we offer a truly global reach and have helped businesses and individuals achieve their goals. Our network of over 20 UK offices means we’re also close to the domestic action. We enjoy unrivalled knowledge of the UK’s cities, towns, regions, rural areas, and industrial sectors, with expertise extending far beyond just London.
We are uniquely placed to support clients whose interests span the whole of the UK. Our integration with Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM) means we can provide joined-up advice across both the Scottish and England & Wales legal systems, delivering a seamless experience across all three nations.
Whether you're investing in the UK, expanding into new markets, relocating talent, or managing complex cross-border family matters, we provide practical, coordinated legal advice that brings every aspect of your legal needs together.
Meet our international experts
Bryan leads Irwin Mitchell’s international project and strategy, with a particular focus on advising clients who set up or invest in the UK and advising on cross-border mergers & acquisition transactions, and joint ventures. He is recognised by the Legal 500 for his expertise on the international front and serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of First Law International. He also sits on the board of Avrio Advocati and the Strategic Board of the Commonwealth Economic and Investment Council.Our international desks
Our international lawyers help businesses and individuals around the world navigate a range of matters. We also have international desks, supported by multilingual teams with overseas experience, covering all of the UK’s key trading relationships.Client testimonial
Development Director of a Global Logistics Company:
“Very high performing team with the qualities you would expect of one of the best teams in the property sector. Technically superb, dynamic and hungry. I cannot recommend the services or Irwin Mitchell highly enough.”
Why choose Irwin Mitchell’s international solicitors to manage your international relationships?
Our firm is proud to be independent. This lets us appoint and recommend the best lawyers and other relevant professionals from jurisdictions worldwide. They’ll have a deep understanding of the local legal, tax and regulatory landscape. We’ll also make sure they match your values and culture, as well as your way of working.
As a firm, we were awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2026. The award recognises our sustained international growth and work supporting oversees businesses as they enter, invest in, or expand across the UK.
We’re members of, and partners with, a wide range of organisations that allow you to access trusted professionals in any jurisdiction, including:
- Law firms
- Accountants
- Corporate financiers
- Banks
- Insurers
- Wealth managers
- Fiduciaries
- Trust corporations
- Chambers of commerce
- Governing bodies
- Embassies
- Trade ministers
- Expert counsel.
Using our service is cost-effective, time-saving, and hassle-free for you. This is because we're flexible and can direct you to a wide network of trusted and local experts to instruct directly.
We can also manage an entire project for you. We’ve seen the trend of individuals and businesses preferring a single point of contact increase, and we’ve adapted to make sure we can offer this to our clients.
Within our team of experts, we’ve members who can speak multiple languages. This can be useful when working and dealing with international bodies.
Part of our international team is Richard Baigent. Richard is a specialist International Trade Consultant who works with the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade. He helps UK businesses plan, research, and sell successfully into key overseas markets.
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