[1] The firm advises on an unusually broad mix of commercial, not for profit, regulatory and private client issues.

[3] In the 1890s the firm moved into Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, where clients included the Liberal Party and members of the Royal Family.

During the 1960s and 1970s Russell-Cooke Potter and Chapman expanded, developing a large commercial property department and attracted a number of famous clients from the pop and entertainment world.

Further growth during the nineties saw the Central London contingent move from Old Square into grade 2 listed buildings at 8 Bedford Row.

Very unusually for a large firm, it has long had a strategic target to maintain 5% of its turnover for legally aided work.