Two expanding law firms are to merge with their sights set on becoming a leading full service legal practice in the region.
De Marco Solicitors and Askews Legal will become one firm from next month called Askews Legal incorporating De Marco Solicitors.
It will have a team of around 20 based at the current home of Askews Legal in The Quadrant, Coventry.
Sandra Garlick, principal of De Marco Solicitors, said: "Our respective firms have both experienced rapid growth in recent years.
"By combining our staff, areas of expertise and growth strategies, we have our sights sets on becoming a leading full service legal firm in the region and beyond.
"We are very excited about this expansion and our future. Both firms have growth aspirations and it was a logical step for us, as two Coventry-based firms, to join to become stronger together."
De Marco Solicitors was established in 2007 by Ms Garlick and has become one of the largest employment law firms in Coventry and Warwickshire and has expanded into Oxfordshire, London and the Home Counties.
Askews Legal was founded in 2011 and covers a wide range of specialities in civil, criminal, family and commercial law and works closely with Askews Certified Accountants.
Partner Kuljeet Sandhu said: "We established Askews Legal to primarily assist the business community but we soon evolved to help the public at large and are now a multi-disciplinary office.
"Both firms operate in different areas of law and share significant plans for growth so it was natural for us to come together to enhance our offering and achieve greater expansion as one."
He will lead the commercial teams of the newly merged firm while Ms Garlick will head up the employment and business law division as well as being responsible for business development.
De Marco Solicitors will retain its offices at Electric Wharf in Coventry, from where Ms Garlick plans to launch an incubation platform for start-up and high-growth small businesses.
