Manchester-based personal injury law firm, Express Solicitors, has had its revolving credit agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) renewed and doubled, so it’s now worth £16m.
The RBS funding will allow the firm to continue its ambitious growth and acquisition strategy throughout 2025 and beyond.
It will help bolster a strategy based on both organic and acquisition-based expansion, as well as make funds available for increased marketing spend and the recruitment of more employees across all areas of the business.
Last September, the Express Solicitors Group announced another increase in turnover, coming in at £70.6m, up from £54m in 2023.
Express Solicitors CEO James Maxey and CFO Stephen Bolton with NatWest Head of Operations John Foster and NatWest Corporate Partnerships Manager Aldo Palazzo, at the Express Solicitors headquarters in south Manchester.
James Maxey, CEO at Express Solicitors said: “RBS has supported us from when I started Express nearly 25 years ago and I’ve been a lifelong customer. The help and support I’ve had over that time has been unwavering and thanks to them Express will be able to keep growing.
“We’ve got another big year coming up with acquisitions in the pipeline and we’re doubling our graduate scheme intake.
“We’ve always been very ambitious and while this renewed agreement will help us to expand, we’ll also be able to ensure we retain the high customer service levels and Excellent Trustpilot rating we’re known for.”
Aldo Palazzo, Relationship Director at the NatWest Group which RBS is a part of, said: “We’ve been working with Express Solicitors for years and it’s great to see how well the firm is doing. The management team at Express is incredibly forward thinking and has immense expertise and ambition. I know they’ll continue to provide a great service to people and continue to develop and grow so we’re delighted to renew our financial support.”
Express Solicitors has circa 740 employees and is ranked at #70 in The Lawyer Top 200 (out of over 9,000 UK law firms). The firm promoted 98 employees last year alone, including creating four new principal partners and five new partners.
The firm has also just received The Princess Royal Training Award for its outstanding graduate programme and recruiting for the April cohort of graduates is underway. CEO James Maxey has also just been recognised in The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2025, a list that recognises excellence in the legal sector.
The firm is also currently recruiting across many other areas of the business for both legal and non legal roles.
The Express Solicitors headquarters in Sharston, south Manchester has recently had a multi-million pound refurbishment and includes a gym and showers, roof garden and multi-faith room and EV chargers have been installed for use by staff and visitors.
