DAC Beachcroft LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has around 2,500 lawyers and professionals across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America. It provides a full-service claims, commercial, risk, advisory and transactional capability, primarily in health, insurance and real estate.
History
1762 Origins of the firm – Joseph Eyre began practising at Christ's Hospital
1828 Richard Beachcroft founded a London practice, which later became Beachcrofts
1830 Wasbrough & Stanley was formed, which later became Stanley Simpson
1882 Wansbroughs opened in Bristol, which became Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave
2010 Beachcroft acquired the business of Williams Holden Cooklin Gibbons
2011 Beachcroft merged with Davies Arnold Cooper to form DAC Beachcroft
2012 DAC Beachcroft merged with the Scottish law firm Andersons Solicitors LLP, with its operations subsequently being rebranded as DAC Beachcroft Scotland
2012 DAC Beachcroft merged with Santiago-based law firms SegurosLex and Amunategui y Cía to form DAC Beachcroft Chile
2013 DAC Beachcroft merged with Bogotá-based law firm De La Torre & Monroy to form DAC Beachcroft Colombia
2015 DAC Beachcroft formed association with Demarest Advogados in Brazil
2015 DAC Beachcroft opened office in Miami, US
2016 DAC Beachcroft formed association with McKinty & Wright
2016 DAC Beachcroft formed association with BLP and TCPR
2017 DAC Beachcroft was a founding member of Legalign Global, covering UK, USA, Germany, Australia and New Zealand
2017 DAC Beachcroft formed association with Lopez Saavedra & Villarroel Abogados, Argentina
2017 DAC Beachcroft formed collaboration with Oldham, Li & Nie, Hong Kong
2019 DAC Beachcroft opened a Northern Ireland office by acquiring McKinty and Wright
2019 DAC Beachcroft opened office in Paris, forming DAC Beachcroft France
Main practice areas
Main practice areas are: construction, financial services, health, industrials & manufacturing, insurance, public sector, real estate, retail and leisure, technology, and telecoms. It is on the Crown Commercial Service panel for general legal advice services.
International associations
DAC Beachcroft is a founding member of Legalign Global, an alliance of four multi-national insurance-focused law firms: BLD Bach Langheid Dallmayr, Wilson Elser and Wotton + Kearney.
