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recently marked 200 yearsas a leading commerciallaw firm with a celebratoryevent held to thank clients

and friends for their continued support.

The 200th anniversary dinner, which took place at the Tyne & WearDiscovery Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, saw the firm’s nationalportfolio of clients gather in the Story of the Tyne gallery for achampagne reception followed by a three course meal in the Great Hall with an array of entertainment.

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Businesses representing a range of sectors were present at the event,such as construction and engineering, finance, nuclear energy,education, real estate and oil and gas. WS Atkins Plc, Bellway Group,Barnsley College, Hiscox Insurance Company Ltd, Contract NaturalGas and The Mansion Group were among those organisations thattravelled to the region to celebrate the unique milestone with thefirm.

Entertainment was provided in the form of Victorian themed stiltwalkers and human statues, a harpist and string quartet, culminatingin dinner closing with a unique performance by aerial artists, Serico.North East chamber musicians, Northern Chords also performedfor guests, with founder Jonathan Bloxham taking the lead on theCello.

Jonathan Sykes of Jones Laing Lasalle and Tracy Hall of Watson Burton

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Alasdair Greig of North Star Equity Investors, Helen Milburn of Watson Burton and David Arthur of Tait Walker

Duncan Reid of Watson Burton, Andrew Mill of Narec and Jack McGrory ofVariable Message Signs

Patrick Harwood, CEO of Watson Burton

Gillian Hall, Senior partner of WatsonBurton A performance by Serico

Gillian Hall, Senior Partner at Watson Burton said “As a firm that isproud of our North East roots, we are delighted to have celebratedour 200th anniversary with clients and friends in the region whereWatson Burton was first formed.”

“Although the firm has extended its reach on a national scale, TheDiscovery Museum is apt in representing the time when our doorsfirst opened back in 1811 and we are delighted that so many ofclients were present at the event to celebrate this great achievementwith us.”

“The aim of the celebration was to thank our clients for theirongoing support over the years and to emphasise that WatsonBurton would not have enjoyed 200 years in business if it had notbeen for them. Feedback from clients since the event has proventhat it was a great success and the firm looks forward to enjoyingmany more years of productive relationships with our clients.”

Stephen McCoy of Frank Haslam Milan Limited, Andrea Gardner of Watson Burtonand John Wood of Tolent Construction

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Alison Rhodes of Nexus, Lee Betchley of Watson Burton, Sonja Driller of WatsonBurton, Anne Randall of Atkins Plc and Jilly Ward of Atkins Plc

Trevor Phillipson of Tolent Constructionand Peter Stoker of Bellway Plc

Roisin Laird of Watson Burton and Ian Wilson of The IP Group

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Gordon Bell of CCCS, David Jenkins of Watson Burton, Jackie Turner of WatsonBurton, Gearalt Fahy of Watson Burton, Lesley Cheeseman of CCCS and FionaMegaw of CCCS

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Chris England of Contract Natural Gas, Tim Jones of Contract Natural Gas,James Nightingale of Watson Burton, Gavin Form of RF Consulting Ventures Ltdand Colin Coates of the Business Investors Group

Gerry Moran, Elaine Dunan and Elina Lusted of Hiscox with Richard Palmer of Watson Burton

Partners Tracy Hall, Richard Palmer andChristopher Graham of Watson Burton