Gateley, the professional services group, has acquired Groom Wilkes & Wright LLP (GWW) for up to £9m.
Founded more than 20 years ago, GWW is a boutique IP firm specialising in every aspect of trademark and design law, representing clients across all sectors from start-ups to several of the biggest brand-owning companies globally.
For the year ended 5 April 2025, GWW delivered revenue of £4.7m, with corporatised profit before tax of £1.4m. As at 5 April 2025, GWW had net assets of £0.3m.
Led by senior partners Trevor Wright and Katy Adams, GWW will operate within Gateley’s Business Services Platform and will continue to trade under the name Groom Wilkes & Wright.
The Platform combines the commercial expertise of IP and dispute resolution lawyers within Gateley Legal along with trade mark and patent attorneys Adamson Jones and life sciences patent attorneys Symbiosis IP, both acquired by the Group in 2022.
Rod Waldie, CEO of Gateley, said: “I am delighted to welcome Groom Wilkes & Wright to the Group. This strategic acquisition will extend our reach in trade mark work across our consultancy and legal services teams who operate in this field.
“The Acquisition forms part of our acquisitive and organic growth plan to develop a distinct and innovative intangible assets offering that further builds on the extensive expertise we have in the market and where we are already seeing huge potential for further growth.”
Trevor Wright, senior partner and founder of GWW, said: “I’m thrilled that my colleagues and I are joining Gateley today.
“Since our first meeting I have been impressed by their strategic vision of building deep expertise in a broad range of trade mark and wider IP professional services, and by the progress they have made to date in delivering that strategy.
“We share the same core values of a commitment to excellence in client service, delivered as a team. I am very grateful to my colleagues for all their hard work and dedication to this point. Gateley will be a fantastic new home for them and for the GWW business.”
