DWF has sealed its acquisition of Cobbetts via a pre-pack deal, after KPMG was today (6 February) appointed as the stricken firm’s administrator.

An agreement has been reached which will see DWF take on the bulk of Cobbetts’ business, with 419 of the law firm’s employees and partners from its four offices in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London understood to be transferring to DWF.