Gateley is set to bring the former Halliwells partners it hired in July 2010 into the firm’s main limited liability partnership (LLP) from the start of the new financial year.

The deal will see the 43 partners in the Gateley Manchester LLP – which was set up to ringfence the business from the rest of the firm at the time of the takeover – merge into Gateley’s English LLP from 1 May. The firm also has a separate LLP for its Scottish operations – HBJ Gateley.