Lester Doake

The new agreement, taking effect from 1 June, means DAC Beachcroft can offer its clients an advisory network on the ground across all five jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland.

The firms will refer shared clients, combine marketing efforts and explore mutually beneficial opportunities in their respective local markets for three years.

McKinty and Wright, which has seven partners and 19 lawyers in total, is a specialist insurance defendant practice ranked in Band 1 for Personal Injury (Defendant) by Chambers & Partners.

David Pollitt, managing partner at DAC Beachcroft, said: “We are delighted to have formalised this new arrangement with McKinty and Wright, one of Northern Ireland’s leading insurance law firms.”

He added: “We look forward to working closely with McKinty and Wright and developing our relationship still further over the coming years.”

Lester Doake, senior partner at McKinty and Wright, said: “We pride ourselves on the quality of our service. This agreement with an international law firm of the calibre of DAC Beachcroft will allow us to apply our skills to a wider customer base to the mutual benefit of both firms. We are eagerly looking forward to working together.”