Business Profile: Happy to Be in the Middle Ground ; John Revill Speaks to John Hughes, Senior Partner at Birmingham Law Firm Needham & James About Dealing with Dodgy Timeshare Tycoons and the Importance of a Company's Culture

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If the legal world was like football, John Hughes says Needham & James is quite happy to be in the championship.

The firm had a stab at the Premiership in the early 1990s, but didn't really enjoy the experience and is now quite happy in the second tier.

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Business Profile: Happy to Be in the Middle Ground ; John Revill Speaks to John Hughes, Senior Partner at Birmingham Law Firm Needham & James About Dealing with Dodgy Timeshare Tycoons and the Importance of a Company's Culture

"A bit like Ipswich Town," I ventured, thinking desperately of a team that had been in the second flight for a while and seemed to be quite happy there.

John, senior partner at Needham & James disagreed, a situation which was down not totally to his support for Liverpool.

"I don't know what team we would be because all clubs really want to get promoted at some point.

"We don't. We are quite happy where we are serving the middle ground, working with owner-managed businesses and niche areas in employment and banking law.

"There is a lot of work around and we don't want to expand too much, that would mean we would...

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