Charles Russell Speechlys opened its third office in the Middle East, and its first Asian office in Hong Kong
2014
November
01 November 2014
Merger of Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham
2013
September
01 September 2013
Charles Russell opened its second office in the Middle East, in Qatar
01 September 2013
Speechly Bircham opened an office in Geneva
November
22 November 2013
Speechly Bircham opened an office in Paris
2011
June
05 June 2011
Speechly Bircham opened its first two international offices in Luxembourg and Zurich
2009
July
05 July 2009
Speechly Bircham merged with Campbell Hooper
2007
September
01 September 2007
Charles Russell opened its second international offices in Geneva
2006
September
01 September 2006
Charles Russell opened its first international offices in Geneva
1990s
January - December
01 January 1990
Speechly Bircham took over the Holborn-based practice of Baileys Shaw & Gillett and Charles Russell merged with Compton Carr and also Baldocks in Guildford
1980s
January - December
01 January 1980
Charles Russell merged with Williams & James and Peake & Co., both founded in the 1760s
1974
January - December
01 January 1974
Speechly Bircham was formed by a merger between Speechly, Mumford & Soames and Bircham & Co. The origins of these firms lay in Dalrymple, Drake & Co. (founded by – Francis Thomas Bircham in 1845) and Speechly & Co (founded in 1875 by Thomas Speechly)
1891
January - December
01 January 1891
Charles Russell and Co. was founded by Charles, son of Lord Russell of Killowen (MP and later Attorney-General under Prime Minister Gladstone and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales)