History
Cumberland Ellis can trace its roots back to the 18th century. It was the product of various mergers and informal and more formal partnerships between the solicitors of Holborn including Young Jackson Beard & King, located in Essex Street, Ellis, Peirs & Co who joined them in the early 19th Century, Darley Cumberland who started out in Raymond Buildings and Montague Ellis. The core of the current firm was established by the merger in 1989 of Darley Cumberland with Ellis Peirs & Young Jackson to form Cumberland Ellis Peirs.
Cumberland Ellis originally acted for the landed gentry, the clergy and the industrial elite and continues to manage many of their affairs, estates and more diverse business interests. Its client base has since expanded to include the inhabitants of the financial district, various livery companies and charitable and not for profit organizations, property companies, a long list of innovative and established businesses and high net worth individuals.
The firm was joined in September 2003 by Ellis Wood with its substantial expertise in commercial property and charity law, by the commercial team of Taylor Willcocks in 2006 and by the established private client and commercial teams of Hyde Mahon Bridges in 2008.