ABOUT BRACHERS

Our clients

At Brachers, we believe in more than just providing legal advice. We’re committed to building long-term relationships with our clients, acting as trusted advisors who proactively anticipate their needs. This client-centric approach, combined with our deep understanding of our sectors, ensures we deliver exceptional results in every situation.

We are fortunate to provide our clients with a collaborative approach, enabling experts from across our legal teams to work together to ensure the very best results for private individuals and their families, SMEs, owner managed businesses, publicly funded organisations, healthcare organisations, schools, colleges, further education providers, charities, family businesses and multi-national corporations.

Alongside our full range of legal services at Brachers, we are proud of the specialist expertise we’ve built up in debt recovery, agriculture and healthcare. We further support clients with HR support through our associated HR consultancy company, Kent HR.

Our expertise

At Brachers, we pride ourselves on our industry recognised expertise across a range of practice areas.

We are recognised in the prestigious The Times ‘Best Law Firms 2025’ list and are consistently ranked in the top legal directories, including The Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners, for our in-depth knowledge and commitment to delivering exceptional client service. Our team boasts numerous awards and accreditations, reflecting our dedication to excellence and our position as a trusted advisor to businesses and individuals in Kent, Sussex, and beyond.

Our heritage

Brachers is proud to have served the people of Kent for 130 years. From our beginnings in 1895, where Henry James Bracher set up the firm with two other partners, to today, one thing remains and that is our family ethos. We are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities and build lasting relationships that often span over multiple generations.

Lawfront

In February 2025, Brachers became part of Lawfront, which provides legal services to individuals and businesses through leading regional law firms.

Backed by private equity fund Blixt, Lawfront’s vision is to build a high quality, national business, dedicated to its people, and retaining the very best in the profession to provide the very best possible service to clients.

Lawfront backs its regional firms to achieve their growth ambitions through investment in people, technology, cross-group collaboration and further local acquisitions, with the support of a highly experienced central team.

Leading law firms, Farleys Solicitors, Fisher Jones Greenwood, Nelsons, Slater Heelis and Trethowans, are also part of Lawfront.

Find out more about Our Story.

Our communities

Playing an active role in our community is extremely important to us at Brachers. From supporting a charity of the year, to sponsorship of local sports teams, our work to become a ‘Dementia Friendly Organisation’ and the extensive involvement of our staff in supporting local people and organisations, we are committed to make a difference and give back to those around us. This is showcased through our activities under Corporate Social Responsibility.

Our people

As a responsible business, we support our people in developing resilience and managing their wellbeing. We believe these are fundamental blocks in building a thriving workforce to deliver outstanding client service and have made it a strategic objective to develop this culture.

We are also proud of our accreditation by Best Companies as an ‘outstanding’ place to work, which recognises our high levels of employee engagement and commitment to creating a better workplace for our staff.

Find out more about life at Brachers and career opportunities.

Reflections on our year

As the year draws to a close we reflect back on 2024 and the successes of our clients, communities and colleagues: