Mayo Wynne Baxter LLP

Mayo Wynne Baxter is a leading legal practice in the South East, employing more than 200 people across ten office hubs in the South East, including Brighton, Eastbourne and Crawley. We specialise in all aspects of business and personal legal services, including property, litigation, private client, family and relationships, commercial mediation, business and commercial law, debt recovery, employment, contentious probate, and professional negligence. We also offer tailored legal advice to core industry sectors, including vineyards and wineries and travel and hospitality.

We have been providing legal advice to the people of Sussex for more than 150 years when Wynne Edwin Baxter founded the firm in Lewes. He is reported to have conducted more than 30,000 inquests and served as Her Majesty’s Coroner from 1886 in Sussex, Middlesex, East London and the Tower of London. He was most famous for the Jack the Ripper cases of 1888, and also investigated the deaths of Joseph Merrick, German spies, and First World War bombing fatalities.

We are committed to delivering outstanding client service through a firm-wide outcome-based approach. Client service commitments include four-hour timescales for responding to emails and telephone calls to ensure our teams deliver a consistent and high-level service.