About Freeths
What is Freeths?
Freeths is one of the UK's largest national law firms, founded in Nottingham in 1895 and now employing around 1,300 people across a dozen offices. It advises businesses, public bodies and private clients across commercial, real estate, employment and dispute work.
Where will I work?
From offices including Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Bristol, Oxford and London.
What is the Freeths team like?
Solicitors and paralegals alongside business-services teams in finance, marketing, IT and HR, spread across regional offices rather than concentrated in London.
Work-Life Balance
Freeths is ranked 18th on Working Families' Top 30 Employers list for 2025. Glassdoor reviewers rate work-life balance 3.7 out of 5, give the firm 4.1 overall, and 80% would recommend it to a friend — with reviewers citing "good benefits and wellbeing projects".
Perks and Benefits
- Working Families Top 30 Employer (2025)
- Hybrid working across regional offices
- Wellbeing programme
- Professional development and qualification support