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Bexley Beaumont has revealed that it is hoping to use its continued success to benefit marine conservation.
The firm's charitable foundation has chosen to back the Ocean Conservation Trust as one of three partner projects during the next 12 months.
The Trust is trying to protect and restore seagrass meadows around the globe, which it claims are vital for capturing carbon dioxide, fostering a vast array of species and preventing coastal erosion.
Bexley Beaumont Chief Executive Karen Bexley has said that the BBFoundation is also backing Law Care, an organisation offering support to individuals working in the UK legal profession, and the Sutton Trust, which pursues social mobility initiatives nationwide.
She added that the range of ventures endorsed by the Foundation was evidence of the firm's determination to follow through on its founding pledge to give back to the community whenever possible.
"We are keen to throw our weight behind a breadth of schemes which we think are not only important but capable of making a genuine difference.
"Establishing the Foundation last year was in keeping with our desire to take our obligations seriously.
"Each of the charities that we have partnered with has a real purpose and vision.
"Law Care's '25 Club' aims to put in place the kind of stable financial backing which can allow it to continue helping those who need its support over the next 25 years, while the Sutton Trust has a long-standing track record in enabling individuals to progress regardless of their social backgrounds.
"Likewise, the Ocean Conservation Trust has embarked on a strategy to counter the erosion of seagrass meadows over the last century.
"The contribution of seagrass to the world's well-being might not be visible to all of us but it is considerable, so it is critical that we and others can protect and restore it as a marine habitat.
"The diversity of projects reflects how we are keen not to confine ourselves to literal or traditional methods to make our mark.
"Furthermore, we believe that philanthropy and collaboration are key parts of the culture which we have put in place and, therefore, integral to our success and that of as many communities and worthy campaigns as we can help."
The setting up of the BBFoundation in 2024 formalised Bexley Beaumont's impressive track record in raising money for good causes.
In the previous four years since opening its doors, the firm's central support team and lawyers walked, rode and cycled more than 2,000 kilometres across the UK on behalf of the mental health charity, MIND, abseiled down the Trafford Centre in support of Manchester's Wood Street Mission and volunteered for environmental groups in the Midlands and North West.
The 'Blue Meadows' campaign launched by the Ocean Conservation Trust intends to protect and restore 40 seagrass meadows around the British Isles.
It is the latest action since the Trust was set up by group of marine scientists, educators and divers to support the marine ecology 25 years ago.
The Trust has described how, as the only flowering plant capable of living in seawater, seagrass is hugely effective at capturing carbon dioxide emissions, absorbing far more than even tropical rainforests.
However, half of the world's seagrass beds have been lost since the 1930s due to pollution and destruction caused by some of the methods used in fishing and the anchoring of boats.
The triple contribution made by Bexley Beaumont coincides with ample demonstration of the firm's progress as a business.
Earlier this month, it topped an influential growth ranking for the third year in a row, being named the UK's fastest growing large fee share firm in the classification compiled by Codex Edge, an independent company specialising in market research about the legal profession.
It found that Bexley Beaumont had seen its partner ranks grow by 30 per cent during the course of 2024.
The firm's placing in the latest Codex Edge report was published just a month after Bexley Beaumont was also singled out for further praise by the professional consultancy PwC due, it said, to it having "a clear plan for its direction of travel".
At the same time as featuring at the top of Codex Edge's listings for the third successive year, Bexley Beaumont is also in the running for one of the UK's most prestigious legal awards for the third year on the trot.
It is among 10 practices shortlisted for the New Law Business of the Year category at The Lawyer Awards, described by organisers as celebrating "the very best of the legal industry".
Bexley Beaumont appeared on the shortlist for Law Company of the Year in the same competition in both of the last two years.
