& lewis industry legal services founded 1897 founder joseph hands headquarters loughborough united kingdom website www.ehlsolicitors.co.uk edward hands & lewis is a firm of solicitors with offices nationwide across the uk . it was founded in 1897 1 and since august 2009 has been under the directorship of solicitor jason hathaway . fellow solicitor paul stubbs became a director in may 2010 and managing director in 2013 . as of december 2015 edward hands and lewis is in the top 2 % of largest solicitors in the uk and forms part of the ehl group . 2 the firm has undergone several changes in recent years having grown from a company of 20 staff with 3 offices to over 190 staff and 12 offices nationwide . 3 contents 1 history 2 awards 3 references 4 external links history edit edward hands & lewis was founded in 1897 1 and has served the leicestershire area from a number of premises in the years since . in april 2010 the firm opened the law shop on market street loughborough leicestershire s first retail style solicitors office in a high street location and a response to the partial deregulation of legal services outlined under the legal services act 2007 which was expected to see supermarkets such as tesco introduce new drop in centres for basic legal issues such as will writing . 4 in february 2011 edward hands & lewis opened a new solicitors office in market harborough its third new premises in the previous two years . the new site created four jobs under the supervision of edward hands & lewis managing director jason hathaway who led the team at the st mary s road office from its opening . 1 in march 2012 edward hands & lewis opened refurbished offices at the old school rooms on loughborough road leicester the company had outgrown its previous queens road premises and the new site offered capacity for up to 50 people . managing director jason hathaway told the leicester mercury that rapid growth had led to the firm doubling up in its previous smaller locations while the new premises would allow edward hands & lewis to continue its plan of diversification into complementary professional services . 3 since then edward hands and lewis have grown significantly and now have offices across the country and a growing staff supporting a diverse range of services to uk clients . awards edit edward hands & lewis has won several awards . finalists in the leicester mercury business awards for sales and marketing 2014 finalists in the leicester mercury business awards for services 2014 winners of the leicester mercury business awards for services 2013 winners of business of the year 2012 at the oak fm pride of loughborough business awards 2012 runners up of the 2012 law society award winners of county law firm of the year 2011 winners of the county law firm of the year 2009 5 references edit a b c a law firm has set up a new branch in a county town . . this is leicestershire . 2011 02 16 . retrieved 2012 06 03 . edward hands & lewis limited 2010 06 07 . edward hands & lewis limited in leicester company house webcheck . duedil . retrieved 2012 06 03 . a b expanding law firm moving to new hq . this is leicestershire . 2012 03 09 . retrieved 2012 06 03 . loughborough law firm opens high street branch . this is leicestershire . 2010 04 19 . retrieved 2012 06 03 . edward hands & lewis awards & achievements external links edit edward hands & lewis solicitors homepage the ehl group homepage ehl marketing homepage the law shop homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title edward hands % 26 lewis & oldid 696763418 categories companies based in leicestercompanies based in loughboroughlaw firms of england navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 december 2015 at 17 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view