Macfarlanes has advised Australian listed law firm Slater & Gordon on its acquisition of Fentons Solicitors, the largest direct-to-consumer claimant personal injury law firm in the UK, with offices in London and Manchester.

The acquisition of Fentons, which signed yesterday and is due to complete in September, follows Slater & Gordon's recent acquisitions of Goodmans (based in Liverpool) and the personal injury practice of Taylor Vinters (based in Cambridge), both of which Macfarlanes also acted on.

The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partners John Dodsworth and Jessica Adam.

John Dodsworth comments:  "Having acted for the partners of Russell Jones & Walker when their firm became Slater & Gordon's first UK operation, it was with great pleasure that we advised on these acquisitions, which will help to cement Slater & Gordon's ambition to be one of the UK's leading consumer law firms."