A LAW firm is the latest tenant to get their foot in the door at the award-winning White Building in Southampton.

Foot Anstey’s Southampton office is set to move to the building, just 12 months after the firm opened an office on the city’s International Way in Southampton in a bid to meet the growing demand from clients and targets on the south coast.

Since the office opened last September with a team of four lawyers, the firm has continued its recruitment drive with hire of two new partners Mark Pinder (corporate) and Paul Cox (intellectual property) who joined in May.

The office’s total headcount is expected to rise to 15 permanent staff by the end of 2017.

The new office will be fitted with modern technology to enable agile working and provide a high-quality client-centric environment as well as features that support the firm’s commitment to employee well-being.

Martin Hirst, partner and head of real estate at Foot Anstey said: “We are delighted to be strengthening Foot Anstey’s presence in Southampton with our new premises.

“In a short period of time, we’ve successfully developed client relationships and nurtured talent within the Southampton market.

“The impressive space at the White Building will facilitate further growth, support our strategy of providing a client-centric service and provide an environment where our employees can thrive.”

Andrew Oliver, of Ashville Asset Management, the asset manager for the White Building, added: “We’d like to welcome Foot Anstey to White Building and are delighted they chose it for their new Southampton office.

“The take-up and demand from such tenants is a real accolade to the quality of the building and the success it has had since launching last year. We look forward to a long-term relationship with Foot Anstey and hope they enjoy their new office environment.”

The new Southampton office is the second office launch in 2017 for the firm after its Bristol office moved to a new location at 2 Glass Wharf in Temple Quay.

Fellow tenants at the White Building, include two other law firms Keogh’s and Novum Law.