Weightmans expands cybersecurity business into North America
Liverpool-based law firm Weightmans is expanding its cybersecurity business CyXcel with a permanent base in America.
The firm said that the cybersecurity, breach management and transformation consultancy has exceeded its strategic objectives and seen rapid growth across an international client-base overseen since being launched last year. Now it will establish a North American operation with a specialist team aiming to replicate the services it has offered in the UK.
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John Schorah, managing partner at Weightmans, said: “We are delighted that after a strong first year, CyXcel is expanding rapidly with the opening of a new operation in North America. Our investment in CyXcel reflects not only the increased global demand for cyber technical services but also the firm’s growing stature on the world stage as a pioneer of solutions to the broader business challenges faced by our clients.”
Edward Lewis, managing partner and co-founder of CyXcel, said: “We are now in a very strong position to leverage the success CyXcel has already seen in the UK and Europe since launch, and replicate it in North America, the biggest cybersecurity market in the world. This presents a huge opportunity to realise a market leading position, and I must thank both Weightmans and our fabulous team for laying such solid foundations in making our global ambitions possible.”
Weightmans, which is based in Liverpool but has offices nine UK cities, bills CyXcel as the “first global business to integrate expertise across law and cybersecurity”.
