About Kuits Solicitors

Kuits is an award-winning commercial law firm based in Manchester city centre. We provide commercial legal advice to businesses, their owners and private clients, promoting the growth and success of the North West. Our teams of solicitors work with family businesses through their full life cycle, supporting their unique needs and long-term growth. Our expertise ensures that family-owned businesses receive practical strategic legal advice to navigate the complex challenges and promote lasting success. Kuits is ranked highly in both Legal 500 and Chambers UK and is listed in The Lawyer UK top 200 law firms.

Key Contacts

Robert Levy

Executive Partner

Robert is the Executive Partner at Kuits, working alongside the senior management team or manage the firm’s strategic direction, growth and long-term development. He combines senior leadership with significant technical expertise, advising clients on complex and high-value matters.

A specialist in serious tax investigations, Robert also acts as a CEDR-accredited mediator, with

Read More >

Paul Bricknell

Partner, Head of Tax & Estate Planning

Paul is a leading adviser in tax and estate planning, renowned for his expertise in family business succession and complex private wealth matters. He works closely with high-net-worth individuals to structure Wills, trusts and asset ownership in a tax-efficient way, protecting wealth across generations. A recognised authority on tax disclosure and investigations, Paul is regularly instructed on high-value and sensitive HMRC matters. He acts for clients featured on the Times Rich List and has been quoted in

Read More >

Kirsti Pinnell

Partner, Head of Corporate

Kirsti is a highly regarded corporate partner, specialising in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and public market transactions, including AIM admissions and placings. She advises on investment structures and joint ventures across companies, LLPs, and partnerships, and has extensive experience resolving shareholder and partnership disputes.

Kirsti supports businesses at every stage of their journey—from start-up to exit—providing strategic,

Read More >

Kevin McKenna

Partner, Head of Employment

Kevin is an employment law specialist, advising employers on complex and strategically sensitive workplace issues. He has particular expertise in senior executive and complex terminations, as well as constructive and unfair dismissal claims, discrimination matters and large-scale redundancy programmes.

Kevin has extensive experience across the private sector, working with businesses of all sizes—from

Read More >

Services Offered

  • Corporate
  • Commercial
  • Commercial Property
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Employment
  • Intellectual Property
  • Banking & Real Estate Finance
  • Licensing
  • Private client advisory including:
    • Tax & Estate Planning
    • Family
    • Residential Property
    • Tax Investigations

What our customers say...

“We’re really enjoying working with the team at Kuits. All of the partners have been generous with their time and their expertise and they are really keen to understand what family businesses in our community are facing.”

Sue Howorth