Deal ‘presents opportunities to further develop our family office and private wealth services’ Axiom Stone Solicitors and DWFM Beckman have joined forces to become Axiom DWFM. The merger will create a law firm with international reach to further support and service their existing and expanding client base. The combined entity has a team of almost 150 people, including 19 partners, located across several offices in London and Birmingham. It will provide clients with access to legal advice across a wide range of sectors, including real estate, dispute resolution, insolvency, family, employment, corporate and commercial and private client and wealth. The firm said it “will also have a strong international reach, benefitting from its membership of the International Practice Group, a global association of independent lawyers, accountants and tax advisers”.