Frenkel Topping Group plc announced it has extended its 'Working in Partnership' programme with a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between its IFA arm and the niche law firm, Serious Injury Law, taking its joint ventures to nine and expanding its reach into the country's top-tier law firms in its sector. The joint venture sees Serious Injury Law, recommended as a Top Tier firm by the Legal 500, join with Frenkel Topping's independent financial advice division, to provide services under the trading name Serious Law Investments Ltd. Serious Injury Law Partners Matthew Dixon and Ben Priestley will act as directors of the JV company alongside Chief Operating Officer, Mark Holt and Chief Financial Officer Elaine Cullen-Grant from Frenkel Topping Group. With the aim of delivering both a seamless legal and financial advice journey to clients involved in litigation after serious injury, the new joint venture combines the two firms' skills and resources in the specialist area of professional services.

Serious Injury Law is the latest partnership in Frenkel Topping's strategy to strengthen relationships with likeminded firms in the Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence space and to help introduce Assets Under Management to the Group via its discretionary fund manager (DFM), Ascencia Investment Management. Ascencia, which specialises in investing for vulnerable clients, has continued to demonstrate positive performance against a backdrop of wider market contraction in recent years, highlighting its expertise in managing multi-asset investment solutions that are positioned to capture the upside of market fluctuations, while aiming to reduce the negative impact of market turbulence on client assets. Through the joint venture, Frenkel Topping will become one of Serious Injury Law's preferred partners for clients requiring investment advice post settlement and Serious Law Investments Ltd. will extend the law firm's suite of services to meet the needs of clients with catastrophic and other very serious injuries.

Both firms were established more than 30 years ago. Serious Injury Law has dealt with some of the UK's and most complex serious injury cases, building strong, trusted relationships with many of the UK's leading medical experts, leading counsel, and national serious injury charities, since its formation in 1989. The firm specialises in high-level injury cases including acquired and traumatic brain injury, and spinal injury.

Frenkel Topping Group's work in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence includes its signposting service inside Major Trauma Units (via Cardinal Management Ltd), expert witness services, independent financial advice, cost consultants, discretionary fund management, and care and case management. Both firms deliver services nationally and the joint venture between Serious Injury Law and Frenkel Topping is expected to bring AUM inflow and support future growth for both businesses.