• Business formation
• Employment
• Directors duties
• Doing business
• Raising funds
• Tax
• Business Crime and Regulatory
• Dispute resolution
  • ADR & Arbitration
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Negligence
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Business Recovery & Insolvency
• Real Estate

Businesses in any sector may face conflicts which can quickly intensify into a major dispute.  In such cases, having access to a highly experienced team of litigators is critical.   We handle all types of contentious situation, from those of small monetary value, to multi-million pound actions which attract significant external interest in sectors across the entire business spectrum, from real estate to media, and from professional services to banking.

We are primed to take pre-emptive action when necessary to safeguard key evidence/ freeze assets to make enforcement for any judgement obtained more likely.  Our specialist team advises on steps that can be taken before proceedings when representing a prospective claimant.  We also advise on challenges that can be made by defendants and third parties to orders obtained which affect them or their assets.

Much of our work has an international flavour and we maintain strong  links with overseas counsel. Questions on private and public international law mean that we can recommend on jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement proceedings.  

As the sole UK member of the prestigious Meritas global network of independent law, we can give clients – many of whom are based outside the UK, in the Middle and Far East, as well as Asia – access to quality assured legal expertise worldwide. 

With our vast commercial and practical experience, we deal with confidential matters sensitively and look to resolve matters swiftly. 

Our services include:

• contractual disputes
• property and construction disputes
• employment disputes
• partnership disputes
• fraud litigation
• cross-border disputes
• regulatory investigations (including the SRA and FSA)
• shareholder litigation and activism
• intellectual property disputes
• trademarks, patents and passing off
• libel, defamation and reputation management
• professional negligence and liability
• financial services litigation
• insolvency litigation
• injunctions
• search orders
• asset recovery orders
• anti-suit injunctions
• orders for the detention, custody or preservation of property