Practice areas · six
Six areas. We decline work in all the others.
A firm of eleven partners cannot be excellent at everything, and the ones that claim to be are describing their letterhead rather than their capability.
01 Commercial litigation +
High Court and arbitral disputes, from injunctive relief through to enforcement across jurisdictions.
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02 Corporate & M&A +
Acquisitions, disposals and reorganisations for owner-managed businesses and mid-market funds.
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03 Employment +
Board-level exits, restrictive covenants and the tribunal claims that follow them.
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04 Real estate +
Development, institutional investment and landlord-and-tenant disputes on commercial portfolios.
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05 Regulatory & investigations +
FCA, HSE and internal investigations where the commercial risk outruns the legal one.
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06 Private wealth +
Succession, trusts and the contentious probate that families do not plan for.
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On fees
We will tell you what it costs. Most firms will not.
Corporate transactions are quoted as a fixed fee once we have seen the heads of terms. Litigation is quoted in phases — pre-action, pleadings, disclosure, witness evidence, trial — each with its own estimate and a written warning before any phase is exceeded.
Conditional fee and damages-based arrangements are available on commercial claims above £500,000 where the merits justify it. Third-party funding can be arranged, and we will introduce you to more than one funder rather than the one that pays us.
No charge
Initial assessment
10 days
Written merits opinion
±8%
Estimate accuracy
Tell us what has happened.
Including the parts that do not reflect well on you. It is privileged, and we have heard considerably worse.
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