Commercial Litigation · International Arbitration
Commercial Litigation · Arbitration
The partner you call
is the one who argues it.
Fourteen partners and no one between them and you. We are candid enough to tell you when a fight is not worth having.
★★★★★
Band 1 · Commercial Litigation
Amir Sadeghi
Senior Partner
Called 1994 · Silk 2011
Reported
Tarrant v Meridian Holdings [2023] EWHC 1841 (Comm)
·
Re Kestrel Shipping Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 903
·
Halloran v Brayford Capital [2021] EWHC 2266 (Ch)
·
Sandoval SA v Northwater Marine [2020] EWHC 771 (Comm)
·
In re Ashgrove Pension Trustees [2019] EWCA Civ 1502
·
Vance v Collingwood Asset Mgmt [2024] EWHC 415 (Comm)
·
The firm
Fixed fees where we can.
Litigation budgets are guesses. We give fixed fees for discrete stages, and we hold to them.
We will tell you not to sue.
Most disputes are worth settling. We are direct about which ones, and we say so before the costs mount.
Partner-led, or not taken.
Every matter is run by a partner from the first call to judgment. We turn work away rather than delegate it.
Fixed fees where we can.
Litigation budgets are guesses. We give fixed fees for discrete stages, and we hold to them.
We will tell you not to sue.
Most disputes are worth settling. We are direct about which ones, and we say so before the costs mount.
Partner-led, or not taken.
Every matter is run by a partner from the first call to judgment. We turn work away rather than delegate it.
What we do
Selected matters
Who you will meet
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
1998
Founded, Gray’s Inn
14
Partners
61
Reported decisions
9
Jurisdictions of practice
From the journal
All notes
Civil Fraud
6 min
What a freezing order actually costs
The application is the cheap part. The cross-undertaking in damages is what should decide whether you bring it.
Read the note
Civil Fraud
6 min
What a freezing order actually costs
The application is the cheap part. The cross-undertaking in damages is what should decide whether you bring it.
Read the note
Arbitration
7 min
An award you cannot enforce
Enforcement is not the last stage of an arbitration. It is the first question, and it should be answered before the notice is served.
Read the note
Arbitration
7 min
An award you cannot enforce
Enforcement is not the last stage of an arbitration. It is the first question, and it should be answered before the notice is served.
Read the note
Practice
4 min
What we do in the first meeting
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a partner. What we are actually listening for, and why we sometimes say don’t.
Read the note
Practice
4 min
What we do in the first meeting
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a partner. What we are actually listening for, and why we sometimes say don’t.
Read the note
A first conversation
Tell us what happened. We will tell you whether it is worth fighting.
A partner reads every enquiry and takes the first call. You will hear back within one working day, and within a week you will have a written view on the merits and the likely cost.
★★★★★
Band 1 · Commercial Litigation
For urgent injunctions and freezing relief out of hours, call +44 7700 900118. Answered by a partner, not a service.
Put a matter to us
For urgent injunctions and freezing relief out of hours, call +44 7700 900118. Answered by a partner, not a service.
Commercial Litigation · International Arbitration
Commercial Litigation · Arbitration
The partner you call
is the one who argues it.
Fourteen partners and no one between them and you. We are candid enough to tell you when a fight is not worth having.
★★★★★
Band 1 · Commercial Litigation
Amir Sadeghi
Senior Partner
Called 1994 · Silk 2011
Reported
Tarrant v Meridian Holdings [2023] EWHC 1841 (Comm)
·
Re Kestrel Shipping Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 903
·
Halloran v Brayford Capital [2021] EWHC 2266 (Ch)
·
Sandoval SA v Northwater Marine [2020] EWHC 771 (Comm)
·
In re Ashgrove Pension Trustees [2019] EWCA Civ 1502
·
Vance v Collingwood Asset Mgmt [2024] EWHC 415 (Comm)
·
The firm
Fixed fees where we can.
Litigation budgets are guesses. We give fixed fees for discrete stages, and we hold to them.
We will tell you not to sue.
Most disputes are worth settling. We are direct about which ones, and we say so before the costs mount.
Partner-led, or not taken.
Every matter is run by a partner from the first call to judgment. We turn work away rather than delegate it.
Fixed fees where we can.
Litigation budgets are guesses. We give fixed fees for discrete stages, and we hold to them.
We will tell you not to sue.
Most disputes are worth settling. We are direct about which ones, and we say so before the costs mount.
Partner-led, or not taken.
Every matter is run by a partner from the first call to judgment. We turn work away rather than delegate it.
What we do
Selected matters
Who you will meet
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
1998
Founded, Gray’s Inn
14
Partners
61
Reported decisions
9
Jurisdictions of practice
From the journal
All notes
Civil Fraud
6 min
What a freezing order actually costs
The application is the cheap part. The cross-undertaking in damages is what should decide whether you bring it.
Read the note
Civil Fraud
6 min
What a freezing order actually costs
The application is the cheap part. The cross-undertaking in damages is what should decide whether you bring it.
Read the note
Arbitration
7 min
An award you cannot enforce
Enforcement is not the last stage of an arbitration. It is the first question, and it should be answered before the notice is served.
Read the note
Arbitration
7 min
An award you cannot enforce
Enforcement is not the last stage of an arbitration. It is the first question, and it should be answered before the notice is served.
Read the note
Practice
4 min
What we do in the first meeting
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a partner. What we are actually listening for, and why we sometimes say don’t.
Read the note
Practice
4 min
What we do in the first meeting
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a partner. What we are actually listening for, and why we sometimes say don’t.
Read the note
A first conversation
Tell us what happened. We will tell you whether it is worth fighting.
A partner reads every enquiry and takes the first call. You will hear back within one working day, and within a week you will have a written view on the merits and the likely cost.
★★★★★
Band 1 · Commercial Litigation
For urgent injunctions and freezing relief out of hours, call +44 7700 900118. Answered by a partner, not a service.
Put a matter to us
For urgent injunctions and freezing relief out of hours, call +44 7700 900118. Answered by a partner, not a service.
Commercial Litigation · International Arbitration
Commercial Litigation · Arbitration
The partner you call
is the one who argues it.
Fourteen partners and no one between them and you. We are candid enough to tell you when a fight is not worth having.
★★★★★
Band 1 · Commercial Litigation
Amir Sadeghi
Senior Partner
Called 1994 · Silk 2011
Reported
Tarrant v Meridian Holdings [2023] EWHC 1841 (Comm)
·
Re Kestrel Shipping Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 903
·
Halloran v Brayford Capital [2021] EWHC 2266 (Ch)
·
Sandoval SA v Northwater Marine [2020] EWHC 771 (Comm)
·
In re Ashgrove Pension Trustees [2019] EWCA Civ 1502
·
Vance v Collingwood Asset Mgmt [2024] EWHC 415 (Comm)
·
The firm
Fixed fees where we can.
Litigation budgets are guesses. We give fixed fees for discrete stages, and we hold to them.
We will tell you not to sue.
Most disputes are worth settling. We are direct about which ones, and we say so before the costs mount.
Partner-led, or not taken.
Every matter is run by a partner from the first call to judgment. We turn work away rather than delegate it.
Fixed fees where we can.
Litigation budgets are guesses. We give fixed fees for discrete stages, and we hold to them.
We will tell you not to sue.
Most disputes are worth settling. We are direct about which ones, and we say so before the costs mount.
Partner-led, or not taken.
Every matter is run by a partner from the first call to judgment. We turn work away rather than delegate it.
What we do
Selected matters
Who you will meet
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
“Our witnesses were prepared at eleven on a Sunday night, by the partner who would go on to examine them in court. In three years nothing was handed to someone we had not met.”
“We were quoted three times as much elsewhere, by a team of six. Lexford sent two people and won on better terms. The estimate we were given at the outset was the number we actually paid.”
“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”“They told us not to bring two of the four claims. That advice saved us more than the case we went on to win did. Nobody else we spoke to was willing to talk us out of anything.”
1998
Founded, Gray’s Inn
14
Partners
61
Reported decisions
9
Jurisdictions of practice
From the journal
All notes
Civil Fraud
6 min
What a freezing order actually costs
The application is the cheap part. The cross-undertaking in damages is what should decide whether you bring it.
Read the note
Civil Fraud
6 min
What a freezing order actually costs
The application is the cheap part. The cross-undertaking in damages is what should decide whether you bring it.
Read the note
Arbitration
7 min
An award you cannot enforce
Enforcement is not the last stage of an arbitration. It is the first question, and it should be answered before the notice is served.
Read the note
Arbitration
7 min
An award you cannot enforce
Enforcement is not the last stage of an arbitration. It is the first question, and it should be answered before the notice is served.
Read the note
Practice
4 min
What we do in the first meeting
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a partner. What we are actually listening for, and why we sometimes say don’t.
Read the note
Practice
4 min
What we do in the first meeting
Thirty minutes, no charge, and a partner. What we are actually listening for, and why we sometimes say don’t.
Read the note
A first conversation
Tell us what happened. We will tell you whether it is worth fighting.
A partner reads every enquiry and takes the first call. You will hear back within one working day, and within a week you will have a written view on the merits and the likely cost.
★★★★★
Band 1 · Commercial Litigation
For urgent injunctions and freezing relief out of hours, call +44 7700 900118. Answered by a partner, not a service.
Put a matter to us
For urgent injunctions and freezing relief out of hours, call +44 7700 900118. Answered by a partner, not a service.