Practice area
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Court · Chancery Division · Court of Appeal
Most of these should settle. We will tell you which ones, and when.
All practice areas
Partner in charge
What the work is
The bulk of what we do. Shareholder fallings-out, disputed earn-outs, terminated distribution agreements, and the kind of contractual argument that only becomes clear once someone has disclosed their emails.
We take a view early on what a claim is worth and what it will cost to run, and we put both in writing. If the arithmetic does not work, we say so before you have spent anything on it.
Most of these are decided on documents rather than on recollection, and the documents rarely say what either side remembers them saying. We get to disclosure early and read it ourselves, because the case you can actually run is usually not the one described in the first meeting.
About four in five settle. That is not a reason to prepare them any differently — the offers worth accepting come from a party visibly ready to go to trial, and the other side can tell the difference. We prepare for the hearing and negotiate from that position.
Where it does go to trial, the partner who took your first call conducts it. We do not brief the advocacy out of a case we have run, and we do not put a client in front of counsel who met the file a fortnight beforehand.
Typical matters
Shareholder and joint-venture breakdowns, including unfair prejudice petitions
Earn-out, warranty and completion-accounts disputes following a sale
Contractual termination, exclusivity and restrictive covenant claims
Urgent injunctive relief where a counterparty is about to act
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
Practice area
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Court · Chancery Division · Court of Appeal
Most of these should settle. We will tell you which ones, and when.
All practice areas
Partner in charge
What the work is
The bulk of what we do. Shareholder fallings-out, disputed earn-outs, terminated distribution agreements, and the kind of contractual argument that only becomes clear once someone has disclosed their emails.
We take a view early on what a claim is worth and what it will cost to run, and we put both in writing. If the arithmetic does not work, we say so before you have spent anything on it.
Most of these are decided on documents rather than on recollection, and the documents rarely say what either side remembers them saying. We get to disclosure early and read it ourselves, because the case you can actually run is usually not the one described in the first meeting.
About four in five settle. That is not a reason to prepare them any differently — the offers worth accepting come from a party visibly ready to go to trial, and the other side can tell the difference. We prepare for the hearing and negotiate from that position.
Where it does go to trial, the partner who took your first call conducts it. We do not brief the advocacy out of a case we have run, and we do not put a client in front of counsel who met the file a fortnight beforehand.
Typical matters
Shareholder and joint-venture breakdowns, including unfair prejudice petitions
Earn-out, warranty and completion-accounts disputes following a sale
Contractual termination, exclusivity and restrictive covenant claims
Urgent injunctive relief where a counterparty is about to act
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
Practice area
Commercial Litigation
Commercial Court · Chancery Division · Court of Appeal
Most of these should settle. We will tell you which ones, and when.
All practice areas
Partner in charge
What the work is
The bulk of what we do. Shareholder fallings-out, disputed earn-outs, terminated distribution agreements, and the kind of contractual argument that only becomes clear once someone has disclosed their emails.
We take a view early on what a claim is worth and what it will cost to run, and we put both in writing. If the arithmetic does not work, we say so before you have spent anything on it.
Most of these are decided on documents rather than on recollection, and the documents rarely say what either side remembers them saying. We get to disclosure early and read it ourselves, because the case you can actually run is usually not the one described in the first meeting.
About four in five settle. That is not a reason to prepare them any differently — the offers worth accepting come from a party visibly ready to go to trial, and the other side can tell the difference. We prepare for the hearing and negotiate from that position.
Where it does go to trial, the partner who took your first call conducts it. We do not brief the advocacy out of a case we have run, and we do not put a client in front of counsel who met the file a fortnight beforehand.
Typical matters
Shareholder and joint-venture breakdowns, including unfair prejudice petitions
Earn-out, warranty and completion-accounts disputes following a sale
Contractual termination, exclusivity and restrictive covenant claims
Urgent injunctive relief where a counterparty is about to act
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