An experienced and high quality team of over 100 litigators to handle your dispute - wherever and however it occurs.

No-one asks to become involved in a dispute, but it is almost inevitable that your business will encounter situations where you need the advice and assistance of a specialist disputes lawyer.

No two disputes are alike. Our clients need to know that their problem is being considered and addressed on its individual merits. This means bringing to bear not only our knowledge of the sectors in which our clients operate, and the context in which their disputes arise, but also our expertise in resolving disputes in an innovative and cost effective fashion.

We have an experienced and high quality team of over 100 litigators located across all of our offices, which means we can put together the right team to handle your dispute, wherever and however it occurs.

We are involved in groundbreaking and high profile cases, but our expertise extends further; the majority of matters on which our input is sought do not reach Court. We work with our clients to seek the solutions that are right for their business. We strive to provide the highest quality, honest, legal and strategic advice in representing you and advising you in your dispute, whether before a Court or Tribunal, in mediation or alternative dispute resolution, or in advising you as to your position and the approach to adopt prior to any formal dispute process.

The expertise and experience of our litigation team spans the full range of disputes, from rent review through to high value multi-jurisdictional disputes, from pursuing defamation actions on behalf of high profile individuals through to complex whistleblowing cases.

News International
Advising News International in relation to various matters arising from voicemail interception at the News of the World, including conducting a review into journalistic standards and practices at News International, establishing and running News International's Compensation Scheme for victims of voicemail interception and acting for News Group Newspapers in relation to civil claims brought against it.

ITV
Advised ITV in a major dispute against its broadcast partner, Scottish Television, concerning various costs and revenue sharing arrangements in relation to the Channel 3 network.

Tottenham Hotspur plc
Acting for Tottenham Hotspur plc in its challenge to the decision of the Olympic Park Legacy Company to award the long-term lease of the Olympic Stadium to a rival bid consortium. Also acting for Tottenham in a concurrent judicial review challenge on state aid grounds against the rival bid's funding proposal

Goldacre Offices Limited
Acted for Goldacre Offices Limited against the administrator of Nortel Networks UK Ltd and changed the law in how rent payments by administrators are made.

New Star Asset Management
Acted for New Star Asset Management in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal (Evershed v New Star Asset Management  [UKEAT/0249/09]) and the Court of Appeal (Evershed v New Star Asset Management [2010] EWCA Civ 870) in relation to a claim brought by a former employee for constructive unfair dismissal and whistleblowing.

Ernst & Young
Acted for Ernst & Young in Employment Appeal Tribunal proceedings concerning matters of tribunal practice and procedure (Kerr v Ernst & Young Services Limited & Others [UKEAT/0567/10/RN]). Acted for a global professional services firm in defending its largest ever employment claim, which included extensive and high profile allegations of unlawful discrimination.   

Catering Services Company
Acting in an ICC arbitration involving claims by a minority shareholder for US$90 million, arising from the sale of more than US$500 million of assets. This is a highly complex, long-running arbitration involving Liechtenstein substantive law and French procedural law.

German Ministry of Traffic
Acting for the German Ministry of Traffic in two arbitration proceedings related to the introduction of a toll road system for German motorways, and the ownership in and exploitation of IP rights in such system.

Mrs Sonja Kohn
Acted for Mrs Sonja Kohn in defending claims for repayment of funds brought by the liquidator of Madoff Securities International Limited.

FTSE 100 company
An investigation in conjunction with the in-house and external foreign advisers of a FTSE 100 company into the actions of a foreign-based employee suspected of wrongdoing. Our involvement resulted in a confidential agreement with the employee, under which he agreed to repay to the company the benefits that he had obtained.

Skype
Acted for Skype in proceedings between the company and its founders, one of the highest-profile technology disputes in the UK and the US in 2009.

Kaupthing hf
Acting for Kaupthing hf in dealing with claims arising out of the closing out of its derivatives portfolio and related structured finance transactions, including the dispute with Lornamead Acquisitions Limited recently reported at [2011] EWHC 2611 (Comm).

Tungkum Limited
Acting for Tungkum Limited against Deutsche Bank in court proceedings and a related LCIA arbitration arising from complex structured finance agreements (reported at [2011] EWHC 2251 QBD (Comm)).

Leading professional services firm
Acting for one of the leading professional services firms to prevent publication of untrue allegations of fraud and corruption made by an obsessive individual, preventing his allegations being published over a period of two years. 

SP Group Limited
Acting for SP Group Limited, the UK's leading retail printing and marketing services business and a subsidiary of St Ives plc, on a substantial breach of confidence claim against two former directors of our client who sent confidential commercial information to a director of a key competitor.