Commercial Litigation 

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With an excellent track record of success, we are known for punching above our weight, being cost effective, thinking outside the box and delivering solutions. 
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Tom Coates 
Head of department
Litigation 
 
We know that all disputes are stressful and some can be particularly costly and time-consuming.  That is why we work hard to get the optimum result for you as quickly as we can.

How better to tell you about us than to quote from what has been said about us by our clients, as reported confidentially by them to legal directories: 

  • “These guys go the distance for you.  They actually care about the result” (Legal 500)
  • “Top class advice at a reasonable cost, their court experience is extensive……” (Legal 500)
  • “The team’s proactive approach is a major selling point” (Chambers)
  • “Esteemed by peers as a highly competent crew” (Legal 500)
  • “Competitors believe this practice ‘fights with everything they’ve got’, but always within the rules” (Chambers)

We are a team committed to delivering the right solution for you, be it through fully adversarial litigation, mediation, arbitration, adjudication or expert determination. The team has achieved outstanding results for our clients in many areas:

  • Administrative Law/Commercial Judicial Review
  • Banking Litigation
  • Civil Fraud 
  • Commercial Agents Regulations
  • Company Disputes
  • Competition
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Construction and Engineering Disputes 
  • Contractual Disputes
  • Directors and Shareholders Disputes
  • FSA Investigations
  • Injunctive Remedies
  • Insolvency 
  • International Litigation
  • IT Litigation
  • Partnership and LLP Disputes 
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Disputes 
  • Regulatory Disputes
  • Sports Law 
  • Tort Litigation 
  • Trust Litigation 
  • Utilities and Energy Law Disputes

We act for a wide range of commercial clients, from large industrial conglomerates, energy companies, technology companies, local authorities and major retail organisations to smaller entrepreneurial companies and high net worth individuals. 

Our clients include: EDF Energy Group, Harrods Group of Companies, Mohamed Al Fayed,  House of Fraser Group, EFG Private Banking Group, Rio Tinto, Telegraph Media Group, Haymarket Group, Borax Europe Nokia UK, Euro RSCG, Conran Holdings

Our team comprises seven partners and ten associates led by group head, Tom Coates, of whom Chambers said “Sensible practice head, Tom Coates, won praise from clients for being ‘quietly one of the best litigators in London’”.  They added ‘He is cerebral and not aggressive with amazing tactics.  He will take it in, analyse it and spit it out with the minimum of fuss’”.   

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