Our highly motivated and experienced team is one of London’s leading partnership and LLP practices according to the legal directories; noted for its “professional, user friendly and innovative” advice and its “efficient and supportive” service (Chambers).
The leaders of the team, Clive Greenwood (contentious work) and Fergus Payne (non-contentious work), are both rated in the directories in the top ten ‘leading individuals’ in London for partnership and LLP advice; described respectively as “reassuring and thorough” and “brilliant on the LLP side”.
The expertise, experience and complimentary skills of the team members enable us to provide comprehensive advice to partnerships, LLPs, management committees and individuals in a wide range of business sectors including legal, accountancy, financial services, property, construction, advertising, media, PR and healthcare. Drawing together individuals with backgrounds in corporate, dispute resolution, discrimination and employment law and specialist knowledge of specific business sectors has created a team with a genuine ability to advise on the whole range of issues that arise for businesses and individuals.
We understand the challenges for businesses and individuals that operate in partnership and LLP structures and are acutely aware of the impact that decisions made in commercial life have on the personal and private lives of individuals involved; much of our work is highly confidential and all matters are handled with the discretion and sensitivity demanded by the professionals that comprise our extensive and diverse client base.
The services we provide span the life of a business and include:
- Partnership agreements
- LLP formations
- Conversions of partnerships and companies to LLPs
- Mergers and sales
- Joining a partnership or LLP
- The duty of good faith
- Restrictive covenants
- Discrimination issues
- Conduct and performance of individuals
- Remuneration structures
- Voluntary and compulsory retirement
- Expulsion
- Dissolution and winding up
- Insolvency