14 LAW SOUTH EAST – THE LEGAL 500
Paris Smith: advice is ’high-quality and consistent’
Corporate & commercial
Paris Smith LLP delivers ’high-quality and consistent advice’, and has experience in the technology, leisure and retail industries. The team added BOX-IT to its client roster in 2010. ’Intuitive to clients’ needs’, Sean Davies is recommended for his contract drafting skills. Andrew Heathcock has a depth of commercial experience.
Commercial litigation
The ’very good’ Clive Thomson and Peter Taylor are highly recommended. The group recently handled several claims in the public sector regarding liability cases and contractual disputes.
Banking & finance
James McNeil’s team at Paris Smith provides a ’cohesive service’.
It advises on property,
acquisition, leverage and project finance transactions, and recently assisted in Sisco’s sale of Fibercore for $22m.
Employment
The ’excellent’ Paris Smith is noted for its tribunal expertise. Clive Dobbin and David
Roath are ’totally professional and very knowledgeable in all aspects of employment law’. The team’s client base includes Southampton FC and Bournemouth FC.
Family
The firm provides ’excellent client service’ and represents high-net-worth individuals in ancillary relief cases. With expertise in inheritance matters, Huw Miles is ’extremely good’, and Neil Davies and Frank Prior have ’excellent knowledge’.
Personal tax, trusts & probate
The ’excellent’ team handles tax planning, trusts and estate planning work. David Bird and Crispin Jameson have longstanding experience in the arena.
Commercial property
The firm fields an 11-partner real estate team. It includes Mark Howarth, who is advising Rose Bowl (Hampshire County Cricket) on its planned development, including £30m hotel, conference and club house facilities; Stuart Allen, who handles property finance matters for the likes of Clydesdale and Co-operative
Bank; and Nick Vaughan, who recently advised Eastpoint Centre on a £10m redevelopment scheme.
Planning
Janet May heads a specialist planning legal and consultancy team, which handles large- scale development projects across the region. Current work highlights include advising on the redevelopment of Hampshire cricket venue the Rose Bowl.
Sport
Paris Smith acts for several sports clubs in Hampshire. Planning expert Janet May advised Hampshire Cricket Club regarding a new golf club, hotel and stand at the Rose Bowl Stadium. Portsmouth FC and Southampton FC are also clients.
Clients praise ’exemplary service’ offered by Moore Blatch team
Corporate & commercial
Moore Blatch LLP combines ’expert advice’ with ’all the benefits of an experienced City firm’. It added Ardvarna Investment Capital to its client roster in 2010, and also acted for Motive Television and Murphx Innovative Solutions. Peter Jeffery provides a ’first-rate blend of technical and practical commercial advice’, and Roger Bailey is ’highly experienced’.
Commercial litigation
Led by Paul Whitaker, the team grew substantially in 2010, with five solicitors joining the group. The team has notable experience in transport, marine, property and finance litigation, and also handles professional negligence and IP/IT disputes.
Health & safety
The team is headed by David Thompson, who advises and prosecutes cases on behalf of the HSE, as well as defending companies and
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individuals in relation to serious offences. In 2010 the team defended the senior managers of SSE Engineering against health and safety charges.
Clinical negligence: claimant
Tim Spring’s team is ’fantastic’, and recently advised on two multi-million-pound cerebral palsy and severe brain injury cases.
Personal injury: claimant
Moore Blatch Resolve’s team is skilled in handling complex spinal and brain injury cases, and recently acted for a former prison officer who developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of working with sex offenders. Damian Horan leads the team, and the ’tenacious, resilient and determined’ Ciaran McCabe is also recommended.
Family
Debra Emery has expertise in handling high- value divorce cases. The team advised on a
civil partnership case involving assets abroad in 2010.
Personal tax, trusts & probate
David Charlesworth joined Moore Blatch in 2010 from Michelmores LLP, replacing Helen Starkie, who left to start her own firm. The team advises on Court of Protection and personal injury trusts work, and is able to ’explain complex issues in a non-technical way’.
Commercial property
Senior partner Michael Caton and Julian Parkes, who has ’excellent communication skills’, regularly advise Southampton City Council and Bournemouth Borough Council. Charles Cantoni leads on the housebuilder and land development side, and acts for Bellway, Barratt and Bloor Homes. Martin Duck advises Linden Homes. Clients praise the team’s ’exemplary service’.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – OCTOBER 2011
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