28 LAW SOUTH EAST – THE LEGAL 500
B P Collins: ‘responsive and flexible in its approach’
Corporate & commercial
B P Collins LLP’s four-partner team is ‘very responsive and flexible in its approach’, with Diane Yarrow (nee Gill) singled out as ‘particularly effective’. 2011 saw it appointed to the panel of The Co-operative Bank, and act on the merger between chartered patent attorneys Mathisen Marcara & Co and Compass Patents LLP.
Commercial litigation
B P Collins is rated for its ‘impressive’ commercial understanding and ‘very high standards’. It acted for the creditors in a bankruptcy case concerning an accountant’s valuation of the bankrupt party’s shares. Matthew Brandis heads the practice.
Employment
B P Collins handles the full range of employment work for
multinational corporations, SMEs, charities and senior executives. Jo Davis leads the team, and is an expert in whistleblowing claims.
Charities
Diane Yarrow’s team advised Click Collection on commercial and structural issues related to its new web-based venture aiming to maximise charities’ donation income from the sale of second-hand clothes. Other clients include the Epilepsy Society and South Bucks Hospice.
Family
B P Collins ‘provides a strong, client-orientated professional service’. It added a new associate to the team in 2011, which now comprises five lawyers. Sue Andrews ‘impresses with her good judgement’.
Personal tax, trusts & probate
B P Collins is ‘outstanding in this practice area’, and recently hired Paul Lowery from Mundays LLP to head its department. Craig Williams is ‘utterly committed to his clients’.
Commercial property
B P Collins’ practice is focused on the waste and renewable energy sectors. Clients include Grundon Waste Management, Biffa and Forever Fuels. Mike Arundel retired in 2011, and Pat Davies left to establish his own practice.
Environment
Diane Yarrow leads a ‘very trustworthy and competent’ team, which handles major instructions from clients in the waste management sector, including Biffa Group, Verdant Group and Grundon Group.
Doyle Clayton 'The lawyers you always want on your side'
Employment - Reading
‘The lawyers you always want on your side’, Doyle Clayton Solicitors’ team is ‘professional, always available and good value for money’. Practice head Tina Wisener is ‘a strong and determined negotiator as well as a good team player’. Clients include Sara Lee, Sony Ericsson and Greene King.
London
Firms such as Doyle Clayton Solicitors are strong choices for senior executives needing expert muscle to challenge major institutions.
Doyle Clayton Solicitors’ ‘very sensible people’ include Peter De Maria, the ‘excellent’ Darren Clayton, and senior partner Peter Doyle. The largest employment law boutique in the market, it acts for employers such as De La
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Rue, Dixons Retail Plc, Sage and Travelex Group, but shines for its work for senior executives and high-net-worth individuals.
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Doyle Clayton is the largest specialist provider of employment law advice to businesses and individuals in the UK. Founded in 1997, its dedicated employment lawyers operate from offices in the City, Canary Wharf and the Thames Valley, providing advice and support to clients nationwide.
It advises on the full range of employment issues, from non- contentious matters to tribunal and High Court disputes. Advice is also routinely given on ad hoc employment law issues and business immigration matters, as well as more complex areas, such as discrimination claims, redundancy situations, restrictive covenants and TUPE.
Business immigration
Its specialist immigration lawyers are able to provide prompt, efficient and cost-effective advice to businesses wishing to employ overseas nationals and to individuals who wish to come to the UK to live or study. For employers whose main aim is to ensure that their new employee is able to start work as quickly as possible, or for individuals who are keen to move to the UK with as little stress as possible, UK immigration law and procedures can seem unduly complex and complicated.
At Doyle Clayton the immigration lawyers have a wealth of experience in immigration law and practice and keep abreast of the latest developments in order to guide you through the immigration process. It has experience in all areas of business immigration law, including the points-based system (PBS).
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – OCTOBER 2012 Tina Wisener Diane Yarrow
Matthew Brandis
Details: Tina Wisener
twisener@doyleclayton.co.uk 0118-9596839
www.doyleclayton.co.uk
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