Focus on Hampshire law firms In Hampshire, the two key bases are Southampton and Basingstoke
Bond Dickinson LLP is known for commercial and litigation work, and all-rounders Blake Morgan LLP and private client experts Paris Smith LLP also have well-established client bases in the area.
Moore Blatch LLP and Shoosmiths LLP are making significant headway in the region. Often with links to the South West as well as London, traditional shipping and maritime legal work for the area has given way to City-level corporate and commercial, litigation and property matters.
In corporate and commercial, Blake Morgan fields a team that is ‘commercial and responsive, with good internal communication’, and which has a good standing across the corporate and commercial spectrum, with an extensive track record in M&A, joint ventures, data protection issues and private equity
matters on behalf of clients in the logistics, banking and leisure sectors.
Bond Dickinson is a known player in the region for corporate and commercial matters, including cross- border M&A, data protection work and private equity transactions for lenders, borrowers and businesses.
Shoosmiths is singled out for its track record assisting clients in the technology, financing and retail sectors with M&A transactions, disposals, de-mergers and joint ventures.
‘Excellent on every level’ according to clients, the team at Moore Blatch advises lenders and businesses on data protection matters, private equity investments and shareholders agreements.
Paris Smith is a major regional player for corporate and commercial work, with extensive experience in high-
value disposals, M&A, private equity transactions and capital markets matters.
Coffin Mew undertakes a wide variety of corporate and commercial work such as M&A and private equity investments, often acting for lenders and owner-managed businesses.
Irwin Mitchell attracts praise for its ‘good understanding of the client’s business’.
Trethowans LLP is well-versed in handling M&A, divestments, joint ventures and corporate financing issues for clients in the logistics, insurance and technology sectors.
The team at Clarke Willmott LLP ‘has very good strength in depth, from the partners down’.
Pitmans Law ‘provides a more personal service than larger firms’ according to clients.
Paris Smith ‘Major regional player’
Corporate & commercial
Paris Smith LLP is a major regional player for corporate and commercial work, with extensive experience in high-value disposals, M&A, private equity transactions and capital markets matters.
Licensing
The licensing practice sits within the dispute resolution team and draws on the firm’s business regulatory and white-collar crime practice to provide clients with rounded licensing expertise.
Commercial litigation
The firm is praised for providing ‘a quality service at a reasonable cost’.
Banking & finance Paris Smith’s ‘professional’ lawyers ‘have extensive knowledge and deep experience within each of their areas of discipline’.
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Insolvency & corporate recovery
‘A good regional firm’ with ‘excellent knowledge and a strong team’.
Employment
Paris Smith ‘delivers accurate, suitable and expedient advice’ and ‘provides a fantastic level of support and service’.
Family
Paris Smith is ‘a very strong regional firm’, which clients single out for its ‘good- quality work and pragmatic, solution-based approach’.
Personal tax, trusts & probate
The firm is adept at handling high-value estate planning and administration, inheritance tax planning and complex trust management matters.
Commercial property
Paris Smith ‘provides a service that feels in-house rather than being an external consultancy’.
Planning
Paris Smith advises on early stage planning appraisals of development sites, represents local authorities in relation to emerging local plans, and assists its broad range of clients with the drafting and negotiation of section 106 agreements.
IT & telecoms
The team is led by Laura Trapnell and Crispin Dick.
Intellectual property
At Paris Smith, ‘fierce litigator’ and ‘no- nonsense negotiator’ Laura Trapnell made partner and has ‘many years of experience’.
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