Irwin Mitchell ‘Skilled commercial advice’ Corporate & commercial
Irwin Mitchell attracts praise for its ‘good understanding of the client’s business’.
Commercial litigation Irwin Mitchell is a ‘go-to firm for pragmatic and skilled commercial advice and representation in high-value commercial disputes’, according to clients.
Banking & finance
According to clients, the practice ‘compares very well with its competition’.
Insolvency & corporate recovery
The insolvency and corporate recovery practice has undergone significant changes in recent times, with key partners Frank Bouette and Martin Cross joining in Gatwick as a result of the firm’s merger with Thomas Eggar in December 2015.
Employment
The ‘excellent’ Irwin Mitchell advises on the full range of employment matters, including employment tribunal claims, restricted covenant disputes and TUPE transfer matters.
Clinical negligence
The clinical negligence department in Southampton impresses with ‘impeccable response times, in-depth knowledge and paperwork that is always spot-on’.
Personal injury: claimant
The personal injury team in Southampton has ‘considerable depth of experience and competence’ and ‘gives excellent support and advice’.
Agriculture & estates
The ‘top-notch’ team acts for a mix of farming companies, private individuals and institutional and charity clients, and has significantly bolstered its client base following its recent merger with regional firm Thomas Eggar.
Contentious trusts & probate
Irwin Mitchell’s ‘first-class’ practice acts for professional trustees and trust corporations along with private individuals, panel deputies and charitable organisations, advising on the full range of domestic and international disputes.
Personal tax, trusts & probate
The team ‘adopts an approach that makes clients feel that they and their needs are of paramount importance’.
Commercial property
The ‘friendly and efficient’ team frequently advises lenders and developers on property refinancing matters, property acquisitions and divestments, and leasehold agreements.
Construction
For some, Irwin Mitchell is ‘an exceptionally strong performer in the construction space’.
Planning
Irwin Mitchell is known for its promotion of mixed-use regeneration schemes, particularly on former brownfield land, and regularly handles development projects in the industrial, education, retail and student accommodation sectors, among others.
IT & telecoms
Irwin Mitchell acts for an increasing number of fast-growth tech companies such as Uniplaces, Gradian Systems and LzLabs.
Intellectual property
Sarah Birkbeck is singled out for IP and IT disputes.
Media & entertainment
Musicians, sportsmen and other high- profile private clients instruct Irwin Mitchell, and the firm’s recent merger with Thomas Eggar Solicitors added practice head Stuart Padgham and associate Aurelia Butler-Ball; the duo advised Lady Leshurr on a series of lucrative contracts, including her signing to RCA Records and a brand deal with Converse.
Sport
Clients single out the firm as fielding ‘a standout practice for sports-related advice and dispute resolution’.
Blake Morgan ‘Commercial and responsive’
Corporate & 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.
Commercial litigation Blake Morgan attracts praise for its ‘good
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commercial sense and ability to advise clients well’.
Employment
Clients rate the firm’s willingness to ‘work with them to find solutions that achieve the best outcome’.
Family
The ‘excellent’ practice regularly handles financial remedy matters; wealth preservation advice including pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements; onshore
and offshore asset management; and tax matters.
Personal tax, trusts & probate
Blake Morgan attracts praise for the ‘impressive breadth and depth of legal talent’ housed within the team, whose ‘expertise and depth of capability is excellent’.
Commercial property
Blake Morgan ‘has always demonstrated the highest level of expertise, with good business acumen’.
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