Commercial and Corporate Litigation
UK Guide 2025 : London (Firms)
Band 5
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Provided by Dechert LLP
A skilled commercial litigation team with multi-jurisdictional capabilities
Recognizing the significant impact litigation can have on a company’s ability to achieve its business objectives, Dechert’s skilled complex commercial litigation team helps companies involved in commercial litigation assess their options, contain costs and decide on a course of action consistent with their goals.
With lawyers in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, we have the multi-jurisdictional capabilities, experience, skills and judgment to successfully guide clients through disputes wherever they arise.
We represent companies in complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings across a broad range of industries, including consumer products, financial services, investment funds, insurance, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications, media and technology. Our trial lawyers efficiently and aggressively defend client interests in matters involving breach of contract, consumer fraud and false advertising, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, professional liability and insurance issues, among others.
Chambers Review
Dechert has a well-known disputes team with a notable focus on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional cases. The London office handles commercial litigation relating to breaches of contract along with shareholder, joint venture and transactional disputes. The firm represents a broad roster of clients including global corporations and high net worth individuals.
Work Highlights
- Dechert acted for Nikolay Falin in a Russian oligarch dispute surrounding the ownership of two Russian railway freight companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dechert is a quality outfit with good work and strong people."
"It's an incredibly fantastic firm."
"Dechert is a quality outfit with good work and strong people."
"It's an incredibly fantastic firm."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Hearn has a wealth of experience in cross-border litigation, including disputes arising from corporate transactions and commercial agreements.