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DLA Piper advises clients across the whole spectrum of litigation, with the ability to handle significant cross-border disputes. The team's expertise includes matters concerning a broad variety of commercial contracts such as manufacturing and management agreements, as well as banking and finance. The firm's clients include a number of major household names in a wide range of sectors.
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The DLA Team have strong understanding of the law coupled with very strong practical and commercial judgment. They advised on several complex matters with great technical, legal and soft skills.
Through discussion and an outside-the-box perspective, they identified a number of strategic opportunities that could help bring the litigation to close.
They were able to identify commercial elements of the agreement under litigation that I had not fully understood, as well as broader commercial impacts, implications and approaches
DLA is very good at having a project management mindset, which other law firms lack. The team keep things professional and are highly committed and sophisticated; they are real experts in the area
The team provided extremely helpful guidance in areas of significant complexity. They were superb in keeping us informed and involved, and were able to handle multiple time zones and tight deadlines.
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David Young represents clients in relation to commercial contract disputes, including agency agreements. He has capabilities across multiple sectors, including manufacturing, transport, and food and drink.
David is a solid, hard-working litigator.
He's an experienced litigator, technically very strong and well respected.
He's highly committed and sophisticated and has real expertise.
Co-head of the national litigation and arbitration group, Adam Ibrahim has strong experience in acting for financial institutions on fraud and mis-selling claims. He also advises on litigation relating to asset finance and complex financial products.
He's been around a long time and is an impressive operator.
Adam Ibrahim is a great lawyer.
Richard Norman is particularly known for handling IT-related commercial disputes, including in relation to software licensing and the use of telecommunications services. He has further expertise in disputes in the automotive sector.
He's a very experienced partner.
He's a really nice and well-liked guy, and he leads an interesting practice.
Richard is well known in Sheffield. He's a heavyweight litigator, and he leads the litigation team.
Chris Harvey is a partner at DLA Piper in Leeds. He advises banking and finance clients on fraud, contract and data breach matters.
Chris Harvey is somebody that can get under the skin of an issue. He provides a robust challenge and is always pragmatic.
He's excellent; very capable.
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