Department profile
Forsters

Partnership

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Forsters

Rankings

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Partnership - UK-wide

Band 4

Band 4


What the Team is Known For

Forsters focuses largely on contentious partnership work, including high-profile partnership exits and team moves. The team is highly experienced in representing partners in professional services and financial services firms, while also advising HNW individuals who use partnership structures to administer trusts and estates.

Strengths

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  • They were not just responsive but led the way and guided us at a time which was unbelievably heavy-going and difficult.

    Partnership respondentUK
  • I was impressed by their commercialism, strategy and gravity in thinking through the problem and providing advice.

    Partnership respondentUK
  • They were frequently available at short notice with very prompt turnaround times.

    Partnership respondentUK
  • They understood the issues and provided effective, tailored advice to achieve a positive outcome, despite the circumstances.

    Partnership respondentUK
  • Their ability to filter through the noise and get straight to the most pertinent points was brilliant and made me feel that I got real value for money from the service provided.

    Partnership respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Jo Keddie
    Band 1Jo Keddie

    Jo Keddie

    Jo Keddie advises on a wide range of contentious partnership issues, including discrimination claims, team moves and restructuring.

    • Jo has provided me with outstanding support. She is technically brilliant and her client care is outstanding.

      Partnership respondentUK
    • She handled my matter incredibly well and I couldn't have asked for a better lawyer. She is technically fantastic but also commercially aware and always had a clear picture on the overall objective.

      Partnership respondentUK
    • She is certainly a go-to partnership expert for those wanting reputation risk management and exit strategy in the most high-profile City firms: she is a real go-to partnership lawyer.

      Partnership respondentUK
    • Jo Keddie is a standout partner who is very easy to work with but has a steely edge when needed. She is someone you definitely want on your side.

      Partnership respondentUK
    • Jo is a first-class strategist and communicator. She was supportive and empathetic at a stressful time as well as grasping sophisticated and commercially sensitive topics.

      Partnership respondentUK

Ranked Individuals at Forsters (1)

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