Chambers Review
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Commercial and Corporate Litigation - UK
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
Macfarlanes is very focused on service levels and responsiveness.
The firm has the ability to rotate top lawyers.
Macfarlanes' team is very smart, responsive, realistic and practical. The team forms great relationships with clients, really getting to know them so that they can make commercial, informed decisions.
Macfarlanes combines the steely fist that you'd expect of the magic circle with the velvet glove of a top private wealth team.
Work Highlights
Macfarlanes acted for Raven in its claim against FTSE 100 company Entain regarding a shared purchase agreement dispute.
Notable practitioners
Iain understands complex matters very quickly.
Iain Mackie is very detail-focused and is a pleasure to deal with.
Iain is experienced and measured beyond his years.
Lois Horne focuses on advising clients on complex cross-border corporate and commercial matters, including post-M&A disputes, warranty and indemnity claims, and shareholder disputes. She has expertise assisting clients in sectors including energy, retail and private equity, among others.
She is a really energetic, intelligent and confident partner.
Lois' dedication to achieving optimal outcomes while prioritising client satisfaction truly exemplifies her excellence in litigation.
Lois is extraordinarily thoughtful, commercial and clever.
She is super detailed, very impressive and is all over everything.