About
Provided by Shakespeare Martineau
Our dispute resolution team is a national team with a huge reputation for complex and high value litigation. Clients receive an experienced partner led service supported by a team of talented legal directors, associates and solicitors well known for handling the full range of contractual, commercial and corporate disputes across a broad spectrum of industries including banking and finance, manufacturing and distribution, IT, higher education and energy.
We have experience in international arbitration and ADR and are instructed on cases issued in all levels of the courts and in most arbitral forums. The breadth of matters handled is diverse ranging from general commercial claims to insolvency and corporate disputes, disputes concerning fiduciary duties, contractual disputes, agency and shareholder disputes, breach of sale and purchase agreements, and warranty and indemnity claims as well as professional negligence disputes, financial services disputes, and claims relating to fraud and bribery and conspiracy.
In addition to pure litigation, the team has also built a reputation for international arbitration matters.
Chambers Review
Shakespeare Martineau has an effective litigation department acting for clients on contractual claims, professional negligence and shareholder disputes, among others. The firm is noted for handling mid to high-value matters on behalf of corporate and individual clients, with notable experience handling contentious matters in the manufacturing industry.
Paul Hardman is a key contact.
Strengths
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"Their levels of service were excellent and their responsiveness too. The team did everything in their power to resolve and overcome issues that were extremely complex."
"The team at Shakespeare Martineau are equally astute and well-versed in the commercial aspects of our legal matters."
"Their commercial awareness is very good, they gave us different options available and clearly communicated the pros and cons of each of these."
"Their levels of service were excellent and their responsiveness too. The team did everything in their power to resolve and overcome issues that were extremely complex."
"The team at Shakespeare Martineau are equally astute and well-versed in the commercial aspects of our legal matters."
"Their commercial awareness is very good, they gave us different options available and clearly communicated the pros and cons of each of these."
Members
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Holly Snook