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Our dispute resolution and litigation lawyers are adept at mitigating risk and meeting the rapidly evolving litigation challenges of business today.
At a time when businesses continue to face complex geopolitical, environmental and technological challenges, many rightly anticipate increasing caseloads alongside escalating litigation costs.
By bringing together our litigation experts from areas including insolvency, tax, employment, IP, regulatory, real estate and commercial litigation we provide holistic, strategic and pragmatic advice to help you meet these complex challenges. We employ sector and practice specialists with the collective market knowledge to be able to anticipate and minimise risk and, avoid disputes arising.
Where disputes do arise, we work with our clients to provide strategic and specialist guidance to resolve them swiftly on favourable commercial terms or put them in the best possible position to win if contested.
Our litigation teams work with some of the world’s most exciting and rapidly growing businesses, particularly in areas including financial services disputes and investigations, technology, automotive and real estate disputes.
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Shoosmiths represents clients across the energy, banking and retail sectors. The Birmingham team's activity covers fraud claims, asset recovery, contractual cases, shareholder litigation and injunction proceedings.
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Shoosmiths advised Zip on a breach of warranty claim relating to an acquisition under a share purchase agreement.
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The team excels at understanding the nuances of our sector and the dispute that is being handled.
The lawyers have done tons of research and made a real effort to show that we are important as a client.
Shoosmiths has always assisted us with our enquiries and legal issues without hesitation. The lawyers are highly diligent, advise us well and give various options, ensuring a swift resolution.
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Alex Bishop offers expertise in commercial disputes concerning a broad range of matters including breaches of contract. She is also head of the national litigation practice at Shoosmiths.
She is commercially fantastic and has very good judgment.
Alex Bishop is an excellent commercial litigator who is easy to instruct and tactically strong. She is extremely pragmatic.
Alex Bishop is someone who is very well connected. She always sees the big picture, and clients always draw confidence from her advice.
Kate Connolly frequently advises clients on commercial disputes involving unpaid invoices, breach of contract and employment law questions, among various other issues.
Kate is someone who is particularly good at dealing with complex factual issues.
She is a very impressive woman. Kate is very good at managing different dynamics internally and externally.
Head of Litigation
Litigation
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Will Carr
Charlotte Healey
Mel Chell
Roger Potgieter
Rebekah Finch
Kate Connolly
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