About
Managing Partner: Elin Pinnell
Senior Partners: 2
Number of Partners: 23
Contacts
Employment & Immigration: Richard Thomas
Commercial Property: Leanne O’Brien
Commercial: Maria Coggins
Corporate & Private Equity: Tom Kelleher
Dispute Resolution: Stephen Meade
Construction: Stuart Pearson
Recovery & Insolvency: Philip Jones
Intellectual Property: Maria Coggins
Public Law & Regulatory: Andrew Williams
Media, Sports & Leisure: David Lewis
Education: Jonathan Walsh
Banking & Finance: Reshma Jogia
Financial Services: Rachel Hillier
THE FIRM
Capital Law is a commercial law firm, working nationally and internationally from its base in Wales. The firm also recently invested in a new London address, to provide a safe and productive hub for its staff and clients to work and meet in the capital.
Capital Law is made up of leading lawyers (several of whom have joined from Magic Circle and other City and international firms) and consultants, who work closely with their clients to provide the highest quality services across the private, public, and third sectors.
Spread across four main legal divisions – corporate and commercial, commercial disputes, employment and immigration and real estate, Capital Law’s legal teams also collaborate across the firm to cover specialist areas – including (but not limited to) public law and regulatory, banking and finance, financial services.
A large proportion of Capital Law’s clients operate in, trade with, or have other interests in other countries. The firm is part of several global networks – including Consulegis, GBL Alliance and the China Collaborative Group (CCG) – and has recently launched international desks to help clients get the speedy and direct access to the international support they need.
Capital Law also works closely with its sister consultancy business, Capital People, which specialises in organisational development, human resources, and health and safety.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL:
Capital Law’s established corporate team advises a diverse range of clients - from large international corporates, private equity funds and regional SMEs, to individuals and family and privately owned businesses. The team is used to working on complex and high-profile mergers and acquisitions, often with a crossborder angle, and its corporate lawyers have a proven track record in private equity and venture capital.
Capital Law helps businesses of all shapes and sizes run smoothly, legally, and successfully – whether they need a set of robust commercial contracts, want advice on data protection or need guidance on managing compliance. The team thinks practically, negotiates agreements commercially, and helps its clients navigate the complex mix of commercial laws.
COMMERCIAL DISPUTES
Capital Law’s disputes team is used to handling high-profile commercial and public law claims, often with a multijurisdictional angle. It also advise on investigations, crisis and reputation management and debt recovery.
Building upon its track record of handling high value, complex disputes, Capital Law was the UK’s first law firm to launch its own litigation fund – Capital Dispute Finance. Worth £50m, the fund pays the cost of pursuing the right type of claim so that the firm’s clients don’t have to. It can support those looking to take on a wealthy opponent, individual claimants wishing to join forces in a group action or those who’d prefer not to risk their own funds.
EMPLOYMENT & IMMIGRATION
Capital Law’s employment team handle all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, collective and individual. Its lawyers have niche expertise in business immigration, as well as extensive experience in equality and diversity, data protection, business acquisitions and reorganisations, mediation, TUPE, employee investigations, pensions, trade union law, and disciplinary and grievance procedures.
The team has a strong reputation for high-profile, complex and sensitive employment litigation. It deals with claims in both employment tribunals and the civil courts, often undertaking tribunal advocacy itself to provide clients with consistency of representation from start to finish.
REAL ESTATE
Capital Law’s real estate division gathers experts in commercial property, construction and environmental and planning, real estate finance, and property litigation. The team also has sector experts from across the firm covering energy, education, local government, devolved government, and social housing. It often acts as a bridge between the private and public sectors in large scale projects.
This collaborative approach helps to spot angles that others might miss when helping clients structure deals, manage their assets and portfolio, work on complex development and infrastructure projects, or handle business space deals.
Ranked Offices
Provided by Capital Law Limited
- CardiffCapital Building, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, UK, CF10 4AZ
- Web: www.capitallaw.co.uk
- Tel: 0333 240 0489
- Fax: +44 870 224 9091
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Articles, highlights and press releases
16 items provided by Capital Law Limited
Advising a local authority on a £10m waste recycling facility
In 2018, our client Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council announced their plans to develop a multi-million-pound self-sustainable Eco Park.
International home working: what employers need to know
As a result of the pandemic and the increased ease at which businesses can now operate remotely, many are exploring whether allowing employees to work from, not just the UK but anywhere in the world, is feasible. Here, Angharad Aspinall sums up the key considerations for employers in this position.
Our corporate team recently completed five deals for three different clients.
Advising the BMA on junior doctors case
Our client, the BMA (British Medical Association), asked for help over fears that junior doctors had been subjected to extended working hours and insufficient rest breaks for years, owing to inadequate monitoring of their working conditions.
Capital Law strengthens business crime & investigations practice with new appointment
Capital Law has hired a former Serious Fraud Office lawyer to spearhead its business crime and investigations practice.
Do employees have a right to disconnect?
There has been a lot of conversation around an employee's right to disconnect throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. David Sheppard, from our employment team, explores why it's such a complicated issue, and whether imposing a statutory right could impact workplace culture.
Capital Law welcomes London partner to its Banking & Finance team
James Butters joins Capital after over 20 years at Clifford Chance, where he was a partner in their London and Paris offices.
Five common IP pitfalls SMEs make
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), intellectual property can seem like a daunting subject that is expensive and complicated to tackle. Here, Kellsey Logue and Sarah Morgan explain the common pitfalls business owners make and how to avoid them.
Helping South Wales decarbonisation project to develop
The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC) has been awarded an additional £20m grant from the UK Government for the second phase of the Deployment Project to help decarbonise heavy industry in South Wales. Here’s how we helped the project to develop.
Capital Law advises Glamorgan Telecom Group on acquisition by Onecom
Onecom, the UK’s largest independent business telecommunications provider, has acquired Cardiff-headquartered Glamorgan Telecom Group as part of an ambitious growth strategy designed to triple growth within the next five years.
Capital Law advises on Dog Furiendly angel funding
Dog Furiendly – the travel platform listing dog friendly pubs, cafes, restaurants, shops, accommodation, attractions, and events – has recently secured the backing of a syndicate of South Wales-based angel investors and Angels Invest Wales (part of the Development Bank of Wales).
Advising a local authority on a £10m waste recycling facility
In 2018, our client Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council announced their plans to develop a multi-million-pound self-sustainable Eco Park.
International home working: what employers need to know
As a result of the pandemic and the increased ease at which businesses can now operate remotely, many are exploring whether allowing employees to work from, not just the UK but anywhere in the world, is feasible. Here, Angharad Aspinall sums up the key considerations for employers in this position.
Our corporate team recently completed five deals for three different clients.
Advising the BMA on junior doctors case
Our client, the BMA (British Medical Association), asked for help over fears that junior doctors had been subjected to extended working hours and insufficient rest breaks for years, owing to inadequate monitoring of their working conditions.
Capital Law strengthens business crime & investigations practice with new appointment
Capital Law has hired a former Serious Fraud Office lawyer to spearhead its business crime and investigations practice.
Do employees have a right to disconnect?
There has been a lot of conversation around an employee's right to disconnect throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. David Sheppard, from our employment team, explores why it's such a complicated issue, and whether imposing a statutory right could impact workplace culture.
Capital Law welcomes London partner to its Banking & Finance team
James Butters joins Capital after over 20 years at Clifford Chance, where he was a partner in their London and Paris offices.
Five common IP pitfalls SMEs make
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), intellectual property can seem like a daunting subject that is expensive and complicated to tackle. Here, Kellsey Logue and Sarah Morgan explain the common pitfalls business owners make and how to avoid them.
Helping South Wales decarbonisation project to develop
The South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC) has been awarded an additional £20m grant from the UK Government for the second phase of the Deployment Project to help decarbonise heavy industry in South Wales. Here’s how we helped the project to develop.
Capital Law advises Glamorgan Telecom Group on acquisition by Onecom
Onecom, the UK’s largest independent business telecommunications provider, has acquired Cardiff-headquartered Glamorgan Telecom Group as part of an ambitious growth strategy designed to triple growth within the next five years.
Capital Law advises on Dog Furiendly angel funding
Dog Furiendly – the travel platform listing dog friendly pubs, cafes, restaurants, shops, accommodation, attractions, and events – has recently secured the backing of a syndicate of South Wales-based angel investors and Angels Invest Wales (part of the Development Bank of Wales).