Longmores Solicitors

Managing Partners: Richard Gvero and Chris Pease
Number of partners: 10
Number of lawyers: 16 solicitors + 7 associates
Languages:English

Firm Overview:
Longmores Solicitors is a progressive firm of specialist solicitors renowned for its professional yet personal service that has been advising businesses and individuals for over 200 years. Longmores help individuals and families to buy and sell homes, resolve disputes, with employment related issues, divorce, relationships and children issues, and with their wills, trusts and inheritance matters. Also, Longmores work with businesses across numerous industry sectors from smaller enterprises to market leaders on all aspects of their commercial matters including property, company and commercial, disputes, employment and rural land.

Main Areas of Practice:
Commercial Property
Company Commercial
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Family
Residential Property
Private Client
Property Disputes
Rural Land
Insolvency
Intellectual Property

Commercial Property:
2 partners and 3 solicitors based in Hertford
All aspects of commercial property transactions including acquisition and disposal of business premises; property development agreements; promotion and option agreements (including overage); business leases; and landlord and tenant advice. The team has a specialism in dealing with rural land transactions.
Contact: Rachael Spalton
Tel: 01992 305215
Email: [email protected]

Company Commercial:
2 partners and 2 solicitors based in Hertford
Acting for corporate and commercial clients across numerous industry sectors. The firm’s expertise includes business sales and purchases; mergers and acquisitions; company formations and reorganisations; joint ventures; shareholder agreements; share buybacks; share option schemes; commercial contracts; software licensing, IT service and outsourcing agreements; intellectual property; partnerships and LLP agreements.
Contact: Daniel Burns
Tel: 01992 305234
Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:
2 partners, 4 solicitors and 1 associate based in Hertford
Most aspects of commercial litigation (and some private litigation) are undertaken. The team has higher courts advocacy expertise and includes a mediator and an arbitrator. Specialist experience of search orders and other emergency remedies is offered. The team has significant expertise in matters involving the recruitment industry. Within the department is a team of specialists dealing with property disputes acting for landlords, tenants and developers.
Contact: John Wiblin
Tel: 01992 305252
Email: [email protected]

Employment:
1 partner and 1 solicitor based in Hertford
The specialist team deals with all aspects of employment law, contentious and non-contentious, and provides comprehensive support for HR departments. It also specialises in post-termination restrictions and TUPE. The team has developed a niche in the recruitment and education sectors.
Contact: Richard Gvero
Tel: 01992 305210
Email: [email protected]

Family:
1 partner and 1 solicitor based in Hertford
Advising clients on divorce and separation; pre and post nuptial agreements; cohabitation agreements; dissolution of civil partnerships; financial provision; protective injunctions; and child related disputes. The team work with other solicitors within the firm on issues such as tax, trusts and company law and have access to a network of experts outside the legal field. The solicitors are members of Resolution.
Contact: Tracey Dargan
Tel: 01992 305203
Email: [email protected]

Residential Property:
1 partner, 1 solicitor and 1 associate based in Hertford
Specialist residential property solicitors with broad experience dealing with all kinds of properties, ranging from listed buildings to new builds. The team helps clients with buying and selling homes; remortgages; holiday and buy-to-let investments; disputes; shared ownership; and transfer of equity.
Contact: Chris Pease
Tel: 01992 305225
Email: [email protected]

Private Client:
1 partner, 4 solicitors and 4 associates based in Hertford
Acting for individuals, including those with business and agricultural interests, providing advice on inheritance tax planning, wills, trusts and powers of attorney as well as the administration of estates and charitable giving. Within the team are solicitors specialising in issues affecting older and vulnerable people such as Court of Protection matters, care funding decisions, issues around capacity and Lifetime Trusts. All the solicitors are full members of STEP (Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners).
Contact: Richard Horwood
Tel: 01992 305223
Email: [email protected]