Partnership: Contentious
UK-wide
5 years ranked
Provided by Fox & Partners
Dean has more than 30 years’ experience advising on partnership, employment and shareholder disputes. He counsels professional firms, individual partners, employers, directors, companies and shareholders on their rights and obligations, focussing on high-value matters involving regulatory, financial and reputational risk.
Dean has a wealth of knowledge, having acted for employers, LLP members and employees in relation to a wide variety of issues, including team moves, partnership disputes, restrictive covenants, wrongful dismissal, breach of contract, discrimination and whistleblowing complaints. He has extensive experience in the employment aspects of private equity, M&A and outsourcing transactions.
Dean regularly advises on the corporate aspects of employment and partnership law, advising on partnership conversions and ensuring firms’ constitutional documents, codes of conduct and business models are fit for purpose. He’s praised by clients for his pragmatic and solution-driven approach.
Senior Assistant Solicitor, Ashurst; Associate, Maclay Murray & Spens LLP; Partner, Fox & Partners.
Professional experience includes: non-Council member of the Law Society Remuneration Committee; sitting on a peer review panel for Oxford University Press.
Member of the Industrial Law Society, Association of Partnership Practitioners and Employment Lawyers Association.
Dean has written articles for various national and legal media and has featured on the firm’s own ‘Foxed’ podcast.
Provided by Chambers
Provided by Chambers
Dean was extremely responsive and able to advise on the commercial and legal issues in play on short notice.
Dean is strong, experienced and calm. He provides good counsel.
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