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Litigation

North West

11 Years Ranked

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Provided by Geraldine Ryan

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Geraldine leads the Commercial Litigation team in CMS’s Manchester office. With over 30 years’ experience of handling all types of high-profile, high-value and complex litigation, including arbitration and judicial review, Geraldine specialises in commercial dispute resolution, contractual and negligence disputes and also has a particular specialism in reputation risk, defamation and contractual termination advice.

Always keen to see the commercial angles and alive to costs risks and reduction, she has been praised by clients for her “highly responsive and valuable advice”. When appropriate she has represented clients in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court but believes on a focus of getting the best commercial result and on using ADR to resolve matters.

Particular interest in reputation risk and investigations. Geraldine has acted on a number of reported cases.

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Geraldine Ryan offers clients deep expertise in complex litigation, particularly contractual and negligence disputes. She also acts on defamation cases and assists with reputation management issues.

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