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Debenhams Ottaway

St Albans Office

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Managing Partner: Susan Glenholme

Number of partners: 18

Fee earners: 52

Firm Overview:

Debenhams Ottaway works with individuals, families and businesses in Hertfordshire, London and across the UK, helping them make the most of new possibilities or deal with unexpected challenges at home or in business. Debenhams Ottaway’s long and successful history as a leading private wealth adviser is now matched by the reputation of its corporate, real estate and litigation teams which work with medium-sized businesses, owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs in a range of sectors including healthcare, real estate and charities.

Debenhams Ottaway has a strong and loyal client base. Clients are regularly asked for feedback on their experience of working with the team at with Debenhams Ottaway.It uses the Net Promoter Score, as a benchmark and has one of the highest scores in the legal sector.

Main Areas of Work:

Corporate and commercial:

Acquisitions and disposals, banking, finance and loan agreements, business structuring, commercial contracts.

Main contact: Andrew Yates

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 735617

Dispute resolution:

Boardroom disputes, company dissolutions, contractual disputes, banking litigation, professional negligence, alternative dispute resolution, real estate disputes, commercial creditor services.

Main Contact: Juliet Schalker

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 735618

Employment:

Contract preparation and policy guidance, disciplinaries and grievances, workplace discrimination, unfair and wrongful dismissal, employment tribunal and court representation, redundancy and restructuring programmes, restrictive covenants and data thefts, board level advice, settlement agreements.

Main Contact: Louise Attrup

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 735663

Family:

Divorce and separation, civil partnership dissolution, financial disputes, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, living together and cohabitation agreements, child arrangements including international relocation, collaborative law, surrogacy.

Main Contact: Helen Young

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 738212

Insolvency and restructuring:

Office holder claims, defending director actions, distressed creditor actions, formal insolvency procedures, debt advisory and restructuring.

Main Contact: Alexander Neale

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 735650

Private client:

Protecting and managing wealth through inheritance tax, estate planning and estate administration., setting up and administering trusts, lasting powers of attorney, Court of Protection and professional deputyship services, Wills, trusts and inheritance disputes.

Main Contact: Claire Sharp

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Commercial Real estate:

Landlord and tenant work, property development, sales and purchases of owner occupied and investment property, secured lending, residential conveyancing.

Main Contact: Ruth Boulton, Jonathan Foy

Email: [email protected] , [email protected]

Telephone: 01923 289917, 01727 735630

Private wealth:

Main Contact: Susan Glenholme

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 735636

Private wealth disputes:

Main Contact: Susan Glenholme

Residential property:

Main contact: Nigel Drake

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01727 735602

Key clients include Brook Street (UK) Limited, Dermal Laboratories Limited, St Albans Diocesan Board of Finance, Stratton Land, The Church Lands Trust, Veruth Holdings, Seva Care Home Group and Luxottica North Europe Limited.







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UK - Head office
Ivy House, 107 St Peter's Street, St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, AL1 3EW

Web: www.debenhamsottaway.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01727 837161

Fax: 01727 830506