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Commercial litigation - The West Country
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- ASHFORDS LLP Exeter, Plymouth
- MICHELMORES LLP Exeter
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- BOND PEARCE LLP Plymouth
- FOOT ANSTEY Exeter, Taunton, Truro and Plymouth
- STEPHENS SCOWN Exeter, St Austell, Truro
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- Follett Stock Truro
- Kitson Hutchings Solicitors Exeter, Torquay
- Porter Dodson Taunton, Yeovil
- The Stokes Partnership Crewkerne
: Exeter-based partner Antony Lee leads the ‘knowledgeable and responsive team‘ at Ashfords LLP. He delivers ‘practical advice given in a clear, jargon-free manner‘. Clients include Lloyds TSB, National Grid Gas plc and South West Water. Managing partner David Beadel leads the Plymouth team. Exeter-based sports specialist Rory Mac Neice is also recommended.
Tim Richards leads the two-partner team at Michelmores LLP, which is consistently praised by clients for its high level of industry awareness. It has specialised experience in IT and IP disputes: recent highlights include advising one of the country’s leading sports events organisers in prosecuting a trade mark infringement action against an international sports company. Simon Barnett has particular expertise in acting for higher education institutions dealing with professional negligence and commercial litigation claims.
Praised for the ‘clarity of his advice‘, the ‘approachable and personable‘ Gareth Kagan is the national head of litigation for Bond Pearce LLP. Key clients include the Post Office and Hutchison 3G UK.
David Turner leads the growing eight-partner team at Foot Anstey, which in 2008 recruited several associates from Bond Pearce LLP. Headline clients include Columbus Financial Advisers, Hitachi Capital and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU). Tony Jaffa is renowned for his contentious IP experience. Truro-based Toby Claridge and Exeter-based Angus McNicol are also recommended.
Stephens Scown fields an ‘exceptional‘ six-partner practice led by the ‘unfailingly knowledgeable, competent and efficient‘ Chris Harper in Exeter and Philip Snell in St Austell. Associate Brian Dolan heads work in Truro. Noteworthy clients include Friends Provident Group, South West Regional Development Agency, Fulfords Estate Agents and St Austell Brewery Co.
Chris Lingard leads Follett Stock’s two-partner team. In 2008, the team advised on disputes valued at £40m.
James Cross is a ‘hard-nosed, pragmatic litigator‘ who heads the three-partner team at Kitson Hutchings Solicitors. ‘Gifted deal-maker‘ Andrew Perkins displays ‘well-developed commercial acumen in getting to the root of a problem‘.
Stephen Wray has significant property litigation experience, and leads Porter Dodson’s ‘impressive‘ two-partner team.
The Stokes Partnership’s highly regarded commercial dispute resolution team is led by managing partner Michael Williamson.