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Field Seymour Parkes LLP

1 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4QW, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0118 951 6200
Fax:
Fax 0118 950 2704
DX:
4001 READING-1
Web:
www.fsp-law.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in South East

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, tier 4

With expertise in tax, corporate restructurings and private equity, the ‘excellent’ team at Field Seymour Parkes ‘communicates effectively’ and is ‘consistently accurate and professional’. The group’s response times ‘exceed expectations’, and practice head Mary Pears is ‘competent, intelligent, consistent and dedicated’. ‘Pragmatic and commercial’ partners Jeremy Parkes and Ian Wood-Smith are also recommended. Key clients include Sackville Property Developments.

Crime, fraud and licensing

Within Licensing Licensing

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Field Seymour Parkes LLP is a third tier firm,

The ‘proactive and creative’ team at Field Seymour Parkes delivers ‘exceptional standards of service’. The team advised Gold Group Properties in a £9m claim against Barratt Homes. Bill Dixon is ‘extremely clever and has a good understanding of the law’. The ‘solution-focused’ Joe Lott is ‘especially strong’, and Elizabeth Mehdevy is also recommended.

Within Debt recovery , tier 4

2010 saw Field Seymour Parkes obtain large recoveries for both longstanding and new clients, and strengthen its ties with professional services clients.

Finance

Within Banking and finance Banking and finance

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery Insolvency and corporate recovery

Human resources

Within Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Field Seymour Parkes LLP is a second tier firm,

With an ‘excellent level of knowledge and skills’, Field Seymour Parkes’ employment law team provides ‘invaluable support’, and was further strengthened by the arrival of ‘excellent’ practice head Jacqueline McDermott, who joined from Pitmans LLP in 2010. It recently advised a management consultancy firm in a wrongful dismissal claim brought by a former employee, and also assisted a company in a High Court breach of contract claim. Rachel Tozer is recommended.

Overview

Private client

Within Agriculture and estates Agriculture and estates

Within Charities Charities

Within Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Field Seymour Parkes LLP is a third tier firm,

Field Seymour Parkes is ‘technically very strong and able to deliver services in a human way’. With ‘impressive knowledge’, Michelle Mann has a ‘very calming persona’. Susan Baker is recommended.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Field Seymour Parkes LLP is a second tier firm,

‘Very professional, knowledgeable and understanding’, Field Seymour Parkes has experience in estate planning work following business disposals. Consultant Robert Watsham and Sue Vandersteen are recommended.

Public sector

Within Education Education

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40, Field Seymour Parkes LLP is a first tier firm,

Field Seymour Parkes has ‘good, in-depth knowledge of the marketplace’. In 2010, it advised Bewley Homes and Development Securities in a joint venture for a £10m redevelopment scheme. Marcus Francis and James Burgess are recommended, and Dean Bickford is ‘approachable and professional’.

Within Construction Construction

Within Planning Planning

Within Social housing Social housing

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Intellectual property Intellectual property

Within IT and telecoms IT and telecoms

Within Sport Sport

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