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Aaron & Partners LLP

GROSVENOR COURT, FOREGATE STREET, CHESTER, CH1 1HG, ENGLAND
Manchester, Chester

What we say about the firm's legal practice in North West

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the North West, Aaron & Partners LLP is a first tier firm,

Headed by Stuart Scott-Goldstone, Aaron & Partners LLP’s three-partner Chester-based team is instructed by an impressive roster of largely SME clients including Meadow Foods, Selwyns Travel and Sanderson. Also active on the venture capital side, the group has advised Liverpool Seed Fund, RisingStars Growth Fund and investee companies on numerous exit and fundraising projects.

Crime, fraud and licensing

Within Licensing Licensing

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation: Elsewhere in the North West, Aaron & Partners LLP is a first tier firm,

Headed by John Devoy, Aaron & Partners LLP’s five-partner team acts for clients such as BAC Florida Bank, Sanderson plc and Southwest Highways, and provides ‘superb attention to detail’. Trefor Jones specialises in construction matters, and continues to receive numerous instructions from Welsh Water plc.

Within Debt recovery, Aaron & Partners LLP is a second tier firm,

Aaron & Partners LLP won instructions to act on behalf of the BAC Florida Bank to recover mortgage shortfalls in investment properties purchased by UK citizens. Department head Kerry Davies is recommended.

Finance

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, tier 5

The ‘practical and incisive’ Nick Clarke at Aaron & Partners LLP is noted for insolvency litigation.

Human resources

Within Employment, Aaron & Partners LLP is a third tier firm,

Aaron & Partners LLP acted for local and international companies on tribunal claims and several complex TUPE transfer issues, and has also appointed several new fee-earners. Practice head Helen Watson has ‘excellent legal skills, clarity of advice and superb client care’; and Claire Brook is ‘highly competent and works hard and successfully for her clients’.

Insurance

Within Professional negligence Professional negligence

Private client

Within Agriculture and estates, Aaron & Partners LLP is a first tier firm,

Aaron & Partners LLP maintains a broad practice led by Richard Forrester. Recent work includes acting for farming partnerships and companies in refinancing matters, and dealing with options for the development of agricultural land and rights of pre-emption.

Within Charities, Aaron & Partners LLP is a second tier firm,

Aaron & Partners LLP is noted for its ‘tailored service’. The highly recommended Simon Ellis deals with non-contentious charity work, with a focus on charity property.

Within Family, Aaron & Partners LLP is a third tier firm,

Aaron & Partners LLP delivers a ‘fantastic level of service’. New head of department Richard Barge, who arrived from West Midlands firm FBC Manby Bowdler LLP, is ‘very cool and calm under stressful situations’.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Aaron & Partners LLP is a second tier firm,

Recent work for the strong team at Aaron & Partners LLP includes advising on an agricultural estate administration, involving an ongoing trust; and lifetime succession planning with a landed estate. Head of the team Clive Pointon is well known for his work as a Court of Protection panel receiver. David Cooney left to join Gorvins.

Public sector

Within Local government Local government

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Elsewhere in the North West, Aaron & Partners LLP is a second tier firm,

At Aaron & Partners LLP, Manchester-based development expert Colin Rowe has particular strength in urban regeneration projects, and continues to advise Cheshire West and Chester Council in projects relating to the regeneration of the town centre. The Chester team, headed by Richard Forrester, acts for Welsh Water.

Within Planning and environment, tier 4

At Aaron & Partners LLP, Richard Forrester has ‘vast experience in the waste regulation and waste planning sector’.

Within Property litigation, Aaron & Partners LLP is a third tier firm,

John Devoy and Richard Forrester at Aaron & Partners LLP are recommended.

Transport

Within Transport, Aaron & Partners LLP is a third tier firm,

Aaron & Partners LLP undertakes a significant amount of public inquiry work for commercial vehicle operators. Tim Culpin and his team have expertise in all sectors of the logistics industry.

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