Nabarro is a major commercial law firm renowned for its positive and practical approach to its clients’ business needs. It operates in a number of industry sectors and legal disciplines with a single aim: to deliver the highest quality legal advice as clearly and concisely as possible, no matter how complex the situation.
The firm: Nabarro is an energetic, growing partnership with around 550 fee-earners, offering a broad range of legal services to major national and international clients. The firm’s headquarters are in central London, with offices in Sheffield, Brussels and Singapore. The firm draws on longstanding relationships with a network of selected firms worldwide for its cross-border work.
Clients range from FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies to private, growing businesses and the public sector. Nabarro has achieved noteworthy client wins in the financial and services sectors in the last couple of years, alongside a very loyal client base.
Types of work undertaken: The firm’s core business areas are corporate/commercial, real estate, dispute resolution and projects (incorporating energy/construction/public sector), all of which are supported by a range of specialist practice areas (see opposite).
Corporate/commercial: the department deals with mergers and acquisitions, flotations, fundraisings, venture capital, management buyouts and buyins, funds and indirect investment, EU competition law, financial services regulation, intellectual property, tax, healthcare and environment. The firm is also a leader in banking and finance transactions for domestic and international banks and other major financial institutions.
Real estate: Nabarro has one of the UK’s largest and most active commercial property departments, handling some of the most complex and technically demanding commercial and legal challenges in the industry. The group is complemented by leading real estate funds, planning, construction, environment, finance, tax and property litigation teams, advising developers, owners and investors, as well as corporate occupiers. With its major UK and international clients, the group has been at the forefront of key developments in the sector and was shortlisted for awards recently.
Dispute resolution: Nabarro has a range of skilled, specialist dispute resolution teams, including corporate, tax, financial services, property, competition, pensions, IP and IT, employment, insolvency, asset raising, environment, disease, health and safety, defamation and construction, all delivering first-class, commercial advice to clients in all areas of dispute resolution. The dispute resolution department provides the expertise and critical mass to handle complex, high-value, domestic and multi-jurisdictional disputes including cross-border insolvencies, international project arbitration and financial service litigation arising out of the credit crisis.
Projects: the projects group brings together specialists in infrastructure, construction and engineering, energy (including renewables), transport, housing, waste, health, education and public sector. The firm has a strong reputation in PPP and PFI, having successfully completed a large number of projects of this type both in the UK and abroad.
Other areas: the firm has extensive expertise and experience in specialist practice areas and sectors (see opposite), including banking, defence, healthcare, employment, environment, restructuring and insolvency, intellectual property, technology, personal injury and pensions.
International: Nabarro has an office in Brussels and in Singapore. In Europe, it has an alliance with GSK Stockmann & Kollegen in Germany, August & Debouzy in France and Nunziante Magrone in Italy. It also has well-established relationships with other leading law firms in Europe, Asia, the USA and other regions around the world.
Other offices: Brussels, Singapore.
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