What we say about the firm's legal practice in East Midlands
Corporate and commercial
Within Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Roythornes LLP is a third tier firm,
At Roythornes LLP, Paul Tate has 25 years’ experience in company/commercial matters. Recent work for the team includes a reorganisation of a property developer, and a £42m share sale of a hotel operating company. It also advised on the establishment of food producer organisations.
Dispute resolution
Within Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby, tier 4
Roythornes LLP has experience across a wide variety of cases in the agriculture, food, property/construction and manufacturing sectors. Marie Evans is now at Shakespeares, while Andrew Shipley has joined from Nelsons Solicitors Limited.
Within Debt recovery , Roythornes LLP is a second tier firm,
Roythornes LLP advises blue-chip, utility and factoring companies, large multinationals, and accountancy firms, and has recently launched a pre-legal collections service.
Insurance
Within Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant, Roythornes LLP is a third tier firm,
Roythornes LLP is a member of several insurance panels for personal injury, and has niche expertise in claims by service personnel. Highlights in 2010 included a ‘complex regional pain syndrome’ settlement for £1.3m, handled by newly promoted partner Victoria Stevenson.
Overview
Private client
Within Agriculture and estates, Roythornes LLP is a first tier firm,
Roythornes LLP delivers ‘top-end technical knowledge in a commercial manner’ through a strong team headed by the ‘very capable’ Vember Mortlock, who specialises in advising estate owners on strategic matters. Tom Foottit has ‘acknowledged expertise’ in the sale and purchase of farms; Simeon Disley is a ‘pre-eminent conveyancer’ for high-value land; and ‘superb agriculture and estates lawyer’ Graham Smith has a ‘broad knowledge base and a really thoughtful approach’.
Within Family, Roythornes LLP is a second tier firm,
‘Helpful, diligent, competent and tenacious’, FILEX Nick Ingrey at Roythornes LLP is ‘every bit as capable as a number of smart London solicitors’.
Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Roythornes LLP is a second tier firm,
Roythornes LLP’s growing team is now headed by Jarred Wright, following Graham England’s retirement. It continues to provide an ‘excellent’ service to clients in the agricultural sector on tax and settlement matters affecting complex estates.
Real estate
Within Commercial property: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Roythornes LLP is a second tier firm,
Roythornes LLP’s practice includes sales and purchases of rural and agricultural land for development.
Within Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby, Roythornes LLP is a third tier firm,
A recent highlight for Fran Muldoon and Andrew Czajka at Roythornes LLP was advising on the property aspects of the construction of a £300m biomass power station.
Within Environment, Roythornes LLP is a third tier firm,
Roythornes LLP’s environmental expertise includes mineral extraction matters.
Within Property litigation, Roythornes LLP is a third tier firm,
Agricultural disputes specialist Alan Plummer at Roythornes LLP recently obtained vacant possession for the development of a £300m energy park.
Within Social housing , Roythornes LLP is a third tier firm,
Roythornes LLP acts for seven registered providers in Lincolnshire on the purchase, development and sale of sites; right to buy/acquire; and all aspects of large-scale housing management, including litigation.