59-60 RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 4HP, ENGLAND
- Tel:
- Work 020 7631 4141
- Fax:
- Fax 020 7636 5369
- Web:
- www.bishopandsewell.co.uk
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Bishop & Sewell is a successful, central London-based practice which provides a full range of legal services for corporate and private clients. The firm’s client base includes property developers, private and quoted companies, banks, corporate executives, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.
The firm: The firm has been established for 32 years and continues to expand its main practice areas in support of a growing private and commercial client base. Bishop & Sewell is known for its friendly, responsive and professional culture, backed by a commercial approach to problem solving. Each specialist area is partner-led, delivering highly personalised services and supported by well co-ordinated teams of versatile and talented people. To achieve client goals, the firm’s focus is on understanding matters in the broader context of the client’s business or personal affairs. Developing strong, personal relationships with clients is central to the firm’s approach.
Types of work undertaken: The firm offers a wide breadth of corporate and commercial legal advice, mergers and acquisitions, property, disposals, litigation, dispute resolution, insolvency and employment. For the private client, services include company, high-value residential conveyancing, tax, trusts and probate, wealth management, charities and a family law service with expertise in divorce, property, financial and children disputes, whether through the courts or by collaborative law practice.
The firm’s commercial property team undertakes work including property development, investment and property finance. The firm also has a landlord and tenant practice, with a particular focus on leasehold reform and enfranchisement and is one of the leading firms in the central London residential property market providing domestic conveyancing in London and nationwide.
Bishop & Sewell’s corporate commercial team offers a broad range of advice, including financial, that is typically required by both small and large businesses, including commercial contracts, insolvency and reorganisations, intellectual property, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, private equity finance, shareholders’ agreements and arrangements, stock exchange and securities, regulation and taxation.
The firm provides litigation and dispute resolution services, whether they be by way of arbitration, litigation or mediation, for the private and commercial client in a wide range of disputes, including insolvency.
Breakdown of work %
Property 39
Corporate/commercial 10.75
Litigation/dispute resolution 10.75
Private client and family 23
Landlord and tenant 16.5
Number of UK partners 10
Number of other UK fee-earners 18
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