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Spearing Waite LLP

41 FRIAR LANE, LEICESTER, LE1 5RB, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0116 262 4225
Fax:
Fax 0116 251 2009
DX:
10837 LEICESTER-1
Web:
www.spearingwaite.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in East Midlands

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Spearing Waite LLP is a second tier firm,

Spearing Waite LLP delivers a ‘fantastic service’. The team has gained some significant new clients, including Connells, for acquisitions and venture capital investments, and remains active in M&A (including distressed deals), restructurings and commercial agreements in and beyond the region. Martin Smith is ‘excellent: pragmatic and approachable’.

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Spearing Waite LLP is a third tier firm,

Jonathan Wheeler at Spearing Waite LLP leads a 
team covering shareholder, commercial contract, professional negligence and property disputes. He handled a complex loss claim and several high-value breach of contract claims in 2010. Ashwin Mody successfully concluded a multimillion-pound partnership/development dispute.

Finance

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, Spearing Waite LLP is a third tier firm,

Ashwin Mody at Spearing Waite LLP is a litigation expert of choice for insolvency practitioners, and in 2010 handled claims of £1m for wrongful trading and recoveries for creditors on liquidations totaling £2m. The team also acted in 12 administrations and liquidations, including that of Ariel plc.

Human resources

Within Employment, tier 4

Spearing Waite LLP’s Andrew Rowell has a ‘pragmatic approach and the ability to communicate openly, and offers realistic, workable solutions’, and Amanda Badley also has a ‘strong practical approach to resolving issues’. The firm provided training to a number of new high-profile clients in 2010.

Overview

Private client

Within Family, Spearing Waite LLP is a third tier firm,

Spearing Waite LLP has two partners experienced in ancillary relief requiring forensic financial investigations; and complex childcare matters. The firm was instructed on some 120 new matters in 2010.

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Elsewhere in the East Midlands, Spearing Waite LLP is a first tier firm,

Spearing Waite LLP has a ‘dynamic approach’, and acts for clients such as David Wilson Homes, Poundstretcher and new gain Jelson. It is instructed on a variety of matters locally and beyond, recently advising The White Company on the acquisition of new headquarters in London, and Dunelm on the expansion of its Stoke distribution centre. Tom Bower is ‘extremely tenacious, commercial, friendly, pragmatic and knowledgeable’.

Within Property litigation, Spearing Waite LLP is a third tier firm,

Jonathan Wheeler at Spearing Waite LLP gives a ‘frank, honest and open analysis of the issue and the potential remedies’, and acts for a growing number of national retail clients and other commercial landlords.

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Sport, Spearing Waite LLP is a third tier firm,

Spearing Waite LLP acts for local sports clubs on commercial and real estate agreements.

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