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McGuireWoods London LLP

11 PILGRIM STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6RN, ENGLAND
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Work 020 7632 1600
Fax:
Fax 020 7632 1638
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www.mcguirewoods.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Corporate and commercial

Within M&A: smaller deals up to £50m, McGuireWoods LLP is a second tier firm,

McGuireWoods London LLP is praised for its ‘excellent and attentive service’, and a raft of its partners attract high praise from clients, including Mehboob Dossa, Robert Rakison, Mark Langford and Richard Beresford. Its stock in trade is deals with an international flavour; over 80% of its mandates involve at least one foreign party. It recently acted for NYSE-listed Teledyne Technologies on its $52m acquisition of AIM-listed company Intelek.

Dispute resolution

Within Commercial litigation, tier 5

Herbert Smith LLP ‘delivers what you would expect from the country’s best all-round commercial litigators’. Recent work includes advising an insolvent Swiss company in relation to English law claims against Lehman Brothers affiliates. Sonya Leydecker heads the practice; and Robert Hunter, Kevin Lloyd and Ted Greeno are highly rated. Hardeep Nahal left for McGuireWoods London LLP.

Human resources

Within Employment,

Hogan Lovells International LLP’s team has ‘great expertise’. It is headed by David Harper, who recently deployed his ‘tremendous experience in difficult employment disputes’ for an energy sector client in the employment tribunal. Elizabeth Slattery has ‘great judgement in high-value employment litigation’, notably senior executive remuneration cases in the financial services sector. Jonathan Maude and Marian Bloodworth left in 2010.

Private client

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, tier 5

Helena Whitmore and Anders Grundberg head the team at McGuireWoods London LLP, which has ‘a refreshingly proactive and innovative outlook’ on international and UK tax work.

Real estate

Within Commercial property, tier 7

McGuireWoods London LLP’s Petar Orlic is ‘commercial and efficient’. The team undertakes plenty of deals in the £10m-£50m range, for clients including HSBC and Manolo Blahnik International.

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