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Clarion Solicitors LLP

BRITANNIA CHAMBERS, 4 OXFORD PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 3AX
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Work 0113 246 0622
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Fax 0113 246 7488
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26427 LEEDS PARK SQUARE
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www.clarionsolicitors.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Yorkshire and the Humber

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire:, tier 4

Clarion Solicitors LLP’s corporate offering is led by Richard Moran. This strong regional practice is recognised as up and coming in the market, having handled some good work over the past year, including advising the shareholders of WB White Foundry on its multimillion-pound disposal to the management. New clients for 2008 included Academy Leisure and the Cedar Court Hotels Group.

Crime, fraud and licensing

Within Crime, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a first tier firm,

The following firms are on the Legal Services Commission’s Very High Cost Case (VHCC) panel: Ashton Morton Slack; Cartwright King; Clarion Solicitors LLP; Howells LLP; Irwin Mitchell LLP; O’Garra’s; and Tates Solicitors.

Within Crime, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a first tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP acts on fraud, regulatory and general crime cases, with Rob Rode a key Leeds market player. Recently recruiting Roger Brown from Duncan Lewis & Co, the firm has acted on insider dealing, health and safety, and money laundering cases, as well as the SFO Balfour Beatty investigation.

Finance

Within Banking and finance, tier 5

Clarion Solicitors LLP received instructions from HSBC after being appointed to its panel in 2008, including advising it on the provision of property development facilities to Earnstone Developments. Christian Hunt is recommended.

Within Insolvency and corporate recovery, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a third tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP advised on a broad mix of retail, leisure, property and manufacturing administrations and restructurings. Ryan Millmore has strong involvement under head of department Roger Hutton.

Private client

Within Agriculture and estates, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a second tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP’s head of real estate Martin Grange advises estate clients that include The Outward Bound Trust and Camp Hill Estate in North Yorkshire. Sara Rogers acts for estates in the north of England.

Within Family: Leeds and West Yorkshire, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a third tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP’s Mark Burns recently represented a wife in complex ancillary relief proceedings, involving a husband in prison for mortgage fraud. Formerly department head at Shulmans, Justine Osmotherley has joined the team.

Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a third tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP’s Sara Rogers advises on wealth management, estate and tax planning issues, with a niche in advice to the elderly and disabled.

Real estate

Within Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire:, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a third tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP’s team ‘has superb product knowledge, is personable and very friendly, with a real positive can-do attitude’. Martin Grange’s group handled some weighty property insolvency work over the past year, and leveraged some significant work from the firm’s corporate recovery department. The group was boosted with the arrival of James Lawson from Eversheds LLP last year.

TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

Within Intellectual property and information technology, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a second tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP has acted for clients including the FA Premier League in precedent-setting IP disputes, and maintains strong cross-disciplinary IP/IT expertise in the form of ‘experienced’ practitioner Clive Lawrence.

Within Media and entertainment, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a first tier firm,

Clive Lawrence at Clarion Solicitors LLP acts for regional clients including performance companies and Country Publications. New client AME Worldwide instructed the firm in relation to internet protocol television.

Within Sport, Clarion Solicitors LLP is a second tier firm,

Clarion Solicitors LLP continues to act for the FA Premier League, Liverpool FC and Arsenal FC in relation to IP disputes. Other clients include Star Sportswear. Clive Lawrence heads the practice.

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