‘Great industry knowledge, very responsive.’

‘Harold Brako is a real force in the industry and has significant knowledge and expertise. In addition he’s always calm and measured.’

‘Highly knowledgeable, commercial awareness, quick to respond and provide advice.’

‘Very friendly, amenable and approachable. Harold Brako as partner leads the team with a first class approach.’

‘Addleshaw Goddard is unique in a way that they are very good at the complicated and more challenging cases – attention to detail and well explained advice is always apparent. Billing is always clear and concise. Communication between employees is always great as well.’

‘Harold Brako – affable and consummate professional. Approachable, well connected and discrete.’

‘Harold Brako leads with clear vision. He sees the bigger picture in a case, and so thinks several steps ahead. Harold’s approach is always practical and seasoned with commercial insight. Helen Collinge is extremely hardworking and thorough and is collaborative in her approach to resolving a case. Ashlee Simms is always on the ball and focuses on getting the job done well. She gets to the heart of a legal issue and its implications swiftly.’

‘Harold Brako is a stand-out operator. A strong lawyer with outstanding commercial skills and the ability to communicate effectively with clients. He is very ably supported by the brilliant Helen Collinge and Ashlee Sims.’

‘Easy to deal with. Excellent sector knowledge. Commercial approach to litigation. Great availability of partners and associates. Extremely capable and creative in their approach to dispute resolution. Good access to expertise within other teams.’

‘They are all highly knowledgeable, supportive, tenacious and generally great people to work with.’

‘We deal with Ben Johnson and Mahesh Vara. They both have excellent knowledge of the asset finance sector and I have always found them easy to deal with and very collaborative in their approach. The cases we have referred to them have been progressed promptly and at proportionate cost.’

‘Strong desire to provide exceptional service and the right outcome.’

‘Good experience, knowledge and expertise.’

‘I have been working with DWF for many years on a wide variation of simple and complex cases. They are all highly knowledgeable, supportive and tenacious. I look forward to working them closely in the years to come.’

‘A strong team able to handle large banking disputes, including those with international elements. The team is well resourced and has strength in depth. They have particularly excelled at managing a large counsel team and liaising effectively with the client. Eversheds has the international reach to handle multi-jurisdiction disputes.’

‘James Southworth has good judgement and is very capable. He has made the right calls and works collaboratively with the counsel team and his fellow partners.’

‘Victoria Rogers is a very capable senior associate who has effectively managed large-scale banking litigation.’

‘The team had great depth and breadth of experience in banking work and is comfortable dealing with the most complex and high-profile disputes.’

‘James Southworth works closely with clients to understand their needs and is excellent at coordinating large teams and driving litigation forward.’

‘Very personable team and good diversity of practice backgrounds.’

‘James Southworth is adept at client management and the team has strong personalities and good engagement.’

‘Despite being a large practice, it maintains a very personal approach and you often forget you are dealing with such a large firm. Particularly, I am always impressed with the fact that the telephone is always picked up by the fee earners themselves and there is never a need to leave messages with secretaries or get through gatekeepers. Calls and emails are always returned quickly and the advice is to the point, relevant and efficient.’

‘Our main engagement with the firm is with Sharon Williamson. I find that she is particularly good at gauging level of understanding and delivers her advice consummate to this. Matters are not complicated by legal jargon. Sharon always makes us feel completely confident that the advice and strategy recommended is the correct one, though at the same time she is a great listener, taking account of our aims and goals also. She has delivered great results within reasonable fee margins.’

‘I’ve found them proactive, responsive, communicative and reasonable cost-wise.’

‘I have dealt with Sharon Williamson, who has a deep understanding of the asset-based lending market and can be trusted to provide proportionate and commercial advice, whilst being easy to deal with personally.’

‘An excellent team of hugely committed banking lawyers – and a match for any London city firm.’

‘Anthony Taylor – excellent client service, and great team player. Brilliant at boosting client morale.’

‘Anthony Taylor is exceptionally dedicated to his clients. Really understands the commercial issues and fights hard on his client’s behalf.’

‘The banking litigation team is a pleasure to work with – the client service is excellent and the advice is consistently clear, comprehensive and of an exceptionally high quality, incorporating both success prospects and the commerciality of any claim.’

‘Anthony Taylor is a highly skilled and knowledgeable litigator whose advice is always of exceptional quality. He has a natural talent for identifying the best strategies for successful resolution which leads to outstanding client results and an excellent sense of humour complements a friendly, helpful and proactive approach.’

‘Huge strength in depth; the largest banking litigation team in the North by quite some way and one that can offer across the full spectrum of banking clients’ needs.’

‘An excellent, diverse, and resourceful team that provides a London city level, Rolls Royce quality service, but at a regional cost. I cannot recommend the team highly enough.’

‘Steve Walpole – experienced, direct and well used to dealing with banking clients. Appreciates the wider implications of what, on its face, is small scale litigation, but which has wider ramification for the bank involved.’

‘Competitive with London firms in a range of financial services disputes areas, but at lower cost.’

‘James Chadwick and Chantal Peters have provided some really practical and pragmatic support.’

‘Knowledgeable and efficient litigators, able to deal effectively with litigation of all kinds.’

‘James Chadwick – partner leading from the front; accessible, commercial and knowledgeable about the legal landscape. He is fast becoming the go-to banking litigation partner in the UK, not just the North. A title rectification wizard too; he can get the results others cannot.’

‘Collaboration, flexibility and engagement is strong.’