Matthew Leverton > Harbottle & Lewis LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices
7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Matthew Leverton
Work Department
Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Matthew is a Partner with wide-ranging litigation and dispute resolution experience.
He is routinely instructed on high value commercial disputes acting for clients operating in a variety of sectors, including technology, engineering, financial services, entertainment, sport, fashion and retail. He has significant experience in representing private individuals (including ultra-high net worth individuals) in connection with contentious issues of all kinds, acting to protect those individuals’ assets, property, information and personal interests. Matthew also has extensive contentious property experience, representing clients of all kinds in respect of their property interests and disputes.
He also advises companies, individuals, and office holders on contentious insolvency issues and co-heads the firm’s Restructuring and Insolvency group.
Career
- Trained at Travers Smith LLP, qualified in 2007.
- Made partner at Harbottle & Lewis in 2018
Memberships
- i-Tech Law
- Law Society
Education
- 1993-1998: Westminster School
- 1998-2002: Oxford University (Wadham College) (MA Classics)
- 2003-2005: College of Law (Bloomsbury) (GDL and LPC)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
Harbottle & Lewis LLP‘s ‘really excellent litigation group’ is able to leverage the firm’s specialisms in media, technology and entertainment. The team also acts in retail and finance-related disputes, and routinely represents HNW clients from the firm’s widely respected private capital practice. The commercial litigation department is led by dispute resolution specialist Sandi Simons
. Louis Castellani is ‘a very shrewd senior litigator’ and Matthew Leverton regularly handles interim relief applications and trial litigation. Sofie Hoffman is an international contentious trust and probate expert. The practice further includes commercial litigators Georgina Long and Lizzie Williams, who are ‘both very experienced practitioners’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers