Matthew Fidler > Tyr > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Tyr
2 The Embankment
Sovereign Street
LEEDS
LS1 4BA
England

Work Department

Commercial Litigation

Position

Matthew is a founding Partner and co-department head of the Commercial Litigation team at Tyr.

Matthew specialises in complex commercial disputes with particular experience of investor disputes, director/officer misfeasance, financial services disputes, civil fraud and competition litigation. His work has spanned a range of industry sectors including financial services, retail, technology, heavy industry, automotive, aeronautical and the public sector working for a range of clients from large multi-national corporates to individual entrepreneurs and investors.  He has also acted on a number of large group actions.

Career

Matthew founded the Commercial Litigation team at Tyr with Alistair Kennedy in 2019. Matthew trained and worked at Addleshaw Goddard between 2005 and 2012 and Stewarts between 2012 and 2017, before joining Schofield Sweeney as a Partner in 2017.

Education

University of Leicester (LLB), College of Law, Chester (LPC)

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire

The team at Tyr has a ‘collection of high-quality litigation lawyers’ that provides ‘high level litigation advice across all areas at competitive regional rates’. Complex class actions and alternative funding models across sectors are a strength of the team. ‘No nonsense tough litigator’ Matthew Fidler  leads the team alongside Alistair Kennedy, with the two noted as ‘a pleasure to work with’.