Karen Dobson > Sherrards Solicitors LLP > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile
Sherrards Solicitors LLP Offices
4 BEACONSFIELD ROAD
ST ALBANS
AL1 3RD
England
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Karen Dobson
Work Department
Commercial litigation and insolvency
Position
Partner in the commercial litigation and dispute resolution department and head of corporate recovery and insolvency. Karen handles a full range of commercial disputes with particular expertise in insolvency and insolvency-related litigation, banking litigation and asset finance litigation. She also has expertise in professional negligence claims. Her commercial and practical hands-on approach ensures that she has high levels of repeat business. Key clients include Aurora Leasing Limited, Habibsons Bank Plc, FRP Advisory LLP, Begbies Traynor, BDO, Quantuma LLP and Kingston Smith and Partners LLP.
Chambers & Partners report: “She is not just commercially savvy but really sharp in her legal analysis and has very good instincts for cases. She is actually invested and cares about her cases”. She is particularly recognised for her expertise in insolvency disputes.
Career
Qualified in 2004 having started her career in 1984 as a legal executive with Taylor Walton.
Joined Sherrards from Jacques and Lewis (now Eversheds) in 1991.
Memberships
Member of R3 Association of Business Recovery and Turnaround.
Education
St Albans Girls Grammar School
London Guildhall University (2002 Common Professional Examinations Diploma)
The University of Hertfordshire (2004 Diploma in Legal Practice, Distinction (Law Society prize for outstanding student).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Praised for its ‘serious, rigorous, but inventive approach‘, the St Albans-based practice at Sherrards Solicitors LLP is proficient in dispensing advice on a variety of areas, including high-value asset disputes, white-collar defence, and trust disputes. Practice head Paul Marmor has extensive experience in international banking and finance disputes with the ‘rigour of a classic commercial litigator‘, while the ‘excellent and creative‘ Marta Grieve primarily handles matters relating to the CIS and eastern Europe regions. Karen Dobson leads on matters concerning contentious insolvencies and professional negligence claims, and the ‘excellent and extremely professional‘ Barney Laurence frequently appears before the High Court and the Commercial Court in restraint of trade injunctions within the franchising sector.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx