Pannone Corporate LLP > Manchester, England > Firm Profile

‘We have been very happy with Pannone Corporate LLP and their services/staff. We highly recommend Pannone Corporate LLP for anyone who needs advice and assistance with contentious trusts and probate services.’

‘Jonny Scholes is professional, extremely knowledgeable in the field of contentious trusts and probate disputes and is a pleasure to work with. He is understanding, listens to our needs and adapts accordingly. We highly recommend Jonny Scholes for advice and services in contentious trusts and dispute resolution matters.’

‘This company really does work together to get the best advice and knowledge to give the client the best service and outcome.’

‘I feel really fortunate I had Johnny Scholes and Elizabeth Walsh as my representatives they always took into account what I had been through.’

‘Pannone has a strong and established market presence in this field.’

‘Nicola Marchant is very experienced in trusts and probate work. She builds exceptionally good client relationships.’

‘Pannone are highly professional, committed and thorough. Very personable and highly experienced, they cleverly see around corners and help protect concepts, IP and business projects for the future. Good to have alongside any venture.’

‘I appreciate Amy Chandler’s smart, dedicated and deep understanding of complex IP projects and superb insights and advices.’

‘The team assigned to projects works seamlessly so that there is a continuum of service provision, from partner to manager to associate. They anticipate client needs well, look for ways to reduce client workloads, and translate legal “jargon” efficiently to help client understanding of situations/implications and present options. Where direction/opinion is needed, they will offer it without hesitation.’

‘Tom Hall and Arshnoor Amershi – highly collaborative, listen to clients effectively and demonstrate high commitment throughout the project, sticking to deadlines and working well in multi-disciplinary teams (across multiple parties). Tom is a strong leader and facilitator.’

‘The team has been extremely aware of our business and the position it found itself in. The corporate and commercial team worked to help us keep everyone co-ordinated and at the same time provided sound commercial and corporate advice.’

‘Tim Hamilton always helps us to look at things from a different perspective, giving “commercial” advice having listened to the problem in hand and the stated objective. Tim always made sure that he had thought about our particular issue and gave us a considered opinion.’

‘The Pannone team provides a high-class and professional service for all levels of work. Their responsiveness and understanding of commercially sensitive topics means the support provided is of significant value to our business.’

‘David Brown is an exceptional asset, providing clear, business-oriented advice on all matters. His experience and pragmatism is highly valuable.’

‘Pannone Corporate is a major player in commercial litigation in the North West. They prepare their cases extremely thoroughly and achieve excellent results for their clients in settlement negotiations.’

‘Paul Jonson – a very experienced commercial litigator with a sound strategic overview.’

‘David Brown is an extremely able litigator, he is pragmatic and robust and seeks to get the client what they need and want, and he uses litigation as a means to an end in reaching that commercial goal.’

‘Martin Pennington is a first-class commercial litigator who is willing to go the extra mile for clients, and they know it. He represents nationally known clients and they know that they can rely on him.’

‘Pannone Corporate strikes nicely the fine balance between the big law firm capacity to handle a complex case without losing the small law firm responsiveness and personal touch. They took the time to gain in-depth understanding of our business, needs and objectives and tailored their service to this, sometimes with very nifty solutions and tactics. They work and communicate well as a team.’

‘High-profile commercial litigators.’

‘The team is exceptional value for money, experienced and provides timely advice.’

‘Karl Williams is pragmatic, highly experienced and sensitive to our business risks.’

‘Karl Williams will always go the extra mile for his clients and is always willing to share his wealth of experience.’

‘This practice exceeds all expectations and always meets our needs in full. There are a range of specialists available who always deliver exactly what we need.’

‘They are all polite and professional giving first class advice. Jack Harrington merits a specific mention.’

‘The team has an outstanding grasp of UK employment law and adopts a strategic and pragmatic approach to employment law.’

‘Jack Harrington is incredibly knowledgeable about employment law, has a very straightforward approach to handling these matters. He is relaxed, easygoing, an excellent communicator and, for a lawyer, very accessible and responsive to all enquiries (usually within 24 hours). He also has a good sense of humour. We like working with him. We certainly trust Jack and his counsel has served us well.’

‘The main factor in our choice to work with the team was, and still is, the quality and responsiveness in relation to HR law issues, which is the main area of our cooperation, but also the same level of expertise in other areas, such as corporate law and agency agreements etc., all areas that are important to us.’

‘We have worked with Pannone for some years and have always been impressed with their focus on clients, ensuring that there is cover during holidays, sharing of contact information and being up to speed to be able to provide continuity in advice.’

‘Fiona Hamor is the main person we deal with. What makes her stand out is her ability to quickly absorb information and be able to provide detailed and clear advice. She is also quick to respond to requests for information and always makes time for meetings at short notice. The quality of her advice, combined with pragmatic approach and consideration of risk is what SHG values.’

‘Bill Dunkerley leads this team and is establishing himself as a solicitor with broad experience across many facets of health and safety work – both contentious and non-contentious. Bill is particularly experienced in working for the care sector and regularly provides media soundbites and training to providers.’

‘Bill Dunkerley is a stand-out individual. He has gained invaluable experience in other legal practices over the past decade and is now building a team around the experience and understanding of the market that he has built up.’

‘They know what we do, how we operate and have made themselves indispensable. They see risks, opportunities and weaknesses that we don’t, they go over and above the brief.’

‘They see the bigger picture, what we want to achieve in the medium and long term, rather than just skipping from brief to brief and delivering what’s been requested.’

‘Melanie McGuirk and Sarah Bazaraa have taken the time to properly understand our business and our IP needs.’

‘The intellectual property team at Pannone is outstanding. They have comprehensive knowledge of IP issues, coupled with clear strategy and a firm approach to establish, preserve and defend clients IP.’

‘Melanie McGuirk showed incredible attention to detail and provided eloquent and compelling legal arguments which resolved the issue in our favour.’

‘Sarah Bazaraa is extremely able, intelligent, diligent and meticulous.’

‘I have experienced working together with Amy Chandler as pleasant, delivering clear and useful feedback and quality advice.’

‘The team’s strength lies in efficiently making complex matters understandable and providing practical tools to achieve the desired goal.’

‘Small, but perfectly formed team, skilled in commercially flavoured professional negligence claims.’

‘Martin Pennington is a hard-working details man, whom clients trust implicitly.’

‘Paul Jonson is a smooth supervising partner with a keen commercial eye.’

‘This firm has plenty of experience of heavyweight professional negligence claims, particularly in the financial services, accountancy and tax sectors. You can always rely on them to prepare their cases very thoroughly at all stages.’

‘Paul Jonson is a very experienced heavyweight commercial litigator experienced in commercial professional negligence work.’

‘The practice seems to have an expert for everything.’

‘Gemma Staples has been excellent in the work she is doing for us and is very easy to engage with.’

‘Extremely knowledgeable.’

‘Pannone Corporate is a firm with an extremely strong presence in property litigation. They have an excellent client base in the North West of England and are strong enough to take on a wide range of clients from around the country. The firm has achieved prominence through building in-depth expertise in its chosen fields; clients can be extremely comfortable that they will receive a top-quality service at competitive rates’

‘Gemma Staples is a first-rate property litigator with masses of experience in the biggest and most high-pressure commercial property cases. She is a laser-sharp lawyer, has an excellent way with clients, and gives top-draw, commercially-focused advice on cases large and small.’

‘The team were always available to assist and worked around me. The team were knowledgeable of both my business and the sector I was operating along with, of course their own specialist area of law.’

‘Working in tandem on various projects and being available when I needed them, the team provided invaluable advice that helped this business continue trading in the face of sometimes some very aggressive tactics from landlords that had no intention of working collaboratively to solve shared problems.’

‘I find the team very helpful and personable. My needs are understood and worked upon in a timely, efficient and thorough manner. The firm appears to embrace technology and has many colleagues to call upon for differing requirements or business types.’

‘I work with Garry King, he is excellent. He has now taken over all property work in three of my businesses. Pannone seem to be able to advise on all aspects of my numerous business interests. They are all helpful and reasonable with my requests.’

‘I find the team to be of good value, charging a fair rate even though often going beyond their remit to assist me further. The team always reply promptly.’

‘Small enough to be client focused but large enough to provide multi discipline cover when required.’

‘Rosie Korcz – commercially aware and focused on “getting the deal done”. Good communication throughout the process.’

‘I worked with a number of different individuals in the team and found everyone to be very responsive and understanding of my business. The partner would ensure the team had been briefed about how I like to work – the good and the bad! this meant that they came prepared with good advice and alternative courses of action depending on what avenues were available to the business.’

‘Names to mention – James Wynne and Rosie Korcz. The team were tenacious when they needed to be with the other parties solicitors / representatives and calm when I needed a level head to think through a problem.’

‘Good strong advice in difficult circumstances.’

‘Friendly, flexible and available.’

‘A very good reputation as one of the better teams in the North West. They place great importance on client service and making sure the right person is selected for the job.’

‘The team is very strongly integrated, with a collaborative approach across a range of seniority that promotes availability and efficiency. It enjoys a wealth of experience and specialist knowledge in the field.’

‘Daniel Clarke is a stand-out member of the team. He is on top of his subject area, and is always very pragmatic and client-oriented in his approach. He makes himself available to engage on the issues requiring of his input, and delegates well and effectively to more junior members of the team.’