Excello Law > London, England > Firm Profile

‘David Greenhalgh is an extremely skilled practitioner. He combines honed practical advice with a razor-sharp strategic outlook. The go-to employment lawyer for senior executives.’

‘Sarah King stands out. She is very calm under pressure, resourceful, fights hard for her clients and is very well respected.’

‘Above all, the team’s unwavering dedication to achieving a positive outcome was remarkable. The team fights tirelessly for the best interests and adapts to changing circumstances with resilience and determination.’

‘Hina Belitz is approachable and easy to get along with, and at the top of her game. She has a great understanding of the law. She is robust when needed, but able to put clients at ease.’

‘Nelu Abeygunasekera was extremely warm, interested and effective.’

‘Swati Somaiya’s technical knowledge is excellent and has a very good manner with clients.’

‘Swati Somaiya – Attentive, sympathetic, professional, kind, supportive. She gave practical sensible advice and supported me throughout the whole process I cannot recommend her highly enough.’

‘Total focus on the needs of the client with empathy, understanding and professionalism.’

‘Swati Somaiya, an exceptional solicitor, focused, experienced, a soft touch when needed but exceptionally commercial and determined to achieve the best outcome for her client. Client first, understanding, an iron fist in a velvet glove.’

‘Excello Law are a vibrant and dynamic firm that provide excellent value for money. Meeting each individual client’s needs is a priority for them, and they strive to achieve the confidence and trust of their clients.’

‘I would highly recommend Swati Somaiya. She is an excellent solicitor, with a vast amount of experience and knowledge. She provides sharp and insightful advice and works extremely hard for her clients. In an extremely competitive sector, clients are able to rely on her honest and proportionate advice. She strives to provide clients with the most efficient and cost effective outcome at all times. As counsel, she is a pleasure to work with. She is very much a team player and provides me comprehensive and in depth support.’

‘Swati Somaiya but know via the local family law community that Excello Law has a very good and strong reputation that is highly regarded. They prides themselves in providing the highest level of service to all clients across the board and invest lawyers that are experts in their field and come form a diverse background – promoting a culture of collaboration in an high performing innovative environment.’

‘Very quick on its feet; we dealt with engaged senior people at all times; first-class specialist industry knowledge.’

‘Richard Osborn has been an exceptionally good partner since we were introduced to him a few months ago. His responsiveness and proactive approach are excellent; his commercial awareness, negotiation skills, energy and common sense have been consistently top drawer.’

‘Pragmatic and client focused team based in Chester. Modern and well equipped offices.’

‘Emyr Kerfoot is a robust but pragmatic litigator. Alexandra Collett is careful and very client focused.’

‘Emyr Kerfoot is a very able and shrewd commercial litigator, with particular expertise in shareholder and partnership matters. He is pragmatic, commercial and client-oriented and sees litigation as just one means of achieving his client’s business objectives. He is a good friend to clients and a match for any opponent.’

‘The team at Excello provide an exemplary service which at all times has a really personal approach. They are very responsive to communication and also really clear with advice, expert knowledge and direction. An excellent firm which I would strongly recommend.’

‘Emyr and Alex are both very approachable whilst at the same time maintaining a high level of professionalism. Both have the ability to make a client feel at ease and confident in the advice and service that they provide. They make for an excellent team.’

‘My experience with Excello law was refreshingly good. Unlike other practices, they understood my case very quickly and concisely and were very cooperative in adapting my extensive notes efficiently into comprehensive arguments which contained no “boiler plate” whatsoever.’

‘The individuals I work with are easy to contact on the telephone, respond very promptly to emails and some how manage to sum up the evidence in logically powerful and concise way without omission of even the small, yet pertinent, corroborating facts.’

‘Work collaboratively as a team with different areas of expertise and bring in appropriate specialist advice, e.g. from counsel, surveyors, planning experts etc. Very customer and result focused.’

‘All very knowledgeable, very friendly and approachable and with good people skills and customer relationships.’

‘The individuals are self-motivated and attentive to the clients, and I’ve noticed work being passed between persons more suitable, so despite their decentralised model, they work well as a team.’

‘Sarah Nolan stands out as exceptional. She is excellent at putting her clients at ease, and she understands very well the division of labour between solicitor and barrister. She is unusually effective to work with.’

‘Sarah Nolan was committed to achieving the best outcome and took the time to give attention to the detail required whilst retaining a view of the bigger picture. Her advice was central to securing the outcome.’

‘Streamlined service.’

‘The most impressive aspect of Excello Law is that the practice is comprised of solely partner-level solicitors, so the advice you get is always of the best quality and the work turnaround is much quicker as the partner is always fully up-to-speed with the matter’. 

‘Vanessa Williams. She stood out for her legal acumen and her ‘can do’ attitude. She was available to us as required, was happy to explain as well as draft, and took the time to really understand what we wanted rather than rely on precedents. The turnaround was exceptional’. 

‘Sue Boyall is an excellent solicitor, serving the charity sector with in depth knowledge of the governance and financial context in which they operate’.

‘Excello have the knowledge needed for Trustees of a charity to make the best decisions. Vanessa Williams has a great manner and patience in helping the process of setting up changes for the charity. Sue Boyall was also really helpful’.

‘Excello as a team are very responsive. The team are professional, competent and take time to explain the legalese. Vanessa is always very approachable, clear in her advice and analysis, patient in explaining it and takes time to understand our particular circumstances’.

 ‘Sue Boyall-  I find her extraordinary. The qualities that I most value are Sue’s calmness and clarity and the ability to explain to people far less knowledgeable than her what is required and why’.

‘Vanessa Williams. Friendly approach, understanding of the situation.’

‘Vanessa Williams delivered exactly what we wanted and accepted that, as a charity, we did not want a standard legal document but something bespoke to our situation’.

‘Hina Belitz and her team at Excello Law always go above and beyond to deliver an excellent bespoke client service, tailored to our needs. The firm has an excellent response time, and a wide-ranging team of experts across different legal areas, making Excello Law very much a one-stop provider.’

‘Hina Belitz is a true expert in employment law, and always provides us with excellent advice and support, going beyond the normal expectations of a client-firm relationship. We also benefit from the regular legal updates she and her team produce, keeping us informed of relevant developments in the field.’

‘Very commercial , grounded and with bags of common sense .’

‘David Greenhalgh is an absolute star – a highly client focused solicitor with a practical , commercial and approachable style. David is, as well as having years of expedience still passionate about his area of law – so lots of addend value through his considerable commentary and helpful insights.’

‘I was extremely impressed by the wholistic approach to addressing my legal needs.’

‘They are always very clear on timelines and possible outcomes, and able to adapt to the flexibility needed by a startup. They are not afraid to express their opinions and provide precise and understandable advice.’

‘Hina Belitz is precise, knowledgeable and able to adapt to different situations and individuals. She manages to explain complex procedures in a way that makes them understandable to non-lawyers, and is able to address complex situations while remaining calm and keeping her attention to detail.’

‘Nelu Abeygunasekera was extremely professional, knowledgeable, and helped my company through a difficult employee matter.’

‘Lesley Smythe is an experienced, highly capable and client focused solicitor who exudes confidence. She ensures her clients receive an exceptional service.’

‘Dom McGinn – high quality and high value international football work from South America. He has taken on the best London firms and won.’

‘Very flexible and creative, great for director work, a good all-round team.’

‘Steve Thomas is an exceptionally bright partner, fabulous in difficult cases.’

‘Anna Shaw is a very good lawyer in the team.’

‘Adaptive, reactive and solutions focused.’

‘Steve Thomas is a highly experienced, solutions focussed and knowledgeable solicitor in the insolvency and restructuring space. His ability to get to the nub of the issue quickly is key to driving good commercial solutions.’

‘Swati Somaiya’s technical knowledge is excellent and has a very good manner with clients.’

‘Swati Somaiya – Attentive, sympathetic, professional, kind, supportive. She gave practical sensible advice and supported me throughout the whole process I cannot recommend her highly enough.’

‘Total focus on the needs of the client with empathy, understanding and professionalism.’

‘Swati Somaiya, an exceptional solicitor, focused, experienced, a soft touch when needed but exceptionally commercial and determined to achieve the best outcome for her client. Client first, understanding, an iron fist in a velvet glove.’

‘Excello Law are a vibrant and dynamic firm that provide excellent value for money. Meeting each individual client’s needs is a priority for them, and they strive to achieve the confidence and trust of their clients.’

‘I would highly recommend Swati Somaiya. She is an excellent solicitor, with a vast amount of experience and knowledge. She provides sharp and insightful advice and works extremely hard for her clients. In an extremely competitive sector, clients are able to rely on her honest and proportionate advice. She strives to provide clients with the most efficient and cost effective outcome at all times. As counsel, she is a pleasure to work with. She is very much a team player and provides me comprehensive and in depth support.’

‘Swati Somaiya but know via the local family law community that Excello Law has a very good and strong reputation that is highly regarded. They prides themselves in providing the highest level of service to all clients across the board and invest lawyers that are experts in their field and come form a diverse background – promoting a culture of collaboration in an high performing innovative environment.’

‘Very quick on its feet; we dealt with engaged senior people at all times; first-class specialist industry knowledge.’

‘Richard Osborn has been an exceptionally good partner since we were introduced to him a few months ago. His responsiveness and proactive approach are excellent; his commercial awareness, negotiation skills, energy and common sense have been consistently top drawer.’

‘Very flexible and creative, great for director work, a good all-round team.’

‘Steve Thomas is an exceptionally bright partner, fabulous in difficult cases.’

‘Anna Shaw is a very good lawyer in the team.’

‘Adaptive, reactive and solutions focused.’

‘Steve Thomas is a highly experienced, solutions focussed and knowledgeable solicitor in the insolvency and restructuring space. His ability to get to the nub of the issue quickly is key to driving good commercial solutions.’