Acuity Law > Cardiff, Wales > Firm Profile
Acuity Law Offices

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Wales
Acuity Law > The Legal 500 Rankings
Wales > Corporate and commercial Tier 1
The ‘technically strong and commercial‘ team at Acuity Law provides a ‘solutions-focused approach‘ to corporates and private equity sponsors across their M&A transactions, joint venture structuring and corporate reorganisations, both in a purely domestic and UK-wide context. ‘Exceptional in his ability to boil an issue down to the essentials’, Christian Farrow co-heads the corporate offering alongside Beverley Jones , and provides ‘very commercially astute’ advice to listed and private companies, including many within the financial services and renewables sector, across a range of domestic and cross-border transactional work. Stephen Berry maintains an active role on the fee-earning side, alongside his duties as firm chairman, particularly in the context of aiding technology focused growth companies through the investment life cycle, through to potential exit, if applicable. Paul LowePractice head(s):
Christian Farrow (Corporate); Beverley Jones (Corporate); Rachelle Sellek (Commercial)
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Testimonials
‘The team consistently displays a complete commitment to supporting you in getting the engagement completed successfully and efficiently.’
‘They display a solutions-focused approach.’
‘Highly personable individuals across the team, able to translate their demonstrable strong technical knowledge into “easy to understand” language and advice.’
‘Christian Farrow is exceptional in his ability to boil an issue down to the essentials. He is perfectly capable of giving as good as he gets, but will often advise when it is worth just going straight to the end game rather than scoring points.’
‘Beverley Jones provides very commercially astute advice.’
‘Tom Saunderson is unflappable and candid.’
Key clients
Admiral
Bond Digital
Brickability
Bright Network
Business Systems Limited
Hartford Care Group Ltd.
Portman
Wealthify
IQE plc
IAAPS Ltd
CreditsafeBusiness Solutions Limited
Aqualisa Products Limited
W2 Global Data
LicentiaGroup Ltd
Alesi Surgical Limited
Newport Wafer Fab Limited
Work highlights
- Advised IX Group Limited on the sale of its subsidiaries to Kester Capital, a primary buyout specialist.
- Acted on the management buy in and investment in Cardiff-headquartered Learna Limited.
- Advised the selling shareholders of Lenstec Optical Group Limited, a Wales-based optical products manufacturer, on the sale of the business to Essilor Group, a global brand and world leader in ophthalmic optics.
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms Tier 1
The ‘trusted and experienced’ team at Acuity Law provides ‘intelligent and practical advice’ to supply and end user-side IT and telecoms companies across the spectrum of regulatory, contractual and commercial matters impacting their businesses. Rachelle Sellek displays ‘a rare combination of commercial pragmatism and keen attention to detail’ traits which are deployed to good effect across a range of complex data-related transactions and commercial contractual work. Sellek co-heads the commercial and technology team alongside Declan Goodwin , who adds strength to the firm following his arrival in January 2022 from Vistra Corporate Law. In addition to traditional fee-earning work, clients can choose to access several membership services, with the firm’s recently launched Acuity Data Assist a particularly compelling product, offering as it does a tailored audit to highlight any gaps in clients’ data compliance processes and to identify the key risks faced.Practice head(s):
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Testimonials
‘A highly trusted and experienced team who can always be relied upon to provide intelligent and practical advice, on what can often be highly complex and fast-moving data-related transactions.’
‘Rachelle Sellek has a rare combination of commercial pragmatism and keen attention to detail, and always answers queries with highly experienced insight and a calm manner. This makes her a reassuring presence on complex transactions.’
Key clients
Jane IT Systems Limited
Work highlights
- Advised the shareholders of Swansea-based software developer, Jane IT Systems Limited, on the sale of their business to Juniper Education Holdings Limited, a provider of tailored software, training and professional services to schools and learning organisations.
Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation Tier 2
Under the expert guidance of the 'superb' Hugh Hitchcock, Acuity Law's has rapidly grown in stature from its relatively humble beginnings in 2016 as a predominanty support service to existing corporate clients of the firm, to a fully fledged standalone practice which is gaining plaudits for its 'personal touch and attention to detail'. Although the firm is active for clients across a range of industry sectors, it has picked up a significant amount of financial services-related work, often facing off against high-profile London-based firms and has also recently gained increased exposure to high-profile arbitrations. The 'charming' Hitchcock is also noted for his shareholder disputes expertise (including in the context of unfair prejudice claims), as is co-head Aisha Wardell, whose expertise also includes IT and procurement-related litigation.Practice head(s):
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Testimonials
‘The team has the utmost legal expertise with a commercial edge and always with the client’s interests at heart. Their personal touch and attention to detail have put them light years ahead of other litigation firms I have used over the years.’
‘The very personal and friendly attention of the appointed team makes the entire legal process feel like you are talking to friends not lawyers.‘
‘Hugh Hitchcock as the lead partner on litigation has always given the very best legal advice and gives close personal attention to his clients whether big or small.’
‘The superb Hugh Hitchcock is charming, always polite and a pleasure to interact with.’
Key clients
Quantum Actuarial LLP
Loches Capital
Red and Yellow Limited
R&Y NL Limited
Amber Infrastructure Limited
Portman Healthcare Limited
Your World Recruitment Limited
Eco2 Limited
Futurelink Accountancy Services Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Loches Capital Limited on an application for pre-action disclosure and other related applications against Goldman Sachs International.
- Represented Trustees of Elim Gospel Alliance in a claim against Lloyds Bank Plc.
- Advised Red and Yellow Limited on a claim arising from a joint venture agreement.
Employment > Employment: Recommended Firms Tier 2
Under the guidance of ‘exceptional leader‘ Claire Knowles, Acuity Law continues to gain market share for private sector clients from a range of industry sectors, including retail, many of which continue to utilise the firm’s popular retainer service – Acuity Counsel. The ‘brilliant‘ Knowles provides ‘practical and sound advice‘ that is rooted in the commercial realities of the underlying business of the client, whether it be in a contentious setting or in a corporate support role. The team has also continued to grow, with well-known employment lawyer Juliette Franklin being the latest addition, following her arrival from Slater and Gordon in February 2022.Practice head(s):
Other key lawyers:
Juliette Franklin ; Yannick Ramsamy ; Adam McGlynn ; Rubel Bashir
Testimonials
‘The team is very knowledgeable and responsive.’
‘It provides a very high quality and personable service.’
‘With Acuity Law they always help me do the right thing and always help me minimise the risk to the company. Over the past 12 months we have achieved significant change for the business with no negative repercussions.’
‘The team has the mix of professional expertise, reliability, availability and outcome that means I go back to them repeatedly. They are completely service minded which makes being a client an armchair of an experience, but at no loss to the clarity or the honesty of their advice.’
‘The exceptional Claire Knowles has that magical combination of a law library in her head, availability that suggests she has more hours in the day than other people, and a success rate to be envied.’
‘Claire Knowles is very professional, swift to respond and provides practical and sound advice.’
‘Adam McGlynn provides an excellent and responsive service. He is very knowledgeable and will respond quickly. His advice is trusted and very commercially oriented.’
‘Rubel Bashir is entirely professional, honest and pragmatic. He achieves excellent outcomes for ordinary working people, sometimes against the odds.’
Key clients
Astutis Ltd
Caerdav Ltd
Bright Network (UK) Limited
Sinclair Garages Ltd
Bluestone National Park Resort
Monmouthshire County Council
Portman Healthcare Ltd
The Trade Centre Group
Dulas Ltd
Peter’s Food Service Limited
Work highlights
- Advised an international healthcare provider on its employment structure including self-employed contractor clinicians and IR35 risks. Drafting contractual terms and trained the operational part of the business on best practice to avoid employment status risks.
- Advised a local authority on a complex, multiple claim employment tribunal dispute, involving allegations of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing detriment and sex discrimination against 11 named individuals.
- Supporting the senior management team of Vista Retail Limited in a dual employment legal counsel and HR business partnering function, work which has included various inward and outward TUPEs.
Finance > Banking and finance Tier 2
The ‘strong and well-balanced‘ team at Acuity Law provides ‘technically and commercially astute’ advice to a fairly balanced mix of borrowers and lenders across a range of transactions, including in corporate, project and asset finance settings. On the lender side, the firm has particularly strong ties with a number of specialist lenders/building societies and is regularly engaged across a range of real estate finance mandates. ‘Approachable’ team head Beverley Jones takes the lead on many of the most significant mandates and as well as her real estate finance expertise, is also well-versed in advising on healthcare-related finance transactions. The arrival of Christopher Agius enhances the team’s real estate finance credentials, in particular, following his arrival from Capital Law Limited in September 2021.Practice head(s):
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Testimonials
‘They offer value with specialist advice at reasonable rates.’
‘A strong well balanced team of lawyers.’
‘Technically and commercially astute – understand that there are risks in many deals but that there are often ways of mitigating and minimising those risks to an acceptable level.’
‘Beverley Jones is approachable and displays an open, honest and clear approach.’
Key clients
Bluestone Resorts Wales Limited
OakNorth Bank plc
IQE plc
LifeCare Residences Limited
Principality Building Society
Warwick Capital Partners
Hodge Bank
Development Bank of Wales
Secure Trust Bank
Work highlights
- Advising Principality Building Society in connection with its involvement in funding the development of The Mill, Cardiff, an ambitious £100m residential led urban regeneration project on the site of an old paper mill.
Real estate > Commercial property Tier 2
Commercial property-related work informs much of Acuity Law’s transactional work and remains a cornerstone practice area for the firm, both in relation to purely domestic work, as well as increasingly outside of Wales. Although the firm’s client base is wide-ranging and includes financial institutions, end users and public sector entities, Rightacres remains a core client across a range of high-profile developments in the Welsh capital. Gareth Baker has been at the heart of much of this work, including in relation to the successful Central Square regeneration scheme, as well as the Central Quay project at the former Brains brewery site in the centre of Cardiff. Damien Cann is a pivotal member of the team, and as well as being responsible for devising and implementing the funding arrangements for RightAcres (enabling it to attract a great deal of investment into the Central Square project), also regularly advises healthcare clients on their property requirements. Steve Morris co-heads the team alongside Baker, and is noted for his expertise advising developers and lenders on commercial and residential schemes in Wales and England.Practice head(s):
Steve Morris; Gareth Baker
Other key lawyers:
Jonathan Geen; Damien Cann; Ben Honour; Robert Senior
Key clients
Richard Morgan and Company
Hodge Bank
Greenhill Investments (Vale) Limited
Trinity St David
Royale Life
Sony Europe
Bluestone Resorts
Rightacres Property Co Limited
Wilfox Resorts
West Sussex County Council
Incrementum Housing Development Company Limited/Warrington Borough Council
Queensberry properties
Principality Building Society
Work highlights
- Advising Rightacres on several large developments including the Central Quay regeneration, located at the former Brains Brewery site in Cardiff, and the multi-phase Central Square development in Cardiff City Centre.
- Advising Wildfox Resorts on a new adventure resorts at a proposed location on a former coal mining site in the Afan Valley which will be the first of three new resorts in the UK.
- Advising Incrementum Housing Development Company on the development and construction of various Warrington housing scheme projects, the first two sites located at Sycamore Lane and Chatfield Drive with a total of 161 homes.
Real estate > Planning and environment Tier 2
Real estate > Property litigation Tier 2
Led by newly appointed partner Jennifer Butcher, Acuity Law‘s two-partner team provides a ‘cost-effective service’ to a range of local and national private, public and third sector clients across the gamut of their property litigation requirements. Butcher provides ‘responsive, informed and commercial’ advice to a range of primarily private sector clients, including landlords and tenants, developers and financial services clients, including on matters relating to boundary disputes, adverse possession and lease renewals. Although he does handle some private sector work, Neil Morgan‘s main strength lies in the public/third sector, particularly in the context of social housing.Practice head(s):
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Testimonials
‘The team provides a cost-effective service.’
‘Jennifer Butcher is responsive, informed and commercial.’
‘The team have a good range of skills to be able to support a wide range of disciplines. Our business is expanding and entering new markets and Acuity have been able to support us throughout.’
‘Neil Morgan is a brilliant property lawyer. He is very experienced, intelligent and dogged. He is also a pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
Rightacres Property Company Limited
Alltrust Sipp Limited
Cloth Cat Animation Limited
Lemon Pepper Holdings Limited
Redwave Films (Uk) Limited
Coastal Housing Group
Barcud Cyf
Melin Homes
Ateb Group
Work highlights
- Representing Rightacres Property Company Limited in a number of property-related disputes concerning their high- value and high-profile developments across South Wales.
- Advising Coastal Housing in relation to all of their property related disputes.
- Representing Melin Homes on all of their housing disrepair claims and successfully defending the large majority of these claims.
Real estate > Social housing Tier 2
Acuity Law continues to gain impressive market share in the social housing sector after a number of recent strategic hires over the past few years, including the 'well-respected' Neil Morgan, who has considerable contentious expertise in the space and strong ties with numerous housing associations. Liz Gibbons was the most recent hire, having joined in November 2021 from Capital Law Limited and she adds particular strength in relation to transactional real estate work in the sector.Practice head(s):
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Key clients
Coastal Housing Group
Wales & West Housing
Cadwyn Housing Association Limited
Ateb Group
Barcud Group
Melin Homes
Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association
Incrementum Housing Development Company
Rhondda Housing Association
Work highlights
- Handling a considerable amount of work for Ateb Group, where Neil Morgan provided cover for the Housing Association’s in-house counsel who was off on maternity leave.
- Advising the Principality Building Association from inception on an innovative regeneration scheme which will eventually result in the construction of 450 homes.
- Instructed by Incrementum, the housing company arm of Warrington County Council, on two prominent schemes.
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property Tier 2
Led by Cordelia Payne, who splits her time between the firm’s Cardiff and London offices, Acuity Law handles a range of non-contentious and contentious IP matters, including on the licensing/commercialisation of IPR, trade mark/passing off claims, and data protection/privacy matters for entrepreneurs, SMEs and larger corporates. As well as providing advice on a standalone basis, many smaller clients, in particular, utilise the firm’s Acuity Counsel Service and its newly launched Reputation Management service, affording them cost-effective ongoing advice on a monthly retainer basis.Practice head(s):
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Key clients
Popex Entertainment Limited
BIPV Limited
Rupert Sanderson
Elizabeth Day
Modla Products Limited
Whickr Group Limited
REDA Industrial Materials FZE
Alma de Ace Limited
Artic Industrial Materials
Catch the K Limited
The Room Group Limited
Pink Storage Limited
Noor AlHayawiiya Foodstuff Trading LLC
Rossi Asiaghi Limited
One Rebel Limited
Dig Club Limited
1968 Photography Limited
Birmingham County Football Association
Work highlights
- Representing Rupert Sanderson Shoes Limited, the internationally renowned, luxury shoe designer andbrand, in relation to two separate opportunistic intellectual property rights infringements bothinvolving company name registrations and UK trade mark applications incorporating the RUPERT SANDERSON name.
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment Tier 2
At Acuity Law, consultant Angharad Evans is the main contact for media and entertainment matters. Benefiting from significant experience in private practice, as well as from her time as head of legal at S4C, Evans is particularly adept at advising clients in the film and tv sector on contractual matters, including on development and rights agreements.Practice head(s):
Testimonials
‘A fantastic team of professionals never afraid to go over and above for our business.’
‘We have always found Acuity to be an excellent firm which provides clear, quick and reliable advice that we can count on. The team we work with is always responsive and provides a clear direction on complex matters in which we require an expert opinion.’
Key clients
S4C
Bright Branch Media Limited
Darlun Cyf
Ie Ie Productions Limited
Kailash Limited
Little Bird Limited
Marshall Jones Music Limited
Merton Books Limited
Omeira Studio Partners Limited
Triongl Cyf
Solatots Limited
Theatr na nÓg
Severn Screen Limited
Dog Eat Dog Limited
Production Services London Limited
Finn Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Triongl Limited on the terms of a co-production agreement, broadcaster agreement and all production contracts for a back-to-back, Welsh/English production including actors, writers, composer, location and HoD agreements.
- Advised Omeira Studio Partners Limited on a tax credit advance valued at approx £1m.
- Completed two cross-border acquisitions for the US-based company Finn & Partners, including one business focused on healthcare.
Real estate > Construction Tier 3
The 'well-balanced and proactive' team at Acuity Law has a wide range of experience and is able to provide expertise to clients throughout the project lifecycle on matters ranging from complex infrastructure projects to city centre regeneration schemes. Regional developer Rightacres continues to generate a significant volume of work for the team, including iin relation to the delivery of the vast £100m Interchange transport-hub project in the Welsh capital. Team head James Williams 'always has a practical solution and advice' which he deploys to stakeholders across a range of non-contentious matters, including on the drafting and negotiation of building contracts, sub contracts and consultancy agreements. Mark Summers joined Burges Salmon LLP in December 2021.Practice head(s):
Testimonials
‘The team is well balanced and proactive. They are clear communicators and happy to go the extra step such as by reaching out to third parties to explain terms and resolve misunderstandings.’
‘James Williams always has a practical solution and advice.’
Key clients
Rightacres Property Co. Limited
Principality Building Society
Bluestone Resorts Limited
The Ingenious Group
Investec Bank
Student Cribs
Work highlights
- Continuing to advise Rightacres Property on several significant developments including the delivery of vast £100m Interchange transport-hub project in the Welsh capital, which includes state-of-the-art new HQs for the BBC, Legal & General and HMRC in Cardiff’s Central Square.
- Advising Rightacres Property on Cardiff’s waterfront residential scheme.
- Advised a specialist investment manager, in relation to the financing and construction of four residential blocks in Luton comprising circa 150 new build apartments, car parking and public realm works.
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design Tier 6
Acuity Law's intellectual property team handles a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters - the key name in London is consultant Cordelia Payne, who specialises in the protection, exploitation, and enforcement of all IP rights. Recent work of note has included matters involving opportunistic IP rights infringements, unregistered design right infringements, and advising on global brand protection strategies.Practice head(s):
Cordelia Payne
Key clients
Popex Entertainment Limited
BIPV Limited
Rupert Sanderson
Elizabeth Day
Modla Products Limited
Whickr Group Limited
REDA Industrial Materials FZE
Alma de Ace Limited
Artic Industrial Materials
Catch the K Limited
The Room Group Limited
Pink Storage Limited
Noor AlHayawiiya Foodstuff Trading LLC
Rossi Asiaghi Limited
One Rebel Limited
Dig Club Limited
1968 Photography Limited
Birmingham County Football Association
Work highlights
- Retained by Really Epic Dog Limited, part of the U.S based Really Epic Dog Group of companies which operate in media, sport and entertainment promoting innovation.
- Instructed by Rupert Sanderson Shoes Limited, the luxury shoe designer and brand, in relation to two separate opportunistic intellectual property rights infringements both involving company name registrations and UK trademark applications incorporating the RUPERT SANDERSON name.
Real estate > Property finance Tier 7
Thanks to a period of notable growth for the firm, Acuity Law recently expanded its national offering with the recruitment of Christopher Agius into the firm's Cardiff base alongside the addition of several associate-level names into the London office. The firm is a key name for lender clients and handles a range of investment and development financing mandates; it is also growing its borrower client base, particularly in the healthcare sector. Sam Clarke leads the practice from London, which also fields Edward Finley, Beverley Jones and James Kilgour.Practice head(s):
Other key lawyers:
Christopher Agius; Edward Finley; Beverley Jones; James Kilgour; Damien Cann
Key clients
LifeCare Residences Limited
Principality Building Society
Warwick Capital Partners
Hodge Bank
Development Bank of Wales
Secure Trust Bank
Pure Commercial Finance
Handelsbanken
Zorin Finance Limited
Ingenious Real Estate Finance
Investec Bank plc
Choice Care Group
Portman Healthcare
Acuity Law > Firm Profile
We are Acuity Law – a team of lawyers who like to do things a little differently. We’re a top ranked law firm offering a business to business legal service through the UK and internationally. The firm was established in Wales and has offices in Bristol, Cardiff, London and Swansea.
Established in 1999, we’re a team of 100+ exceptional and instinctively commercial lawyers with an entrepreneurial spirit and an appetite for a better legal service, our clients are at the heart of everything we do. Naturally inquisitive and entrepreneurial, our teams of exceptional people detect legal problems early and solve complex business challenges quickly and efficiently. The firm’s culture is reflected in the quality of clients and the speed and precision with which the Acuity law team gives advice. Acuity Law is proud to have a growing portfolio of fantastic clients and one that is built on long-standing relationships.
At Acuity we continually strive to improve the client experience and the technology that underpins our service and offer our clients a bespoke line of membership services and tailor-made products to include Acuity Counsel Service, Acuity Reputation Management and Acuity Data Assist. Our reputation for innovation and entrepreneurship ensures a focus on cost-effective, pioneering legal solutions designed to revolutionise our market.
The firm’s recent accolades include Property Law Firm of the Year at Insider Wales Property Awards 2022, Law Firm of the Year at the Legal 500 Awards 2020, Legal Team of the Year at Wales Dealmakers Awards 2020, Corporate & Commercial Team of the Year at the Wales Legal Awards 2020 and a commendation for Commercial Property Law from The Times Best Law Firms 2020.
Acuity Law – Instinctively Commercial.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Corporate | Stephen Berry | steve.berry@acuitylaw.com | 07867 987 928 |
Commercial | Rachelle Sellek | rachelle.sellek@acuitylaw.com | 07867 987 927 |
Commercial | Declan Goodwin | declan.goodwin@acuitylaw.com | 07581 025 516 |
Real estate | Jonathan Geen | jonathan.geen@acuitylaw.com | 07841 800 093 |
Real estate | Steve Morris | steve.morris@acuitylaw.com | 07717 681 737 |
Real Estate Finance | Chris Agius | chris.agius@acuitylaw.com | 07860 438 873 |
Employment | Claire Knowles | claire.knowles@acuitylaw.com | 07896 671 817 |
Construction | James Williams | james.williams@acuitylaw.com | 07792 839 214 |
Banking and finance | Beverley Jones | beverley.jones@acuitylaw.com | 07976 156 659 |
Energy | Christian Farrow | christian.farrow@acuitylaw.com | 07791 370 679 |
Corporate | Paul Lowe | paul.lowe@acuitylaw.com | 07831 721 433 |
Litigation & Dispute Resolution | Aisha Wardell | aisha.wardell@acuitylaw.com | 07976 927 001 |
Litigation & Dispute Resolution | Hugh Hitchcock | hugh.hitchcock@acuitylaw.com | 07545 702 212 |
Property Litigation | Neil Morgan | neil.morgan@acuitylaw.com | 07967 118 065 |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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![]() | Christopher Agius | Chris is an experienced Real Estate Finance lawyer, and has led teams… | View Profile |
![]() | Gareth Baker | Gareth is a Commercial Real Estate Partner with a wealth of experience… | View Profile |
![]() | Stephen Berry | Steve is Chairman and a co-founding partner at Acuity Law. Steve is… | View Profile |
![]() | Damien Cann | Damien is an experienced real estate lawyer who has been with Acuity… | View Profile |
![]() | Angharad Evans | Angharad has worked in the film and television industry for over 18… | View Profile |
![]() | Christian Farrow | Christian is a Partner in our Corporate team and has been lead-adviser… | View Profile |
![]() | Juliette Franklin | Juliette is an experienced employment solicitor. She qualified in 1999, before moving… | View Profile |
![]() | Jonathan Geen | Jonathan Geen has extensive experience in project and development-related finance. Jonathan recently… | View Profile |
![]() | Liz Gibbons | Liz is an experienced Real Estate Property lawyer, with a particular specialism… | View Profile |
![]() | Declan Goodwin | Declan is a Partner in the Commercial & Technology team. He’s highly… | View Profile |
![]() | Hugh Hitchcock | As head of the Dispute Resolution team, Hugh oversees Acuity’s work in… | View Profile |
![]() | Beverley Jones | Beverley is a Corporate Partner with extensive high quality experience in complex… | View Profile |
![]() | Claire Knowles | Claire is the Lead Partner in our Employment and HR team and… | View Profile |
![]() | Jon Lawley | Jon is a corporate lawyer with extensive experience in advising clients on… | View Profile |
![]() | Paul Lowe | Paul is a highly-regarded Corporate Partner who represents clients throughout the UK… | View Profile |
![]() | Steve Morris | Steve is an experienced Commercial Real Estate Partner with considerable expertise in… | View Profile |
![]() | Cordelia Payne | Cordelia trained and qualified into the Intellectual Property department at media &… | View Profile |
![]() | Phillip Pugh | Phil Pugh trained and qualified at Acuity, reaching Partner level in 2017.… | View Profile |
![]() | Huw Roffe | Huw is an experienced commercial disputes solicitor who joined Acuity in January… | View Profile |
![]() | James Ryan | Jim is an experienced specialist town and country planning lawyer, whose practice… | View Profile |
![]() | Tom Saunderson | Tom is a Senior Associate within the corporate team at Acuity Law.… | View Profile |
![]() | Rachelle Sellek | Specialising in advising her clients on all aspects of commercial and corporate… | View Profile |
![]() | Aisha Wardell | Aisha is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team and is an… | View Profile |
![]() | James Williams | James specialises in non-contentious construction matters and has experience of acting for… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of UK partners : 46 Number of other UK fee-earners : 34Client Testimonials
CLIENT: Gavin Peters, CEO UK Operations
COMPANY/FIRM: Tri-Wall
TESTIMONIAL: “The Acuity team is a great fit as legal partners for Tri-Wall and their emphasis on entrepreneurship and commerciality fits well with our ethos. We look forward to working with them further in the coming months.”
CLIENT: Matt Phillips, Director People and Governance
COMPANY/FIRM: Monmouthshire Council
TESTIMONIAL: “I fundamentally trust the team is because they are moulded in the image of their exceptional leader. Claire has that magical combination of a law library in her head, availability that suggests she has more hours in the day than other people, and a success rate to be envied.”
CLIENT: Andy Sloan, Business Development Director
COMPANY/FIRM: Portman Dental Care
TESTIMONIAL: “As a company we set ourselves extremely ambitious targets and we never doubted that Acuity, with its strength in depth, would rise to meet the challenge we set them.”
CLIENT: Ian Bond, CEO
COMPANY/FIRM: Bond Digital Health Limited
TESTIMONIAL: “As any entrepreneur knows, a funding raise is much like fighting a fire breathing dragon. Lots of heat, lots of tension and it never seems to lie down. We’ve been through that twice this year, successfully I have to say, and the one thing that was a given was that the team from Acuity were there. Responsive, involved, up to speed on all issues and most of all on our side all the way. It was, and remains, a valuable partnership.”
CLIENT: Gerwyn Williams, Managing Director
COMPANY/FIRM: U.K. Methane Limited
TESTIMONIAL: “Acuity Energy were very proactive and their prompt response to problems helped to identify main issues at an early stage. The team has a concentration of expertise that matches any City player but still appreciates that speed and cost is critical to its clients.”
- Corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Employment > Employment: Recommended Firms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment