Marriott Harrison LLP

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

• ‘The advice provided by Marriott Harrison on corporate transactions is excellent. The team is highly responsive and provide support in a manner that is pragmatic and commercial.’

• ‘David Baverstock is a stand-out partner at the firm. He is very hands-on and extremely responsive. He has an excellent legal brain and always takes the time to explain things in a manner that is clear. He is also not afraid to provide a commercial steer where necessary.’

• ‘Ian Morris is an absolute stand-out partner compared to many of his peers in the industry. He has great commercial acumen and is always readily available for discussion and advice. He is extremely level-headed and offers a good sounding-board when emotions are running high, with very clear and dispassionate advice to ensure the best outcome from both a legal and commercial perspective. Ian’s many years of experience doing M&A and representing management makes him an all-rounder, able to tackle the most complex of arrangements with sound and balanced advice allowing one to feel they’re in a safe pair of hands. It is a rare quality to find a lawyer who can successfully translate complicated financial arrangements in an uncomplicated legal manner.’

• ‘The team is attentive, supportive, and commercial in all aspects, and they deliver things very much as part of our team. They challenge appropriately, and it never feels confrontational but supportive. Their approach is friendly, and every member of the team goes out of their way to help us. It all feels very personal, and everyone's goals are aligned. They put effort into understanding and managing the project superbly.’

• ‘Daisy Divoká seeks to understand our position fully and is appropriately challenging. She is knowledgeable in our sector (financial services), which has helped hugely with negotiations on deal structure and due diligence. She is efficient in project management and ensures that her team delivers within tight turnaround times. Daisy eludes trust and confidence.’

• ‘Daisy Divoká has been excellent throughout. In addition to dealing with the legal side, what really stood out for me is Daisy's very sound commercial approach and her excellent advice and input from a commercial perspective. Daisy and the team are excellent at considering the issues from different perspectives, both legal and commercial, which is invaluable.’

• ‘I thoroughly enjoyed working with Marriott Harrison LLP on a recent M&A transaction. Their team, from senior partners to junior staff, demonstrated deep expertise and a consistently high level of professionalism throughout the deal. Their advice was pragmatic and commercial, always focused on achieving practical outcomes for the client. It was a real pleasure to collaborate with a knowledgeable and solutions-driven team.’

• ‘Andrew Ross's strategic view on M&A deals, alongside his pragmatism, flowed down to the rest of the staff on the team. This made for a cohesive legal team that dovetailed well with me. Andrew is very commercial and knowledgeable.’

• 'Ian Morris' complex understanding of what matters in a negotiation and what does not in order to give things away for a bigger reward was so very skilful.'

• '. Mature and established track record of representing SMEs that are selling to larger corporates.'

Key clients

• ClearScore
• Commonplace
• Brachers
• Mactech
• PiLON
• Commonplace
• Identicare
• Bridgepoint
• Dialpad
• Lagercrantz
• Rho
• CentreSoft
• Chiltern Capital
• Firebird Capital
• Parity Projects
• Intelligent Reach
• Datasmoothie
• Breakroom
• The Fulham Shore
• Gresham House

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