Mills & Reeve LLP‘s commercial disputes team has a strong corporate litigation specialism, focusing on shareholder disputes, boardroom disputes, and breach of directors’ duties cases. Eric France acts as co-head of the department, specialising in disputes from the IT, government, and insurance sectors. Alongside France acts Mark Davidson who is noted for his extensive experience in handling life sciences disputes.
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  • ‘The Mills & Reeve team is able to offer a copper-bottomed service whilst remaining accessible and totally user-friendly.'

  • 'What sets Mills & Reeve apart is its knowledge of the insurance sector - never far from most commercial litigation.’

  • 'Sarah Jacobs is able to navigate heavyweight commercial litigation with a calm and entirely justified confidence. A real pleasure to work with, definitely someone I'd want on my team, not on my opponent's!’
  • ‘Mills & Reeve provide an excellent service which marries diligence, intelligence, and commercial sense to deliver a quality product for their clients.' 

Key clients

  • Fidelis Underwriting Limited
  • Matrix Receivables Limited
  • University of Hull
  • Lyndale Capital Advisors Limited

Work highlights

Acted for Matrix Receivables Limited in a cross-border dispute and with respect to multi-million dollar High Court proceedings.
Acted for the University of Hull to obtain an urgent freezing injunction and in civil fraud proceedings.

Practice head

Eric France; Mark Davison

Other key lawyers

Sarah Jacobs