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Glovers Solicitors LLP

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Restaurant companies, retailers, and leisure activity operators regularly turn to the Glovers Solicitors LLP team, which is well-equipped to handle instructions from these sectors. Co-head of the practice, Kenny Friday, has a solid track record advising across the commercial and residential real estate spectrum, overseeing landlord and tenant disputes and possession matters. Co-head Paul Dench receives varied instructions on landlord and tenant disputes, boundary disputes, and nuisance claims.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is consistently efficient and effective, and we feel very supported.’

  • ‘What makes this practice truly unique is the combination of its deep technical expertise, commercial pragmatism, and genuine investment in client relationships. Their advice is always tailored, strategic, and solution-focused — not just legally accurate, but commercially astute and practically deliverable.’

  • ‘I have worked exclusively with Paul Dench over a number of years, and I cannot speak highly enough of him. He is an exceptional solicitor who consistently delivers clear, commercial, and solutions-focused advice. His professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail are outstanding, and he has become a trusted adviser on a wide range of complex matters.’

  • ‘Paul Dench is a competent professional. He leads a formidable property team, which together has a broad and deep knowledge of residential and commercial property law. The firm has achieved a good balance of remaining small enough to feel boutique, whilst large enough to do the job!’

  • ‘Paul Dench stands out. He has accumulated 25 years of expert knowledge. This enables him to turn around work demands without stress or fuss. Above all, he has managed to retain his youthful charm and humour over the years. A firm favourite with clients. A Neuberger of the solicitors' world!’

  • ‘Kenny Friday. He has considerable expertise in acting for lenders/receivers in all litigation concerning secured lending. He is calm under pressure and always adopts a clear strategy for litigation from the outset.’

Key clients

  • Zizzi Restaurants Limited
  • Coco di Mama Limited
  • Prezzo Trading Limited
  • Nando’s Chickenland Limited
  • Wagamama Limited
  • McMullen & Sons Limited
  • Everyman Media Limited
  • Oaxaca Limited (t/a Wahaca)
  • Dishoom Limited
  • Flat Iron Steak Limited
  • Bayley & Sage Limited
  • Deep Blue Restaurants Limited

Work highlights

Advising several restaurant and leisure activity operators including ASK Italian, Zizzi, Prezzo, Coco di Mama, Superbowl UK, Everyman Cinema, Farmer J, Dishoom, Nando’s, Wagamama, and Franco Manca, across a diverse range of property matters affecting their estate portfolios.
Advising several lenders, including Investec, Close Brothers, Hampshire Trust Bank, United Trust Bank, Paragon and Shawbrook and numerous insolvency practitioners regarding a vast array of property-related matters, including the enforcement of mortgages and other security, professional negligence disputes and insolvency options.
Advising Superbowl UK on a dispute with landlord concerning a settlement made in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic,leading to a successful Award at Arbitration.

Practice head

Kenny Friday; Paul Dench