Freeths LLP is adept at handling a breadth of commercial litigation matters, spanning complex contractual disputes, fraud, IP, IT and cyber issues, energy claims and shareholder conflicts. Simon Hobbs heads the practice, drawing on experience as a litigator to advise on high-profile complex cases, while Tom Holden is another key member of the practice.
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- 'Freeths are excellent partners to work with and not just exceptional advisers.'
- 'The team are very focused and thorough in their approach to cases. They give you confidence that you chose the right legal partners and that you have a very good prospect of achieving the agreed outcome at onset.'
- 'The key contacts are good, solid performers. They give the impression they understand us as a client, are working towards our agreed objectives, and importantly when it is easy as a client to let emotion creep in, they keep you on a measured and practical trajectory.'
- 'I am extremely satisfied with the team of lawyers – they are efficient, quick to respond, able to identify the core of the problem, and always find a solution.'
- 'Simon Hobbs is a first class litigator. He provides clear and thorough advice, always setting out objectively the strengths and weaknesses of any given matter. Simon will set out a clear path for dealing with a case from the outset so that we as the client have a good understanding of how the case will be managed.'
- 'I have worked extensively with solicitor Tom Holden – he is exceptional. He has a great ability to explain matters clearly and in an understandable way.'
Key clients
- Dawsongroup Plc
- Trimo d.o.o.
- Cromwell Tools Limited
- Opus Restructuring LLP
- Wells & Co Limited
- APCOA Parking (UK) Limited
- FedEx Express UK Transportation Limited
- London Luton Airport Limited
- Triad Group Plc
- Bristol Airport Limited
- DPD Local UK Limited
Work highlights
Representing Dawsongroup on a claim by an Irish company, Last Bus Limited, in the Commercial Court heading for a 15 day trial in June 2025.
Representing Trimo d.o.o, a Slovian manufacturing company, in the High Court in a dispute heading for a 5 day trial in February 2025.
Representing one of the UK’s gas and electricity suppliers in defending a number of claims against it by customers seeking the return of alleged half-secret commission payments made by it to the customers’ brokers/TPIs.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Simon Hobbs
Other key lawyers
Tom Holden