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 provide first class legal advice alongside a deep understanding of our needs and objectives as a business. Freeths always go that extra mile and look for ways in which they can add value for the client. They do this by putting in the effort to understand us as clients, to know what our plans and objectives are, so that they can see opportunities for us that we may have missed.'
- '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
Leading partners
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Practice head
Simon Hobbs
Other key lawyers
Tom Holden