Commercial Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Hemingways boasts a formidable team of litigators and provides its clients with the highest standard of service available.
We provide commercial litigation services to businesses and individuals and are regularly recommended to clients by fellow lawyers and professionals. We regularly handle disputes where the value exceeds £1m.
We provide specialist advice in relation to various types of commercial dispute. For example:
commercial contract disputes
shareholder and partnership disputes
breach of directors’ duties
negligence claims against professionals
insolvency litigation
breach of restrictive covenants
Employment Litigation
We provide employers and employees with pragmatic, robust advice on all aspects of employment law and on any human resources issues they may face. Our experienced advocates have appeared in tribunals throughout the United Kingdom.
We typically advise on:
employee disputes and discrimination claims
redundancies and restructurings
settlement agreements
business protection work, including defending or implementing and enforcing restrictive covenants
Property Litigation
We provide specialist property litigation services, helping a range of clients including property owners, investors, developers, retailers and contractors overcome any property disputes efficiently and effectively, including:
Examples of work in this area include:
Acting for a private equity investor in an £18m MBI on its acquisition of a majority stake in a national clothing retailer
Acting in the sale of one of the country’s top 2 audio, lighting and media installation companies
Negotiating a £40m property development loan with rolled over term facility for a major commercial development
Advising on the restructuring and refinancing of a £50m private equity fund
Advising on numerous private equity acquisitions, disposals and investments on values ranging between £1m – £50m