Fladgate LLP

Fladgate is an 85 partner law firm known for its ability to work on fast moving, complex challenges requiring enterprising and commercial solutions.

We’re a firm that has always built deep relationships with clients, creating true partnerships. Offering any number of experts while keeping things brilliantly one to one. Valuing intellectual rigour, agility and proactivity. We call this approach an ‘unlimited partnership’, because deep relationships generate exponentially better teamwork and results.

As an agile and enterprising team operating from one office we are able to offer a nimble and integrated service across: commercial; construction and engineering; corporate; dispute resolution, employment; funds, finance and regulatory; immigration; intellectual property and technology; private client; restructuring and insolvency; real estate; and tax.

We are specialist in sectors including: betting and gaming; energy and renewables; financial institutions from challenger banks to venture capital funds; fintech; hotels; leisure; life sciences; media and technology; all aspects of private wealth; real estate; retail and sports (including e-sports).

As a result, we work with some of the leading and fastest growing businesses and ‘trend initiator’ brands along with HNWI’s or their advisors from around the world.  Businesses we work closely for include:

• Twentieth Century Fox
• Ocado
• Yo Sushi!
• Red Tiger Gaming
• Random House Group
• Credit Suisse
• Blockchain Worldwide
• Close Brothers
• Monster energy
• Major Baseball League

Our private wealth team work for over 100 HNWI’s including influential global families, international entrepreneurs, media celebrities and sports people - clients from six continents. They also advise 80+ family offices.

We deliver against our clients’ high expectations by being extensively connected across their worlds, immersed in their goals and constantly searching not just to understand their business needs but to anticipate them. As a result, we work with some of the leading and fastest growing businesses and ‘trend initiator’ brands along with UHNWI’s or their advisors from around the world.

One of the things that characterises Fladgate is the nature of our clients and our ability to deliver quick thinking and enterprising solutions for them. A large proportion of clients we work for are either: founder/owners/senior directors in small to medium size fast growing businesses often seen as ‘trend initiators’ in their markets; or they are UHNWI’s or their advisors. They generally don’t have large in-house resources and rely on us heavily to guide them through fast moving and intricate challenges. They also expect commercial and enterprising thinking, Fladgate scores up to 20% higher in service factors related to this area than other firms that our clients use.* Another reason why our focus on personal service has paid off.

Our distinctive approach stems from providing a level of personal service that our clients tell us they do not get from the other firms they use*. Partners at Fladgate operate in small close-knit and collaborative teams. Fladgate has carefully structured these teams around a low partner to fee-earner ratio ensuring a uniquely personal service. They not only take the lead but also do a significant amount of the detailed work. This and our strongly personal and collaborative culture results in an ability to move efficiently and at speed. Fladgate combines being nimble and efficient with high quality, full service and international capabilities. Clients appreciate our personal scale and flat efficient structure but know we can also help across the full breadth of their needs and bring international connectivity. We deliver all this from one office without the overheads or bureaucracy of larger international network firms.

The corporate department: advises on listings and flotations, including AIM flotations, funds, M&A, JVs, MBOs and private equity, UK and international corporate and commercial transactions, employment, restructuring, tax, IP and IT, banking and partnership law.

The real estate department: advises on corporate real estate, investment, development, planning, construction, real estate finance, tax and real estate litigation.

The funds, finance and regulatory department: advises on funds, finance, regulatory, debt finance, financial services and real estate finance.

The dispute resolution department: handles general commercial litigation, fraud, IP, international arbitration, insurance, restructuring, family and private wealth disputes.

Private client: our large and established private wealth group including over 15 partners delivering the full range of services from international private wealth, trusts and tax planning through to estate and trust administration, family and luxury assets.

The firm also offers specialist services via its wholly owned business, Walgate, including: Family Offices Services to address the personal and domestic needs of wealthy families; and Debt Solutions for businesses and individuals active in commercial real estate .

*Research from 300+ clients in client service surveys undertaken in 2019 and in 2022