Hugh Hitchcock > Acuity Law > Swansea, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Acuity Law Offices
EXCHANGE BUILDING
CAMBRIAN PLACE
SWANSEA
SA1 1SH
United Kingdom
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Hugh Hitchcock
Work Department
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Hugh is a senior partner and shareholder, and a member of our Senior Leadership Team. He heads up the Acuity Litigation and Dispute Resolution department, comprising Commercial Litigation, Property Litigation and Construction Litigation.
Before joining Acuity, Hugh gained a wealth of experience as a partner/director at a boutique law firm, and in the media litigation department at Frere Cholmeley Bischoff, where he acted for an array of notable clients including Elton John, Sting, and The Beatles’ record company.
Hugh works both nationally and internationally with clients on a wide range of commercial litigation cases. He has vast experience in high-value contractual claims against large national firms, recovery claims and minority shareholder claims. He has also practised in the niche area of defamation and has had notable successes against several national newspapers.
Hugh has consistently been noted in The Legal 500 as a tenacious litigator with successful reported results against national and international firms.
Expertise:
- Commercial contract disputes
- Director and shareholder disputes
- Professional negligence
- Contentious insolvency and antecedent transaction claims
- Defamation, privacy and reputation management
- All types of injunction proceedings
- Intellectual property disputes
Lawyer Rankings
Wales > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
(Leading individuals)Praised for its ability to ‘go the extra mile and remain calm under pressure‘, Acuity Law is popular among financial services and healthcare clients, in particular, in relation to high-stakes regional and UK-wide commercial litigation. Hugh Hitchcock has an ‘understands the respective parties’ pressure points’, ensuring that he is well-positioned to secure favourable outcomes for his clients, including in complex director and shareholder disputes. The ‘exceptional’ Aisha Wardell co-heads the team alongside Hitchcock and has been a driving force behind its increased visibility in the arbitration space.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial litigation Wales > Dispute resolution
- Leading individuals Wales > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing