Ten Old Square
‘He's brilliant. Jonathan is creative, strategic, knowledgeable and hard working. He is also a charming yet effective advocate; a winning combination.'
Noted for its ‘specialist depth in partnership law,’ Ten Old Square handles a range of contentious and non-contentious partnership work, with members advising management teams in professional services on complex and sensitive internal issues, as well as assisting arbitrators with LLP and partnership disputes. Jeremy Callman acts in disputes and is also instructed on non-contentious partnership matters, including drafting and updating LLP and partnership agreements, and Jonathan Gavaghan is experienced in dealing with professional services’ firms, private equity, medical practices and farmers. Naomi Winston acts for both firms and individual partners in disputes across a range of partnerships, and also advises on drafting of non-contentious partnership documents.
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Testimonials
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- 'Excellent range of counsel.'
- 'Specialist depth in partnership law. Always willing to deliver bespoke in house training sessions and at the forefront of developments in this area.'
- 'Very good training programmes offered.'
- 'A fantastic chambers, full of the brainiest barristers.'
- 'Ten Old Square is one of only two sets that has genuine broad expertise in LLP and partnership law across a number of individual barristers, and in my view Ten Old Square has the greater number of experts in this field.'
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Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Ten Old Square
‘Jeremy’s knowledge of partnership and LLP law is encyclopaedic. He is technically rigorous and highly strategic. He knows all the moves and all the outcomes. He is an icon within the partnership law community, and yet very approachable, accessible and gracious at all times. Like Madonna, to those of us in the partnership world he is just Jeremy.'
Ten Old Square
‘Great technical knowledge and clear written style. Good with clients. Picks up complex matters swiftly and gives practical and commercial advice.'
Ten Old Square
‘A real streetfighter. You want him in your corner on difficult, complicated cases. Has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the brief and leaves no stone unturned in seeking success for his client. A real nightmare for opponents. Always available to discuss through an issue.’
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Ten Old Square
‘He has excellent attention to detail and is very thorough in his technical research. He has a good understanding of employment law issues which regularly arise in partnership work and is enthusiastic about his work.’