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Shoosmiths LLP

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Fielding 'an excellent team with terrific strength in depth', Shoosmiths LLP undertakes large numbers of major commercial disputes. Examples include shareholder conflicts, contract breaches, negligence, and fraud and misrepresentation matters. The practice is also experienced in breaches of warranty claims following M&A transactions. Bill Molloy acts in disputes concerning outsourcing, large-scale procurements, shareholder conflicts, and commercial issues, which frequently comprise multi-jurisdictional elements; Susie Wakefield handles a range of commercial disputes, in addition to leading the commercial insurance team; Daren Allen is an expert in fraud, bribery, corruption, and money laundering; and Elliot Bishop is 'a standout lawyer'. At associate level, principal Matthew MacLachlan leads the firm's contentious privacy offering, and senior John Shirley-Rakhra maintains a broad disputes practice. During 2022, banking and finance litigation partner Andrew Bowden-Brown was hired from Francis Wilks & Jones, while former partner Philip Tansley joined Osborne Clarke LLP.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘A very hardworking and knowledgeable team of excellent lawyers, who provide a very responsive and courteous service.’

  • ‘Bill Molloy is a standout partner at Shoosmiths. He has a strong commercial understanding and legal ability, and takes sound tactical decisions to maximise a client's prospects of winning a case.’

  • ‘Bill Molloy knows precisely how much to get involved to give the best service to clients. He is very affable but immensely shrewd.'

  • ‘Bill Molloy always has a clear view of the big picture and is an excellent strategist.

  • ‘Elliot Bishop is a standout lawyer, who is intelligent, tenacious, and knows the law inside out.’

  • ‘Shoosmiths has a strong commercial dispute resolution team covering a range of different industries.'

  • 'The quality of its team is high, and it collaborates well with clients and Counsel to achieve the best outcomes for the client in every case.’

  • ‘An excellent team with terrific strength in depth.’

Key clients

  • Platinum Fortune
  • Platinum Wealth Development
  • Rijksmuseum Twenthe
  • Zurich Insurance
  • SCOR SE
  • IPP Van Triel
  • Enstar Managing Agency
  • Everbridge Holdings
  • Everbridge

Work highlights

  • Instructed by Platinum Fortune and Platinum Wealth Development in a cross-border, high-value shareholders' dispute concerning shares in Jagex.
  • Acting for a global data centre provider in a complex, high-value dispute with a large international telecoms carrier, which included advising as to termination rights and the recovery of substantial sums associated with the installation and services provided.
  • Acting for Everbridge Holdings and Everbridge in a $65m Commercial Court litigation regarding alleged delays in the issuance of shares as consideration, following a corporate acquisition.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Bill Molloy

Bill Molloy

Shoosmiths LLP

Bill advises in respect of outsourcing, large scale technology procurements, telecommunications; software development projects and intellectual property both contentious and non-contentious in the life sciences, media and communication sectors. Bill also specialises in heavyweight and high profile commercial dispute resolution and arbitration under the auspices of most of the institutional rules. He has extensive experience of resolving high value and complex commercial disputes often with a multi-jurisdictional remit for TMT, engineering, banking/finance and life science clients. He frequently advises on breaches of contract, termination rights, damages and injunctive relief. Bill is also recommended in the Legal 500 and was a contributor to "Outsourcing Transactions - A Practical Guide".

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alex Bishop, Bill Molloy

Other key lawyers

Susie Wakefield, Daren Allen, Elliot Bishop, Matthew MacLachlan, John Shirley-Rakhra, Andrew Bowden-Brown, Johanne Cox