With ‘the expertise to go head to head with the very biggest firms', Solomon Taylor & Shaw LLP's compact, four-member team acts for SMEs and HNW individuals in contractual, shareholder, partnership,  joint venture, and banking and finance-related disputes. It is also experienced in classic and supercar litigation, along with corporate control-related matters, insolvency litigation, and cross-border work. Elected as senior partner in April 2024, practice head Mark Summerfield is ’an outstanding commercial litigator’.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The high level of communication and the advice received are first class.’

  • ‘The way in which costs are presented, both in advance and when invoiced, make them very easy to understand and process accordingly.’

  • ‘Immediate knowledge and understanding of cases. The advice given is extremely helpful.’

  • ‘A small and focused team where the client is not lost within a larger team, and where the work is handled by experienced and senior individuals.’

  • ‘Outstanding value for money and they have the expertise to go head to head with the very biggest firms.’

  • ‘Mark Summerfield is a safe pair of hands. Pragmatic and cool as a cucumber, even when under pressure. His instincts (based upon his vast experience) are always right.’

  • ‘Mark Summerfield is an experienced litigation partner who attends to the mandate himself, and is readily contactable and available.’

  • ‘Mark Summerfield is an outstanding commercial litigator with a great sense of how to get the client the outcome it wants.’

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mark Summerfield