England - London • Dispute resolution
Wallace LLP
Wallace LLP's 'tight-knit and dynamic team' is consistently mandated for corporate and commercial litigation that features cross-border aspects. Alexander Weinberg is 'who clients need at the tiller in difficult cases'; Oli Goldman acts in a range of commercial disputes, regulatory investigations and fraud-related matters; and Simon Serota is a renowned property litigator. At senior associate level, Elizabeth Asher acts in commercial and insolvency disputes; Josephine Mathew specialises in high-value commercial litigation; and Philip Blyghton 'delivers tremendous value to clients'.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Wallace provides a tight-knit and dynamic team that delivers top-quality legal advice and client care, with a personal touch that clients don't always get at the bigger firms.'
- 'They care about the clients and getting the best result. Though they are a smaller outfit (akin to some of the boutique litigation firms), they punch above their weight and can go toe-to-toe with the biggest firms on the biggest cases.’
- ‘Oli Goldman has excellent legal knowledge and great client delivery.’
- 'Alexander Weinberg and Philip Blyghton are both standouts.'
- 'Alexander Weinberg is a very effective communicator and litigation manager. He is who clients need at the tiller in difficult cases.'
- 'Philip Blyghton is a brilliant senior associate. He is pleasant, diligent, technically excellent, and he has good judgement - delivers tremendous value to clients.'
- 'Josephine Mathew - ability to understand complex issues and take in a lot of information/documents and distil them down to the most important facts.'
- 'Josephine Mathew - very available. Good communication and good knowledge of court procedure. Also very reliable.’
Key clients
- Aaqua BV
- Aaquaverse PTE
- Steven Bartlett Limited
- Turtle Reef Holdings
- Natuzzi
- TradingView
- Novus Aviation Capital
- ENIC Group
- Efficio
- Henry Schein Inc
- Excell Group
- Opia
- Maris Interiors
- Eco Energy World
- Incisive Media
- Albion Energy
- Ludsin Overseas
- Matière SAS
Work highlights
- Acting for Dutch businessman, Robert Bonnier (and companies in the Aaqua Group), in defending a claim brought by one of Nick Candy’s investment vehicles, including successfully discharging a worldwide freezing injunction.
- Acting for three HNWI defendants, Marcus Struik, Asher Avidan and Joseph Tchelet, in their defence of Commercial Court fraud proceedings that were brought by Vale group companies.
- Defending Greek investor Panagiotis Triantafyllidis against proceedings brought against him by Dorset, a Marshall Islands investment company, in relation to shares in a Cayman Islands company.
Lawyers
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Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simon Serota