Thomas Shortland
Cohen & Gresser (UK) LLPCohen & Gresser (UK) LLP‘s London team acts in disputes involving shareholders, investment funds, M&A, capital markets, joint ventures, and commercial arrangements. It also litigates in relation to regulatory obligations, directors’ duties, fraud, insolvency, professional negligence, and corporate governance and restructurings. Promoted to partner during 2023, Thomas Shortland is ’a sensationally good lawyer and commercial litigator’. The wide-ranging practice of Patrick Ferguson encompass commercial disputes. Former UK commercial litigation leader Jumana Rahman departed the firm in April 2024.
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- ‘Thomas Shortland is a sensationally good lawyer and commercial litigator.’
- ‘Thomas Shortland is responsible and straightforward with his clients, and advises them to the highest level as to the strategy - he then ensures that it is implemented to guarantee the best result.’
Key clients
- Hot Pancakes
- Sixth Borough Capital Fund
- Dawson James Securities
Work highlights
- Defended James Henderson, the former CEO of Bell Pottinger, against director disqualification proceedings issued by the Secretary of State in the Business & Property Courts.
- Representing Sixth Borough Capital Management and Dawson James Securities in high-value Commercial Court litigation against TC BioPharm in relation to loan notes and related allegations of breach of confidence.
- Represented Hot Pancakes in English Business & Property Court proceedings in relation to IP rights.
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Thomas Shortland