DAC Beachcroft LLP houses 'an effective team that focuses on achieving practical commercial outcomes for clients'. The team is routinely mandated for contractual disputes, shareholder conflicts, contested share purchase agreements, and corporate control issues; and the firm's enviable client base comprises corporations from the financial services, energy, technology, telecoms and healthcare sectors, as well as shareholders, investors, and senior managers and professionals. John Bramhall acts in an array of international, financial and City-related commercial disputes; Richard Highley is ‘the thinking client's litigator’; Jonathan Brogden's practice includes contractual claims and banking and finance disputes; and the core of Ken Forsyth's practice is substantial contractual claims. Also highly rated, Clarissa Coleman 'has a terrific client-side manner'; Laura Berry has notable expertise in multi-jurisdictional claims; and director Pippa Ellis handles corporate and shareholder disputes. Lucy Grivvell was recently promoted to legal director, while senior associate Lisa Skipp is 'all over the detail'.
Testimonials
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‘Always very responsive. Straightforward and pragmatic advice, and the billing always seems to reflect the services provided accurately.’
‘John Bramhall and Lisa Skipp always show a keen interest in clients' business.’
Key clients
- The Railways Pension Scheme
- Delta Capital International
Work highlights
- Acting for Grey GR Limited Partnership in a claim involving the operation of a partnership over a number of years that acquired a significant number of assets.
- Acting for CMC Markets, and its worldwide subsidiaries, in a claim against the Group’s Chief Commercial Officer and a former employee of the Sydney office.