England - London • Dispute resolution
Linklaters LLP
Linklaters LLP has ‘expertise across a broad range of specialisms’ with a team of almost 300 litigators internationally allowing the department to handle complex multijurisdictional disputes. Large corporates, leading banks, and government bodies instruct the department on a wide range of cases, with clients ’in safe hands for the highest profile and most challenging commercial cases’. Alison Wilson leads the ‘outstanding partner team with real insight and commercial approach’. Tom Cassels is a key figure in the team, and ’provides a calm but decisive hand on the tiller’. Marc Harvey is, for one client, ‘one of the best litigators in London’.
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Testimonials
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‘Expertise across a broad range of specialisms. They always have the right person to consult internally if a niche and sensitive issue comes up.’
‘Tom Cassells, Chris Stevenson and Madeline Chan are an exceptionally responsive team and dovetail with our in-house team seamlessly, helping us with our stakeholder management’
‘Without question the best team of litigators with whom I have worked. Across all the details of the case, whilst at the same time overseeing the strategy and managing the many moving parts. Clients are in safe hands for the highest profile and most challenging commercial cases.’
‘Marc Harvey is one of the best litigators in London. A master tactician, great manager of a large legal team and, above all, a lawyer with impeccable judgement. Daniel Nutley is a star in the making. Calm, collected and across all of the details. A great manner with clients and the wider legal team.’
‘Tom Cassels provides a calm but decisive hand on the tiller.’
‘Outstanding partner team with real insight and commercial approach, backed by a great team of extremely consistent and great quality associates.’
‘Tom Cassels is an outstanding partner with real depth of experience and commercial nous. He consistently helps to simplify the very complex and clarify the mysterious.'
- 'James Hennah is an excellent up and coming partner, providing measured, thoughtful advice and guiding us with great assurance through our claim.’
Key clients
- Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
- Telefónica S.A. and Telefonica O2 Holdings Limited
- Equiti Capital UK Limited.
- Independent Petroleum Group Limited (“IPG”)
- Bulb Energy Limited
- Kelkoo
Work highlights
- Ddefending against a claim brought by the administrators of Phones 4U alleging that three UK-based Mobile Network Operators and their parent companies colluded with each other to procure a coordinated exit from contractual relationships with Phones 4U, leading to Phones 4U’s administration.
- Defending against High Court proceedings concerning knowing receipt of fees and commissions from a client of the brokerage which is alleged to have defrauded investors.
- Acted on a highly expedited judicial review against BEIS brought by several major UK energy companies, in what is the first case involving an energy supply company being put into litigation, and one of the few cases concerning the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Lawyers
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Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alison Wilson, Tom Cassels, Marc Harvey