England - London • Dispute resolution
Travers Smith LLP
Being described by clients ‘excellent in all ways, and a real pleasure to work with’, the full-service dispute resolution practice at Travers Smith LLP is equipped to handle highly complex cases. Cases with a cross-border component are regularly undertaken by the team, as are high-profile cases, with the team notably having been entrusted to act on the high-profile Hewlett-Packard tech-related fraud trial. Rob Fell brings his ’fantastic knowledge and experience’ to lead the ‘absolutely first-rate’ team that consists of financial services expert Caroline Edwards, who also co-heads the firm’s competition litigation practice. Also of note is ’very reliable, accurate, and clever’ Alexa Day, ‘up-and-coming star’ Stephanie Lee, and the ’exceptional team’ of Toby Robinson, Andrew King, and Polly Richard.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Toby Robinson, Andrew King and Polly Richard make an exceptional team. They are also, individually, very capable and hard-working commercial litigators.’
- ‘Absolutely first-rate. Punch well above their weight and are a match for any magic-circle firm.’
- ‘Stephanie Lee is an up-and-coming star, and one to watch for the future.’
- ‘Excellent in all ways and a real pleasure to work with. Able, team-focused and client-driven.’
- ‘They are a strong team across the board; Toby Robinson is an outstanding litigator.'
- 'Alexa Day is very reliable, accurate and clever.'
- ‘The team is a stand-out in the market. They resource effectively, prepare a case diligently, and give clear and strategic advice to the client.’
- ‘Rob Fell - fantastic knowledge and experience, very good with clients, reassuring.’
Key clients
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Camellia plc
- A prominent private equity house ("PEH") and its portfolio company ("OpCo")
- Stena Line Ltd
Work highlights
- Represent Hewlett-Packard group companies (HP), the Claimants in proceedings arising out of HP's $11 billion acquisition of Autonomy Corporation plc, a FTSE 100 software company, in 2011. Mr Justice Hildyard's judgment in HP's favour was handed down on 17 May 2022.
- Led the defence and subsequent settlement of two separate sets of proceedings against Camellia plc and two of its English subsidiaries involving novel "parent company liability" claims concerning alleged human rights abuses in the operations of two overseas subsidiaries of the Camellia group in Kenya and Malawi respectively.
- Acted for PEH and OpCo (a tech company incorporated in Israel) in relation to a shareholder dispute involving the founder and minority shareholder of OpCo (the "Founder").
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Practice head
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Rob Fell