Fieldfisher
Fieldfisher has an ‘impressive multidisciplinary approach’ and handles both claimant and defendant cases, including complex cross-jurisdictional and high value matters. ’Highly intelligent’ practice head Jonathan Ray-Smith has thirty years of experience in resolving corporate and commercial disputes. Matthew Sharp, described as ‘determined, confident, and articulate’, specialises in acting for claimants against solicitors, accountants, and tax advisers.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Impressive multidisciplinary approach to very complex tax-related professional negligence litigation.’
- ‘Matt Sharp is highly intelligent, impressive grasp of detail, determined, confident, and articulate. Jonathan Ray-Smith is also highly intelligent, fluent, and thoughtful. Jonathan has good organisational ability and impressive client-handling skills.’
- ‘The individuals in the professional negligence sphere with whose work I am familiar with, and who have impressed me, are Jonathan Ray-Smith and Matt Sharp.’
- ‘The team at Fieldfisher are commercial and detail driven, using the specific factual matrix to their clients' advantage.’
- ‘Commercial judgment, easy to work with, and always looking for commercial solutions rather than difficulties.’
Key clients
- Aurium Real Estate London Ultra Prime Limited
- British Pipeline Agency
- Hoegh Capital Partners
- A group of day nurseries
- Mirza Law Limited & Ors
- Reaction Engines Limited
- Colin Hardman and Finbarr O'Connell as liquidators of The Wine Enterprise Investment Scheme Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Hoegh Capital Partners on a professional negligence claim against a firm of accountants and a firm of solicitors in relation to their respective failures to provide adequate tax advice to ultra-high net worth Scandinavian clients.
- Advised British Pipeline Agency as agent for United Kingdom Oil Pipelines on a quadripartite property dispute, giving rise to claims in trespass on private land, negligence and breach of contract, in relation to pipelines installed in the wrong location.
- Advised Reaction Engines Limited in its multi-million pound claim for damages against trustees of a property unit trust for damages flowing from breaches of an agreement for lease, and its contractor's negligence relating to the client's new testing facility for its breakthrough space rocket engine technology.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jonathan Ray-Smith