The team at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, which is led by Dan Butler and Steve Dunseath, is particularly strong in business protection issues, contractual disputes, reputation management and defamation work, public sector and procurement disputes, and group actions relating to property investment schemes. Butler’s broad commercial litigation practice also covers contentious insolvencies, procurement disputes, and group litigation, while Dunseath represents clients in commercial contract disputes, post-termination restrictions and injunctions, and civil fraud claims.
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Key clients
- Pinewood Technologies PLC
- Great Places
- First Abu Dhabi Bank
- University of West London
Work highlights
- Acting for Pinewood Technologies PLC in its claim for monies due under a software reselling agreement and defence of an alleged $312m breach of contract claim.
- Acting for one of the largest public authorities in the UK in a £10m procurement challenge arising from a public transportation contract, with associated health and safety investigations.
- Acting for Serisys Asset Holdings Limited and various other defendants in a £10m+ claim relating to the intra-group transfer of financial services software and IP to Hong Kong.
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Dan Butler, Steve Dunseath