DLA Piper supports clients in a wide range of commercial disputes across various sectors including the private equity, energy, hospitality, and sports industries. The team is well placed to handle cross-border disputes, specifically corporate disputes and financial services litigation. Andrew Smith, who leads the team, concentrates his practice on corporate and commercial disputes, including group actions, with expertise in M&A and transactional claims, joint venture issues and shareholder disputes. Jonathan Eatough represents clients in the manufacturing, retail, infrastructure, PFI, and technology sectors in domestic and international commercial disputes. Philip Williams routinely supports clients in fintech and financial services disputes, infrastructure and energy-related claims, and corporate and shareholder disputes. Leontia McArdle specialises in class-actions and other mass claims, regularly acting for blue-chip clients. International arbitration expert Charlotte Leith also has a strong commercial litigation practice, and Benjamin Fellows routinely handles claims concerning breach of contract and negligence elements, and consumer credit and asset finance issues.
Key clients
- Jemella Limited (ghd)
- Fullbrook Thorpe Investments
Work highlights
- Acting in a joint venture dispute involving various allegations and counter-allegations of breach of contract, breach of duty and other heads of claim.
- Involved in a high-profile defamation proceedings brought against a client by Dr Craig Wright, who claims to be the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of Bitcoin.