Downs Solicitors LLP is regarded as providing an ‘excellent service’ to clients across a spectrum of sectors, including technology, media, healthcare, leisure and professional services. Richard Clapham, who ’provides excellent client service’, and the ‘outstanding’ Julian Harvey lead the practice, based in Godalming and Dorking respectively. Emily MacNiven is also regarded as a ’a very capable lawyer’.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The Corporate and Commercial team at Downs Solicitors are very helpful and technically skilled. They are therefore able to understand clients problems and provide practical advise followed up with efficient implementation.’

  • ‘The team have provided excellent service to my clients and are willing to meet clients without obligation to explore potential new relationships.’

  • ‘The team is sensibly structure and headed up by experienced and very capable partners. Service tends to be more partner led than their peers so clients get great access to experienced lawyers and with that fantastic value for money.’

  • ‘We do a lot of work with Richard Clapham. He provides client with well rounded and considered advice and is very responsive, providing excellent client service.'

  • 'Emily McNiven is a very capable lawyer who interacts very well with clients and really helps to dive transactions forward. ’
  • ‘Everyone is very professional. personable and helpful. They also have a very wide field of expertise gathered under one roof which is very good.’

  • ‘Richard Clapham helped enormously and was very responsive and got documents back to me in a very timely manner which was great. ’

  • 'Julian Harvey and Emily MacNiven were outstanding in all aspects of their work and in dealings with our team.’

Key clients

  • Aronova Interactive Ltd
  • Cerealto UK Ltd
  • Format Games Limited
  • Mitchell Evans LLP
  • Office Oracle Group Ltd
  • Care More Franchising Limited
  • HJP Wealth Management Limited
  • Oakwood Club Limited
  • IIJ Europe Limited
  • Latchmere Properties Limited
  • Prosys International Limited

Work highlights

  • Advised the shareholders of AKG Group Limited on the sale of the entire issued share capital.
  • Advised the shareholders of CoolTera Ltd. on the sale of the entire issued share capital.
  • Advised Care More Franchising Limited on the acquisition and implementation of an overseas franchise model in the United Kingdom.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Clapham, Julian Harvey

Other key lawyers

Emily MacNiven, Charmaine Dudman