England - South East • Dispute resolution

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Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

IBB Law

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The ‘excellent’ Paul Kite leads the Uxbridge-based ‘heavyweight’ team at IBB Law, which has expertise spanning the insolvency, leisure, and product liability sectors. Kite frequently acts for SMEs and high-net-worth individuals, utilising his expertise in the automotive and professional services sectors. Praised for her ‘analytical sharpness’ and ‘intelligence’, Sarah Jackson is particularly skilled in handling partnership disputes and civil fraud cases. Russell Ford joined the team through the firm's merger with Owen White Limited in January 2023, adding his expertise in contentious matters concerning franchising and joint ventures to the practice.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘IBB have a very strong commercial litigation team. The firm has great breadth and depth.'

  • 'The absolutely excellent Sarah Jackson is a stand-out individual due to her analytical sharpness, intelligence, and her brilliant client-handling skills. She can make the most complex concepts straightforward for clients. She has strong support and loyalty from her team including the very thorough and personable Ayushi Chadha.’

  • ‘Sarah Jackson is the star of the team. She is dynamic, intuitive, pragmatic, and her clients love her. She is also highly regarded by her peers as a sensible litigator, and is revered as being co-operative and collegiate.’

  • ‘Good communication skills and strong knowledge. The team punches above its weight, has great industrial knowledge, and are able to put together a heavyweight team.’

  • ‘Paul Kite is confident and pragmatic but always picks up the small details. He is an excellent lawyer, rated by clients, and is able to work with international teams.’

  • ‘Sarah Jackson and her team are very hands on, supportive and commercial in their approach.'

  • ‘Sarah Jackson is an excellent leader and beautifully manages clients' expectations. She strongly supports mediation but is quick to resist a quick fix when her client has a strong case.’

Key clients

  • Renault UK
  • Woods Food Service
  • Renault Retail Group UK
  • Interpath Advisory
  • LA Micro Group (UK)
  • Tandem Property Asset Management LLP
  • Quantuma Advisory Ltd
  • Patek Phillipe
  • Cove Communities Management
  • Dwyer UK Franchising (Neighbourly Group)
  • Robsons Residential Lettings

Work highlights

  • Acting for LA Micro, a major IT company, and its shareholder founder in declaratory relief proceedings concerning a disputed interest in another shareholding.
  • Acting for an individual in defending a High Court claim for breach of contract, fiduciary duty and covenants relating to a share sale agreement, plus the pursuit of a counterclaim for earn-out, with a combined value of £8m.
  • Advising the shareholders and directors of a company valued at approximately £50m, on multiple litigations between the company, its employees, directors and shareholder.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Sarah Jackson

IBB Law

Sarah is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation and Restructuring & Insolvency teams. She specialises in chancery litigation predominantly involving the Companies Act, the Insolvency Act, partnership/shareholder disputes, complex contractual claims, professional negligence, debt recovery and commercial fraud. A skilled mediation advocate, Sarah endorses a holistic approach to litigation whilst sustaining an excellent track record at trial or interim applications. Clients include a major insurance company, large PLCs and substantial owner managed businesses.

Paul Kite

IBB Law

Experienced commercial dispute resolution partner and qualified commercial mediator, providing strategic legal advice and representation to corporates, SMEs and business owners throughout the Thames Valley and West London. Sector expertise includes manufacturing and distribution, automotive, retail and professional services in areas such as commercial contractual disputes, shareholder / boardroom issues, franchising and product liability.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Paul Kite

Other key lawyers

Sarah Jackson, Ayushi Chadha, Russell Ford

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