Dentons‘ commercial litigation team is known in the marketplace for its international reach and capability on the full spectrum of commercial disputes, including complex litigation and arbitration. Practice head Rob Francis has a wealth of experience representing private and public sector clients, as well as handling inquiry work. He continues to front the team’s work on several high-profile public inquiries, including on the Grenfell Tower inquiry. Counsel Sarah Rutnah ’s expertise lies within contractual disputes, cross border disputes and commercial fraud.
Testimonials
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‘A strong litigation team in Milton Keynes who punch well above their weight in terms of the quality of their work. They frequently conduct high profile litigation in the London High Court.’
‘Sarah Rutnah: A star partner in the making, very assured and organised with a fantastic capacity for work.'
- 'Sonia Villar: an up and comping associate who is calm and measured and wins the trust of clients.’
‘London commercial litigation expertise outside the London commercial market.’
‘Sarah Rutnah has excellent technical and commercial judgement.’
‘Dentons have collaborated with a disclosure provider to offer a scaled-back disclosure platform that is suitable for small-medium disclosure exercises, and is much less expensive than the full disclosure platform.'
- 'Dentons work seamlessly with the client, collaborating on extensive claims reviews/document analysis using document sharing platforms.’
‘Rob Francis - working with Rob is like working with a member of your own team. He knows the business. He listens to, understands and delivers what I want, whilst pro-actively making his own insightful recommendations.'
Key clients
- Department of Business and Trade
- TUI Airways Limited
- IG Index
- Capita PLC
- National House-Building Council - Grenfell
- Vodafone Italia S. p. a
- Mitie Europe Limited
- Pathfinder Mozambique SA and JV Consultores Internacionais Limitada
- National House Building Council – Dragon Investments
- Kenneth Davies (assignee of a claim by Green Box Recycling Limited)
Work highlights
- Instructed by the Department for Business and Trade to facilitate the Group Litigation Order (GLO) Compensation Scheme to fairly compensate postmasters affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal.
- Group action brought against TUI by eight employees and former pilots in relation to changes made to TUI's Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) benefits following a collective bargaining process which replaced the PHI benefits with Pilot Income Protection (PIP).
- Acting for IG Index in its claim against well-known, high profile businessman Robert Tchenguiz.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rob Francis