The Bristol team at Foot Anstey showcases an ‘impressive breadth of experience’ in contractual disputes, public procurement challenges and professional negligence claims, with demonstrable experience across the energy and infrastructure, financial services, retail, and media and entertainment sectors. Practice leader Mark Rhys-Jones is noted for his expertise in financial services litigation, contractual disputes, IT cases and public procurement proceedings, while James Gliddon specialises in banking and financial services litigation, in addition to mis-selling, fraud and SME-related disputes.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Impressive breadth of experience and ability in Bristol.’

  • ‘Strong presence regionally, but with the skills of a London firm.’

Key clients

  • Dwr Cymru Cyf (Welsh Water)
  • Mitsubishi HC Capital UK Plc T/A Novuna Business Finance
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Skew Base Investments SCA RAIF (a fund) and Skew Base s.a.r.l (its General Partner)
  • Ahli United Bank (UK) Plc
  • FRP Advisory Trading Limited
  • Manolete partners Plc
  • Allsop LLP
  • Ebury Partners Plc
  • Hambro Perks
  • Becton Dickinson UK Ltd
  • Holland & Barrett Retail Ltd
  • Admiral Group Plc

Work highlights

  • Acting for Skew Base companies (Luxembourg based funds) in two multi-million pound Commercial Court claims valued at a total exceeding £55m and 15 different parties.
  • Acting for Hambro Perks and Dominic Perks in litigation relating to a breach of confidence and use of confidential information claim.
  • Acting for Welsh Water in multi-party claims brought by 100s of claimants against all of the major water companies for compensation exceeding £150m relating to historic water searches

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mark Rhys-Jones

Other key lawyers

James Gliddon