Sydney Mitchell LLP has ‘excellent legal knowledge’ across commercial disputes including freezing injunctions, breach of contract claims and partnership disputes. The team is headed up by ’outstanding negotiator’ Dean Parnell, whose practice covers shareholder disputes, warranty claims, injunctive relief, contractual disputes, and partnership disputes. Ian Sheppard‘s practice spans professional negligence claims, fraudulent misrepresentation claims, claims against insurers and general contractual disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Sydney Mitchell's commercial litigation team are excellent. They team is led by the excellent Dean Parnell and there is a very good range of lawyers in terms of experience and skills set. They are very approachable, friendly and you feel they want to get the best result for you.'

  • 'The expertise and general competence of the team will give the very best litigation teams in the national law firms a run for their money.'

  • ‘Dean Parnell heads up the commercial litigation team and he is an outstanding lawyer and an exceptional problem solver. He has all of the attributes you want from a lawyer - he is extremely bright, tenacious, thinks outside the box, strategic, responsive, approachable and someone who will get the very best result for you. He always fights your corner and he is a very effective negotiator.'

  • ‘The team is great and everyone is always willing to help.'

  • ‘Dean Parnell heads up the team and he is fantastic. He ticks all the boxes you need in a litigation lawyer: he is very bright, has excellent legal knowledge, is brilliant with clients, is an outstanding negotiator and fights his client's corner.'

  • 'Ian Sheppard is a senior member of the litigation team and he very good. He is articulate, confident and is excellent with clients. He is very approachable and nothing ever seems too much for him. He always seems in control on the case and this provides much needed reassurance to the client that everything will be okay. I would have no hesitation in recommending Ian to any of my contacts.'
  • ‘The team had an approachable culture that was very reassuring and a professionalism in how they dealt with the complex nature of the case.’

  • ‘We value Sydney Mitchell, who have been exceptional in their approach, providing tailored quality advice, to tight timescales.’

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dean Parnell

Other key lawyers

Ian Sheppard