England - West Midlands • Dispute resolution
DLA Piper
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In Birmingham, DLA Piper has a ‘formidable commercial practice with a global reach’, and is commended for ’dealing with difficult cases for difficult clients’. The litigation practice excels at cross-border work, with an increasing focus on international arbitrations. Clients instructing the team include the Department of Health and Social Care, who it advised on the defence of a judicial review commenced by the Good Law Project regarding contracts for antibody tests in a matter that attracted vast media attention. Nick Bamford ‘leads the Birmingham Commercial practice with real aplomb’, and he has extensive experience in high-value High Court litigation and arbitrations. Neil Bowker acts as the national head of the firm’s UK litigation group, with experience handling complex domestic and cross-border disputes. The ’very bright and creative’ Phillip Kelly is a key name, as is ‘extremely tenacious’ senior associate Laura Moorcroft.
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‘Phillip Kelly is insightful, imaginative in relation to legal arguments, but also realistic about the traction those arguments were likely to achieve in the trial.’
‘The fact that DLA in Birmingham provide a service to clients that rivals top firms in the City of London is impressive.’
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Key clients
- IHG Hotels Limited
- Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc
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Work highlights
- Acting for Portaltech in pursuing a claim for the recovery of fees due from the supermarket chain, Iceland.
- Advising DHSC on the successful defence of high-profile judicial review proceedings commenced by the Good Law Project relating to antibody testing contracts.
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