The team at Pinsent Masons LLP acts for eminent domestic and international companies on a wide range of cross-border work, including shareholder disputes and civil fraud, complex contractual disputes, corporate brand protection, restrictive covenant enforcement, and brand preservation litigation. Tech and IT disputes, pensions litigation, environmental, and university disputes are all key areas of focus of the team. James McBurney is the head of the team, with experience leading on high-value, complex corporate litigation. Along with senior associate Lindsay Lawton, the pair is commended for ‘their calm, friendly but highly efficient and outcome focused approach to dispute resolution’.
Testimonials
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‘A firm full of great lawyers and friendly people, who are client committed and provide an excellent service.’
‘James McBurney and Lindsay Lawton us with a complicated dispute in respect of unpaid invoices by a party which eventually went into administration. There were a number of issues raised and various dispute resolution processes in place at the same time. What makes James and Lindsay stand out is their calm, friendly but highly efficient and outcome focused approach to dispute resolution. Rather than get involved in aggressive tactics and mud slinging, they focus on the hard facts and achieving the most positive commercial solution for the client.’
Key clients
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Verizon Sourcing LLC
Work highlights
- Advising or acting for eight leading or Russell Group universities in proposed group litigation brought by Asserson Law Offices and Harcus Parker Limited on behalf of students and former students who allege that their universities were in breach of contract due to cancellation or the moving online of teaching and learning in 2018-21 due to industrial action and the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Acted for London Borough of Lambeth in two claims in the High Court arising out of an alleged data breach in 2015.