Litigation
UK Guide 2025 : North West
Band 1
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Chambers Review
DLA Piper has a well-established litigation offering in the North West region, with lawyers operating from both Manchester and Liverpool. The team is especially well placed to handle complex construction, financial, technology and M&A disputes, particularly on behalf of market-leading corporate and private equity clients. It also has notable experience handling disputes in the energy space.
Work Highlights
- DLA Piper defended Magnus Granath in a defamation proceedings brought by Dr Craig Wright, who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin.
Strengths
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"DLA Piper provide clear advice. They are able to see the wood from the trees and unpick conflicts of interest amongst the different parties."
"The quality of DLA Piper's legal advice was outstanding. All of the lawyers I dealt with were able to understand and identify the crux of the issues being presented and provide solutions."
"DLA Piper have sufficient depth and spread of knowledge across their team."
"DLA Piper provide clear advice. They are able to see the wood from the trees and unpick conflicts of interest amongst the different parties."
"The quality of DLA Piper's legal advice was outstanding. All of the lawyers I dealt with were able to understand and identify the crux of the issues being presented and provide solutions."
"DLA Piper have sufficient depth and spread of knowledge across their team."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Smith heads the North West litigation and regulatory group at DLA Piper. He regularly advises clients on shareholder and contractual disputes, as well as those connected with corporate transactions, and has notable experience in cross-border matters.
"For any serious litigation, you want Andrew Smith on your team as he helps us work through complex matters in a very straightforward way. He manages expectations appropriately and is very commercial."
"Andrew provides a very high level of professional support and advice. He has vast knowledge and expertise in his field."
"He is an absolutely brilliant lawyer."
"A meticulous litigator."
Jonathan Eatough handles a wide range of complex commercial disputes, including those that relate to M&A transactions, contracts and partnership structures.
"Jonathan is a really good litigator."
Stewart Plant is co-chair of the international payments group at DLA Piper and has a broad litigation practice that involves a considerable focus on complex banking disputes. He handles a wide array of matters, including claims for negligence and breach of contract, and is also well known for his experience advising on asset finance litigation.
"Stewart Plant is a regulatory lawyer who knows the pressure points and is a very experienced litigator."
Liverpool-based Christina Sharma has a noted disputes practice and handles litigation concerning sport, infrastructure and technology, among other things.
"Christina Sharma has been an excellent partner. She is very engaged, informed and flexible."
"Christina Sharma is everything a corporate counsel needs; she is highly responsive, has the ability to quickly grasp issues, identify key issues in a dispute and honours commitments to deadlines."
"Christina is a great joy to work with and very creative. Very hard-working, superb."
Ranked Lawyers at
DLA Piper LLP
North West