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Mills & Reeve provides a high-quality commercial litigation offering from its Manchester office. The team is well equipped to handle transactional disputes, including those that involve competition and fraud aspects, as well as shareholder litigation. It also takes on contract disputes, with particular expertise in the food retail, sport and private client spaces.
Work Highlights
- Mills & Reeve advised JDK Construction in a shareholder dispute involving a forged stock transfer, which ultimately led to the liquidation of the company.
Strengths
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"Each Mills & Reeve team member showed high levels of professionalism and knowledge."
"The team Mills & Reeve have been very methodical in their approach and keep me informed at all times."
"Mills & Reeve worked tirelessly to progress the matter and eventually to reach a resolution. They had an excellent grasp of the facts and details."
"Each Mills & Reeve team member showed high levels of professionalism and knowledge."
"The team Mills & Reeve have been very methodical in their approach and keep me informed at all times."
"Mills & Reeve worked tirelessly to progress the matter and eventually to reach a resolution. They had an excellent grasp of the facts and details."
Notable Practitioners
Simon Pedley advises clients on a wide range of commercial disputes as well as those that concern shareholder, misrepresentation and breach of warranty issues. He also assists with reputation management and contentious probate matters.
"Simon Pedley provides good advice and has a keen strategic awareness."
Richard Dawson-Gerrard is a partner at Mills & Reeve, based in Manchester. He has a sector-focused practice, covering industries such as food, agribusiness and automotive.
"Richard Dawson-Gerrard has a practical approach backed up with strong technical knowledge."
"Richard Dawson-Gerrard is excellent in all areas, provides a very un-biased and professional service and high levels of understanding and communication."
"Richard Dawson-Gerrard offers top-level advice on our case. He gets into the detail and commercial aspects and helps us come to decisions as a team."
Jacob Walker is a senior associate who has a great deal of experience assisting clients with litigation. He can advise on contentious insolvency matters as well as claims for breach of warranty.
"Jacob Walker is a professional and always takes our calls. We are very happy with his work and the advice he gives us."
"Jacob Walker is very calm under pressure and very good with clients in difficult cases."