Ranking tables

Partnership: Non-contentious | UK

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The lawyers and law firms ranked below advise primarily professional services clients - such as architects, surveyors, accountants and lawyers - on both contentious and non-contentious work related to partnership law and structuring. Representative non-contentious matters include M&A transactions, LLP conversions and the creation of partnership vehicles for corporate or investment purposes. It also includes advice on establishing overseas offices, the drafting of partnership agreements and regulatory matters. Contentious work includes disputes regarding partner exits and team moves, remuneration and retirement issues and investigations into discrimination and harassment. There is a separate table for those specialising in the representation of medical partnerships, including GP, dental and veterinary surgeries.

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Senior Statespeople

  1. Fergus Payne
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    Fergus Payne
    Lewis Silkin
    Lewis Silkin | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 19 Years Ranked
    Fergus Payne is a consultant working as part of the corporate and partnership practice groups at Lewis Silkin. He advises clients on a variety of non-contentious matters, including restructurings, LLP conversions and partnership agreements.
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Eminent Practitioners

  1. Clare Murray
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    Clare Murray
    CM Murray LLP
    CM Murray LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Eminent Practitioners | 21 Years Ranked
    Clare Murray is founder and managing partner of CM Murray. She is a renowned partnership expert who advises on cross-border disputes and investigations, including cases concerning allegations of discrimination and restrictive covenant issues.

Star Individuals

  1. Corinne Staves
    Corinne Staves
    CM Murray LLP
    CM Murray LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Star Individuals | 11 Years Ranked
    Corinne Staves assists both domestic and international law firms, individual partners and high net worth clients with a wide range of partnership matters, including mergers, restructuring, team moves and succession planning.
  2. William Wastie
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Star Individuals | 20 Years Ranked
    William Wastie heads the professional practices group at Addleshaw Goddard. He advises on the redrafting of LLP agreements, succession planning and cross-border restructuring, as well as assisting clients with disputes over partner misconduct. His clients include leading professional services partnerships from the legal and accountancy sectors.
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Band 1

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    Aster Crawshaw
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked
    Aster Crawshaw assists professional services clients, such as legal and accountancy firms, with the review of partnership structures, amendments to LLP agreements and transactional matters. He also advises international clients on the formation of their UK partnership entities. Crawshaw was appointed senior partner of Addleshaw Goddard in May 2023.
  2. Daniel Sutherland
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    Daniel Sutherland
    Fox Williams LLP
    Fox Williams LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 1 | 13 Years Ranked
    Daniel Sutherland is head of the professional services group at Fox Williams. He assists clients with restructuring and partnership conversions as well as cross-border joint venture arrangements, with particular expertise in the legal sector.
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    Jonathan M Cheney
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Jonathan Cheney handles a variety of non-contentious matters in both a domestic and cross-border context, including advice on partnership structures and LLP conversions.
  4. Jonathan M Haley
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    Jonathan M Haley
    Farrer & Co LLP
    Farrer & Co LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 1 | 17 Years Ranked
    Jonathan Haley is head of the professional practices group at Farrer & Co. He advises on a variety of non-contentious partnership matters, including succession planning, LLP restructuring and revising LLP arrangements. He has experience assisting both partnerships and individual partners, with a notable focus on the financial services sector.
  5. Tina Williams
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    Tina Williams
    McCarthy Denning | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 1 | 27 Years Ranked
    Tina Williams of McCarthy Denning is a renowned partnership expert. She provides clients the benefit of her expertise in a variety of partnership matters, including international structuring, LLP conversions and partner exits.
  6. Zulon Begum
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    Zulon Begum
    CM Murray LLP
    CM Murray LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years Ranked
    Zulon Begum assists professional services firms from the legal and financial sectors with partnership restructuring and amendments to LLP agreements. She also advises on the non-contentious aspects of sensitive issues such as partner exits.
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Band 2

  1. Jason Butwick
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    Jason Butwick
    Dechert LLP
    Dechert LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 2 | 20 Years Ranked
    Jason Butwick is equally strong on both contentious and non-contentious mandates, advising on the negotiation of partnership agreements, partner retirements and partner moves, along with associated disputes. He has a particular focus on clients in the financial services sector.
  2. Mark Briegal
    Bennett Briegal LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. Barry Stimpson
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    Barry Stimpson
    Shoosmiths LLP
    Shoosmiths LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years Ranked
    Barry Stimpson of Shoosmiths focuses on the non-contentious aspects of partnership law, including the creation of partnership documents, restructuring advice and the use of LLPs for investment purposes. His clients include fund managers and investors as well as law, accountancy and other professional services firms.
  2. Chris Hallinan
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    Chris Hallinan
    Lewis Silkin
    Lewis Silkin | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked
    Chris Hallinan assists clients with a variety of partnership matters, including international structures, redrafting of LLP agreements, governance and succession planning issues.
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    David Hicks
    Simmons & Simmons LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    David is extremely well versed on LLP agreements and is able to easily convert sophisticated and complex legal text into layman's terms. He is a valued adviser with meticulous attention to detail.
  4. Dawn McKnight
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    Dawn McKnight
    Carson McDowell
    Carson McDowell | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 3 | 14 Years Ranked
    Dawn McKnight is a partner at Carson McDowell's Belfast office. She specialises in advising on non-contentious partnership matters, with a focus on professional and GP partnerships, as well as providing counsel on the incorporation of partnership businesses.
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    Jos Moule
    VWV
    VWV | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 3 | 25 Years Ranked
    Jos Moule heads VWV's partnership and LLP group and is skilled at handling matters on behalf of professional service providers in areas such as accountancy, property and consultancy.
  6. Rachel Khiara
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    Rachel Khiara
    HCR Law
    HCR Law | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Band 3 | 14 Years Ranked
    Rachel Khiara of HCR Law specialises in the regulatory side of partnership law. She has considerable experience in advising legal, accountancy and investment firms on a wide range of regulatory and structural issues related to mergers and acquisitions, as well as providing compliance advice.

Star Associates

  1. Jonathan Cakebread
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP
    Addleshaw Goddard LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Star Associates | 5 Years Ranked
    Jonathan Cakebread advises on a broad range of non-contentious partnership matters, including review of international structures, amendments to LLP agreements and LLP conversions.

Associates to watch

  1. Ed Livingstone
    Ed Livingstone
    Fox Williams LLP
    Fox Williams LLP | Partnership: Non-contentious
    2025 | Associates to watch | 2 Years Ranked
    Ed Livingstone is a senior associate whose experience includes assisting with contentious as well as non-contentious partnership matters. He has advised on restructuring and constitutional arrangements as well as discrimination claims.