Profile
Managing Partner: Susan Glenholme
Number of partners: 18
Fee earners: 52
Firm Overview:
Debenhams Ottaway works with individuals, families and businesses in Hertfordshire, London and across the UK, helping them make the most of new possibilities or deal with unexpected challenges at home or in business. Debenhams Ottaway’s long and successful history as a leading private wealth adviser is now matched by the reputation of its corporate, real estate and litigation teams which work with medium-sized businesses, owner-managed businesses and entrepreneurs in a range of sectors including healthcare, real estate and charities.
Debenhams Ottaway has a strong and loyal client base. Clients are regularly asked for feedback on their experience of working with the team at with Debenhams Ottaway.It uses the Net Promoter Score, as a benchmark and has one of the highest scores in the legal sector.
Main Areas of Work:
Corporate and commercial:
Acquisitions and disposals, banking, finance and loan agreements, business structuring, commercial contracts.
Main contact: Andrew Yates
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 735617
Dispute resolution:
Boardroom disputes, company dissolutions, contractual disputes, banking litigation, professional negligence, alternative dispute resolution, real estate disputes, commercial creditor services.
Main Contact: Juliet Schalker
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 735618
Employment:
Contract preparation and policy guidance, disciplinaries and grievances, workplace discrimination, unfair and wrongful dismissal, employment tribunal and court representation, redundancy and restructuring programmes, restrictive covenants and data thefts, board level advice, settlement agreements.
Main Contact: Louise Attrup
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 735663
Family:
Divorce and separation, civil partnership dissolution, financial disputes, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, living together and cohabitation agreements, child arrangements including international relocation, collaborative law, surrogacy.
Main Contact: Helen Young
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 738212
Insolvency and restructuring:
Office holder claims, defending director actions, distressed creditor actions, formal insolvency procedures, debt advisory and restructuring.
Main Contact: Alexander Neale
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 735650
Private client:
Protecting and managing wealth through inheritance tax, estate planning and estate administration., setting up and administering trusts, lasting powers of attorney, Court of Protection and professional deputyship services, Wills, trusts and inheritance disputes.
Main Contact: Claire Sharp
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Commercial Real estate:
Landlord and tenant work, property development, sales and purchases of owner occupied and investment property, secured lending, residential conveyancing.
Main Contact: Ruth Boulton, Jonathan Foy
Email: [email protected] , [email protected]
Telephone: 01923 289917, 01727 735630
Private wealth:
Main Contact: Susan Glenholme
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 735636
Private wealth disputes:
Main Contact: Susan Glenholme
Residential property:
Main contact: Nigel Drake
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 01727 735602
Key clients include Brook Street (UK) Limited, Dermal Laboratories Limited, St Albans Diocesan Board of Finance, Stratton Land, The Church Lands Trust, Veruth Holdings, Seva Care Home Group and Luxottica North Europe Limited.
Offices
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Web: www.debenhamsottaway.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01727 837161
Fax: 01727 830506