Ten Old Square’s Partnership & LLP team is top-ranked, and comprises a number of leading, widely respected practitioners in the field.
Our expert barristers are involved in many of the leading Partnership and LLP cases, as well as providing advice to firms and individuals in many highly confidential matters which never come to court.
Ten Old Square has been ranked as Band 1 set for Partnership in Chambers UK Bar for 20 years.
The 2024 Edition says – “Ten Old Square is highly regarded for its comprehensive coverage of partnership matters on both the contentious and non-contentious sides. Its members are instructed by solicitors’ firms, property developers and financial services clients, among others, and also involve themselves with farming and medical partnership disputes. They regularly appear in court, arbitration and mediation handling all the varied aspects of partnership law, including disputes relating to restrictive covenants, team moves and lateral hires, and partner exits.”
Solicitors say of chambers: “The set is very responsive and operates at the highest level.”
We are also ranked as a Tier 1 Set in Partnership in the Legal 500 2024 which describes our team as:
“The ‘pre-eminent set’ for partnership and limited liability [partnership] law for some, Ten Old Square offers specialist partnership expertise handling a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including advising professional services firms, hedge funds and private equity firms on partner and member exits, underperformance issues, team moves and lateral hires and unfair prejudice in LLPs.
The chambers hosts a number of experienced junior counsel, including Jeremy Callman, whose focus is on litigating LLP and partnership disputes alongside acting on partnership points arising in the context of tax litigation. Jonathan Gavaghan has a busy practice advising on partnership and LLP disputes for professional services’ firms, medical practices and farmers, while Naomi Winston is noted for her practice in advising firms and individuals on internal issues and drafting non-contentious partnership documents. Gideon Roseman was involved in the case of Gamnon v Johnson, in which he acted for the defendant in a case concerning which homes were owned by a partnership.” Thomas Arnull is described there as another “standout” practitioner.
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The partnership team comprises experienced barristers, highly-ranked in both legal journals and described as “the best in the field of partnerships and LLPs”, “phenomenally good”, “[providing the] highest service level I have ever experienced… thoroughness, intellectual rigour and sheer determination”, “like gold dust”, “clever and approachable”, “very responsive, client-friendly and bright”, ”authoritative, thorough and reliable”, “absolutely fantastic”, “always willing to go the extra mile”, “frighteningly efficient”, “a real pleasure to work with” and “extremely bright, with a deep and detailed knowledge of all things partnership and LLP”.
Our barristers deal with partnerships, LLPs and limited partnerships of all types: from professional services, private equity and hedge funds to agricultural, medical and family property partnerships. Members regularly appear in court, arbitration and mediation as well as advising management on internal issues and dealing with non-contentious advisory work.
Recent notable cases include:
Examples of areas which our Partnership and LLPs barristers regularly deal with include:
Yes. The partnership barristers at Ten Old Square regularly advise firms (often liaising with managing partners, General Counsel and management teams on exits, team moves, post termination breaches and internal issues of all types) but we also act for many individuals who face partnership issues with their firms.
Our expert team of partnership barristers often assist in reviewing and updating agreements to bring them into line with current best practice and law. We draft entire agreements, as well as giving existing agreements a ‘refresh’ and advising on specific clauses. We also advise on ‘conversions’ from partnership to LLP status both in England and offshore.
Yes. Our experienced partnership barristers often appear on urgent injunctions and other court and arbitration hearings that require speedy action.
Absolutely. We regularly represent clients in arbitrations and our team includes two Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Jonathan Gavaghan and Jeremy Callman).
Yes. Our partnership barristers often represent clients in confidential partnership/LLP mediations which can provide, if handled correctly, a highly productive and cost-effective method of resolving disputes.
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