Advocacy lawyers

As someone looking for advocacy advice, it is essential you get seamless legal representation, efficiency, accessibility and speed.

CMS has extensive advocacy experience in courts and tribunals across the United Kingdom on a broad range of matters. These include commercial contracts, construction and engineering, oil and gas, employment, fatal accident inquiries, judicial review, personal injury and property damage, planning and consenting, and public procurement.

Provides an ‘excellent partner-led service’, has a strong track record representing energy and financial services clients in high-stakes disputes.
Legal 500, 2015

Our counsel work as part of the Disputes Team, operating as one. This way our clients receive the benefits of both counsel and lawyers.

 
Will Anderson
Will Anderson
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Will Anderson is a partner in CMS's UK Dispute Resolution Group advising clients on a wide range of English law commercial disputes. His work often involves bringing and defending claims for breach of...
Adrian Bell
Adrian Bell
Partner
Co-head of the Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes Group | Joint Managing Director for Asia and the Middle East
United Kingdom, London
Adrian is a Partner and co-head of the Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes Group and is a qualified solicitor advocate. He advises on dispute avoidance and all types of dispute resolution...
Louise Boswell
Louise Boswell
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Louise Boswell advises on disputes and dispute risk areas in a range of sectors.  She regularly acts on complex commercial contractual disputes including post-acquisition and on termination, and disputes...
Shona Frame
Shona Frame
Partner
United Kingdom, Glasgow
Shona Frame specialises in construction dispute resolution. She has dual accreditation by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in construction law and in arbitration law. She is a Fellow of Chartered...
Kushal Gandhi
Kushal Gandhi
Partner
Solicitor Advocate, CMS UK
United Kingdom, London
Kushal is a partner in the Finance Disputes team in London specialising in Finance and FinTech dispute resolution. He is an experienced litigation and international arbitration practitioner. He is also...
Lee Gluyas
Lee Gluyas
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Lee is a commercial lawyer who specialises in the resolution of disputes, particularly those arising out of IT projects, outsourcing agreements, software licenses and contracts relating to the provision...
Caitlin Heard
Caitlin Heard
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Caitlin is a highly experienced intellectual property litigator and solicitor advocate specialising in technology related disputes. She has acted on a number of ground-breaking cases across the full spectrum...
Guy Pendell
Guy Pendell
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Guy Pendell is a versatile commercial disputes partner based in London. He has been a partner since 2005 and has over 20 years’ experience handling corporate/commercial disputes.  His experience spans...
Yvonne Screene
Yvonne Screene
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Yvonne is a Partner with more than 25 years' experience in defending med-mal claims and healthcare regulation. She has acted for the Medical Defence Union (MDU) for the last ten years and has also worked...
Greg Sibbald
Greg Sibbald
Partner
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
Greg is a Partner within the CMS Infrastructure, Construction and Energy (ICE) Disputes team and has been based in Dubai since 2016. He acts for consultants, contractors, developers and government entities...