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Commercial Disputes lawyers

In today's global marketplace, despite best business practices, litigation and disputes are often unavoidable. As a large publicly listed company or a small privately owned business, you will need lawyers who will deliver the outcome that meets your objectives and work within the commercial realities you operate in day to day. 

Fantastic throughout: incredibly supportive, very thorough and very professional
Chambers UK, 2015

Our UK based team advises on national and international disputes, specialising in sectors such as financial services, energy, life sciences & healthcare, and TMC. 

We have a wealth of experience in resolving complex commercial disputes and successfully avoiding disputes in the first place. Our advice includes drafting dispute resolution clauses during pre-contractual negotiations, through to obtaining emergency injunctions in situations where assets may be at risk, to complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and enforcing judgements and recovering assets.

 
Valerie Allan
Valerie Allan
Partner
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
Valerie is a Partner in our infrastructure, construction and energy disputes team, based in Scotland but with a practice that extends across the UK and overseas.  Valerie has over 20 years’ experience...
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...
Marc Armstrong
Marc Armstrong
Partner
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Marc is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team in Edinburgh with over 16 years’ experience and a focus on Real Estate Disputes in Scotland. Marc works with clients in relation to a variety of disputes...
Richard Bamforth
Richard Bamforth
Partner
Head of the CMS International Arbitration Group
United Kingdom, London
Richard is a highly experienced commercial disputes lawyer. He has a pragmatic, commercial approach to the resolution of disputes and his clients benefit from his advice and experience in formulating...
Marcus Barclay
Marcus Barclay
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Marcus is a real estate litigator focusing on strategic advice and commercial outcomes.  Marcus headed up Olswang's Real Estate Litigation team for 25 years and has dealt with all types of contentious...
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...
Matthew Bennett
Matthew Bennett
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Matthew is a partner in the CMS Technology and Sourcing Team. He specialises in advising on outsourcing, offshoring and shared services (both BPO and ITO), procurement, logistics and other strategic...
Robin Biela
Robin Biela
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Robin is a partner in the Real Estate Disputes Team
Tamsin Blow
Tamsin Blow
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Tamsin Blow is a Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration Group, specialising in commercial, media and public law dispute resolution. Tamsin draws on over fifteen years’ experience with the firm to...
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...