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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.

 
Geraldine Ryan
Geraldine Ryan
Partner
United Kingdom, Manchester
Geraldine leads the Commercial Litigation team in CMS’s Manchester office. With over 30 years’ experience of handling all types of high-profile, high-value and complex litigation, including arbitration...
Tim Sales
Tim Sales
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Tim Sales is a disputes partner, assisting businesses to navigate contentious scenarios with other businesses, Governments, regulators and public bodies, through both formal and informal dispute resolution...
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...
Geoff Tan
Geoff Tan
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Geoff qualified into CMS’s Insurance & Reinsurance Group in London in 2010. Geoff has extensive experience of advising insurers in the Financial Lines sector. In particular, he advises on coverage issues...
Dan Tench
Dan Tench
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Dan Tench is a litigator with particular expertise in judicial review, competition law, media law (including data protection, privacy and defamation) and sports law, undertaking many leading cases in...
Amit Tyagi
Amit Tyagi
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Amit is a Partner and Solicitor Advocate in the London Insurance & Reinsurance Group and a member of the firm’s cybersecurity team. Amit provides legal advice and, incident response management to victims...
Joel Vertes
Joel Vertes
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Joel Vertes is a Partner in CMS’s “Band-One” ranked IP team – one of the largest dedicated IP teams of any law firm. Joel has spent 20 years acting as IP “consiglieri” to his clients, and...
Alaina Wadsworth
Alaina Wadsworth
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Alaina is a partner and solicitor advocate in CMS’s Insurance and Reinsurance Group having trained at the firm and qualified in 2009.  She is ranked as a Rising Star in Insurance Law by Super Lawyers...
Scarlett West
Scarlett West
Partner
United Kingdom, London
Scarlett West is a partner in the London Insurance & Reinsurance Group. Scarlett’s coverage and contentious experience spans a broad range of business lines. Scarlett's primary focus is defence work...
Vanessa Whitman
Vanessa Whitman
Partner
Solicitor Advocate
United Kingdom, London
Vanessa Whitman is a Partner in the Finance Disputes team in London. Vanessa has over 15 years’ experience as a finance and insolvency litigator and works primarily on contentious matters for banks...