Littleton Chambers covers a full range of partnership issues, including those that intersect with employment. Within partnership disputes, members are instructed by financial and professional services LLPs, alongside other areas of law including discrimination and whistleblowing, both domestically and internationally. David Reade KC covers company, partnership and LLP disputes, while head of chambers Gavin Mansfield KC has been involved in Armstrong and others v Taylor and others, a High Court claim between members in an investment management business, where the claimant group claims the managing partner and a second group of partners conspired to remove the claimant group’s influence to siphon away profits from them. Mohinderpal Sethi KC handles domestic and cross-border partnership and LLP disputes, and James Bickford Smith is noted for his expertise acting for individual LLP members in exit disputes.

Members of Serle Court handle a range of partnership and LLP cases, from high court advocacy to advice on regulatory compliance for a wide range of clients in professional services. In resolving disputes within partnerships and LLPs, John Machell KC and Thomas Braithwaite are experienced in high court litigation, with Machell KC having acted for a group of defendants in Armstrong v Taylor and Rockpool Investments LLP. Jennifer Haywood is notable for her practice as a full-time partnership arbitrator.

Noted for its ‘specialist depth in partnership law,’ Ten Old Square handles a range of contentious and non-contentious partnership work, with members advising management teams in professional services on complex and sensitive internal issues, as well as assisting arbitrators with LLP and partnership disputes. Jeremy Callman  acts in disputes and is also instructed on non-contentious partnership matters, including drafting and updating LLP and partnership agreements, and Jonathan Gavaghan  is experienced in dealing with professional services’ firms, private equity, medical practices and farmers. Naomi Winston  acts for both firms and individual partners in disputes across a range of partnerships, and also advises on drafting of non-contentious partnership documents.

The partnership practice at Maitland Chambers covers a range of partnerships, from traditional, including disputes within solicitor’s firms and doctors practices, to complex partnership structures in offshore funds, private equity and high net worth individuals’ wealth management structures. David Mumford KC has advised on a number of partnership disputes and LLP issues, while Watson Pringle is also involved in contentious partnership work. Ted Loveday is involved in Melford Capital Partners LLP v Digby, a cross-border dispute arising out of attempts to expel the client from a private equity partnership. Emily Gailey and Amanda Hadkiss are more key names at the set.

XXIV Old Buildings covers a full spectrum of partnership disputes across a wide variety of industry sectors, from legal, to farming, film and finance. Members handle partnership and LLP cases both domestically and abroad, and for both commercial and family-owned structures. Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is a key silk from the set, while Hugh Miall covers all areas of partnership law, spanning traditional 1890 Act partnerships, LLPs and joint ventures. Helen Galley is noted for her advisory work in numerous partnership disputes, from small commercial partnerships to professional partnerships.