Shoosmiths

UK Top 200 position: 39

Banking and finance

Raising finance is critical to the future success of any organisation — it allows it to thrive and grow, or simply to survive. Our national banking and finance team advises clients on a range of financing transactions across a wide variety of sectors, often with a multi-jurisdictional element.
Commercial contracts

Robust commercial contracts are central to the success of all businesses. We understand that at Shoosmiths. That’s why we have one of the largest dedicated commercial law teams in the UK.
Construction and engineering

Shoosmiths’ construction and engineering team advises on all aspects of legal construction matters, from strategic advice on procurement and institutional and market expectations at project inception to contentious aspects of projects during and after the completion of a project.
Corporate

Our corporate group is led by a team of partners widely regarded as leaders in their field and who are regularly recommended by clients and intermediaries.
Data protection

Shoosmiths’ data protection team has a wealth of experience advising clients on data protection compliance issues and broader privacy laws.
Debt recovery

Our Recoveries Services Group provides a complete range of debt recovery services utilising cutting-edge technology and with specialists dealing with different debt types.
Employment

The employment world’s legal landscape is changing constantly, presenting a unique challenge for businesses and their HR teams. There is not much that our team of experienced employment specialists has not seen before, meaning we are well placed to deliver cost-effective commercial advice without the ‘legalese’.
EU and competition law

Our EU and competition law team is well regarded for offering clear and commercially astute advice on the full range of competition law-related matters.
Insurance

Central to our commercial insurance work is our investment in clients and the effort we put into understanding their needs and problems. We will strive to find you practical and business-like solutions, because litigation in any dispute should always be the last resort.
Intellectual property

Our mission is to safeguard and enhance our clients brands and reputations. Through our expertise, we strive to reduce the time our clients spend dealing with problems in order to achieve their desired result, thereby increasing the value of their brands.
Litigation and disputes

Our litigation and dispute resolution teams has highly skilled specialists with the expertise to solve whatever contentious problem you are facing. We have more than 260 litigation legal advisers based across the UK who are waiting to help you.
Pensions

Our pensions team, which is ranked in the top tier for pensions in the south east (Legal 500, 2011–12) offers a specialist practice combining high-quality advice and support with competitive fees.
Planning

As an important and valued client, we know you require a planning team that understands and appreciates your business, meets and beats your deadlines and provides timely, pragmatic and commercial planning advice in a cost-effective manner.
Private client

Shoosmiths Access Legal gives our private clients access to the law through friendly, approachable people who know that understanding individual need is the first step to making the law work.
Real estate

Shoosmiths’ Real Estate Group is one of the largest in the UK and is made up of teams advising on real estate, construction, planning, property litigation, and environmental.
Regulatory and compliance

We offer a dedicated resource at affordable rates across the country that can advise on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues.
Restructuring and insolvency

Our team of skilled national insolvency and restructuring lawyers has a broad range of experience across the full spectrum of insolvency and restructuring.
Tax

Our lawyers are skilled at looking for commercial solutions, whether dealing with general tax planning, tax-efficient employee and remuneration packages, investing and exit tax structuring, or negotiating with HMRC.

News from Shoosmiths

Shoosmiths warns over access to Technology Strategy Board funding
22-May-2013 4:19 pm
Shoosmiths aims to raise £60,000 for Barnado's between May 2013 and April 2014
2-May-2013 5:18 pm
ACH Shoosmiths moves to Edinburgh's Exchange district
2-May-2013 5:14 pm
Shoosmiths recruits Ben Turner as a partner in its corporate team
25-Apr-2013 2:35 pm
Alex Jones joins Shoosmiths' real-estate group as partner
23-Apr-2013 5:44 pm

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News from The Lawyer

City elite in brand war over law to ban 'lazy' possessive suffixes
1-Apr-2013 0:04 am | Aima Stickler
Shoosmiths promotes six to partner across national network
28-Mar-2013 11:13 am | Joshua Freedman
Shoosmiths adds publishing group after acquiring niche digital firm
27-Feb-2013 4:01 pm | Lucy Burton
Government unveils revamped legal panel
31-Jan-2013 10:37 am | Joanne Harris
EMW, Morgan Cole and Shoosmiths install Cambridge software group's MBO
14-Jan-2013 0:00 am | Ruth Green

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Briefings from Shoosmiths

Using a business continuity disaster recovery (BCDR) plan
How businesses can cope with disasters.
Judgment deals with decision making by pension trustees
On 9 May 2013, the Supreme Court gave judgment in the cases of Futter and another v HMRC and Pitt and another v HMRC.

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Analysis from The Lawyer

Pay checks
Compliance and corporate governance codes for large financial institutions will undoubtedly include provisions to regulate high pay in the future
Focus: Alternative business structures - Law and new order
There’s more to the ABS model than attracting the man in the street and procuring external investment. Partners at the big corporate firms, take note…