Legal 500
What we say about the firm's legal practice in South East
Corporate and commercial
Within Corporate and commercial: Hampshire, tier 4
Catherine MacRae and Mike Watson have now settled in at Trethowans LLP and are handling commercial work for the likes of Bacardi-Martini and 4Com, as well as a steady stream of transactional work.
Crime, fraud and licensing
Dispute resolution
Within Commercial litigation: Hampshire, Trethowans LLP is a third tier firm,
Trethowans LLP recruited Richard Cook from Shoosmiths, and acted for the trustees of Snell & Wilcox Pension Fund on a £4m professional negligence claim against Charles Russell LLP.
Within Debt recovery
Finance
Within Banking and finance, tier 4
Trethowans LLP won its first instructions from Lloyds TSB, National Westminster Bank, Co-operative Bank and Santander Corporate Banking in 2009, and recruited Mike Watson from Clarke Willmott LLP.
Human resources
Within Employment: Hampshire, Trethowans LLP is a second tier firm,
Clients rate Trethowans LLP's Simon Rhodes for his 'speed of response, customer orientation and quality of advice', and Jon Loney for being 'exceptionally commercially minded and giving practical advice'. Clients include Associated Newspapers and The Wrigley Company.
Insurance
Within Personal injury: claimant, Trethowans LLP is a second tier firm,
The 'highly-rated' Trethowans LLP specialises in RTAs, spinal injury, asbestos and head injury claims. Practice head Chris Whitely secured a six-figure sum for an elderly client, who sustained brain and orthopaedic injuries when a bus hit him.
Private client
Real estate
Within Commercial property: Hampshire, Trethowans LLP is a third tier firm,
Trethowans LLP 'does not throw up problems, instead it raises the issues and then provides solutions to those issues'. Clients include Hildon and Santander Corporate Banking.
Within Property litigation
What we say about the firm's legal practice in South West
Dispute resolution
Within Commercial litigation: Dorset and South Wiltshire, Trethowans LLP is a second tier firm,
Trethowans LLP has expertise in commercial litigation, professional negligence, construction, real estate and IP cases. The 'excellent' Ian Singleton is recommended for property disputes.
Insurance
Within Clinical negligence: claimant, Trethowans LLP is a third tier firm,
Trethowans LLP's Chris Whiteley is a widely recognised cerebral palsy and birth injury specialist. The team is advising on numerous multimillion-pound birth injury cases, while another focus is catastrophic injuries.
Within Personal injury: claimant, Trethowans LLP is a third tier firm,
Trethowans LLP's team is headed by Chris Whiteley, who specialises in catastrophic cases including head, spinal and birth-related injury claims.
Private client
Within Agriculture and estates, tier 5
Trethowans LLP's Marcus Thorpe is 'speedy, responsive and properly researched'.
Within Family, Trethowans LLP is a third tier firm,
The 'knowledgeable' Andrew Mercer at Trethowans LLP is recommended.
Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, Trethowans LLP is a third tier firm,
Elizabeth Webbe heads Trethowans LLP's wealth and inheritance department.
Real estate
Within Commercial property: Dorset and South Wiltshire, Trethowans LLP is a second tier firm,
Garry Treagust heads the team at Trethowans LLP, which can 'always find a solution' and has a 'thorough understanding of property law'. Clients include Sippchoice and British Gypsum. Caroline Probert 'provides advice proactively'.
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