The Partnership and LLP Group is led by Stephen Ralph who is well known and highly regarded in the field of partnership law. The Group advises on all aspects of partnerships and LLPs, whether professional or trading partnerships covering both contentious and non contentious issues. We are also happy to advise on the new structures soon to be introduced under the Legal Services Act 2007.
In addition to professional organisations the Partnership and LLP Group advises trading and investment partnerships and LLPs including property investment both residential and commercial, tax structures, joint ventures and investment trusts.
Our expertise and services
Examples of our specialist areas of work for clients include advice in relation to:
- internal grievances and other disputes between partners and members
- departures and partnership restructuring
- age related and other discrimination law claims
- enforcement of restrictive covenants and 'lock in' and garden leave clauses
- dissolution of partnerships and liquidation and insolvency of LLPs
- partnership deeds, LLP members agreements and international joint ventures
- establishment, sales, acquisitions and mergers of partnerships and LLPs
- mediation and arbitration of partnership disputes
- partnership 'workouts' and advice in relation to partnership solvency issues including reorganisation and restructuring
- reward and career structures in partnerships and LLPs
- the new structures to be introduced under the Legal Services Act 2007.
Our clients
The Partnership and LLP Group advises many professional partnerships and LLPs including
- accountants
- architects
- barristers
- consulting engineers
- medical practices
- patent and trade mark agents
- professional firms established outside the UK
- solicitors
- surveyors and estate agents.
Dawsons' Partnership practice regularly features in the prestigious legal directory Chambers UK A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession.