Senior Partner: Tina Williams
- Number of UK partners: 25
- Assistant solicitors: 32
- Other fee-earners: 8
THE FIRM Fox Williams is an independent business law firm, based in the City, serving a diverse client base ranging from multinational corporations, PLCs, private companies and financial institutions through to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs.
Fox Williams is a quality alternative to the larger City firms. It has a reputation for advising on complex legal and regulatory issues in its core areas of expertise. A distinguishing feature is that Fox Williams is often first choice for referrals of work from other law firms when City expertise is required.
The firm provides clients with a high degree of partner involvement in their matters, believing that clients want experienced lawyers to advise on their affairs.
Fox Williams prides itself on providing a responsive service from efficient lawyers with commercial acumen and a problem-solving approach. The firm also strives to create a happy working environment for its clients and staff.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK The firm’s areas of specialisation include corporate, dispute resolution, employment, financial services and regulatory, business immigration, intellectual property, international trade, partnership real estate and tax. It also has in-depth expertise in the energy, fashion, financial services, professional services and technology sectors.
Corporate: The Corporate Group is widely acknowledged by independent commentators for its expertise and ability to work closely with clients to achieve their commercial aims. It advises on international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, MBOs and MBIs, public company takeovers, private equity, IPO’s, joint ventures and complex restructuring. The transactional teams are complemented by corporate specialists handling banking, insolvency, financial services and funds work.
Commerce & Technology: The Commerce and Technology Group advise on highly technical legal issues arising from online commerce and the use of the internet. The group’s expanding portfolio of clients are regularly advised by Fox Williams on complex distribution and agency agreements, joint ventures, technology licensing and IT agreements, intellectual property, and EU and UK competition law.
Employment: The Employment Team is regarded as one of the pre-eminent employment practices in the UK. A comprehensive service is offered to private and business clients alike, on a whole range of employment-related issues. This includes service agreements, employee rights and restrictive covenants, share incentives and option schemes, golden handshakes, discrimination issues, dismissals and redundancies. Employment litigation is also handled by the employment partners in the department.
Dispute Resolution: The firm’s dispute resolution lawyers advise on heavyweight UK and international litigation and arbitration issues. They also have a specialist focus in resolving disputes relating to intellectual property, trading, shareholders, partnership and joint venture arrangements. There is a firm commitment to using ADR and other mediation procedures to reach the best possible solution for clients.
Real Estate: Fox Williams’ real estate lawyers advise on a wide range of matters including land acquisitions and disposals, secured lending, business leases, and landlord and tenant issues. Clients include public and private companies, pension funds, property companies (UK and offshore), healthcare companies and high net worth individuals.
Partnership: Fox Williams is one of the leading law firms in the UK for partnership work. It advises professional firms on a broad range of issues ranging from mergers, LLP conversions, the establishment of multinational practices, individual and team moves, enforcement of restrictive covenants, discrimination (age, sex and race) affecting partnerships, dissolutions, injunctions and mediations. In addition, the firm has developed excellent credentials in advising overseas law firms on the establishment and development of their offices in the City of London. The quality, variety and volume of work undertaken by the partnership team provides clients with the benefit of unrivaled experience.
Areas of PracticeDispute Resolution: 15%
Real Estate: 10%
Corporate: 37%
Commerce & Technology: 10%
Employment: 28%