Senior Partner Ian PayneChief Executive Peter SmithChairman Colin S Flanagan- Number of partners: 78
- Assistant solicitors: 87
- Other fee-earners: 70
The Firm Freeth Cartwright LLP is a major regional practice offering services to both commercial and private clients across the entire legal spectrum. Although based in Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester and Birmingham, the firm has a wide range of clients throughout the UK and many of its clients have strong international connections. Freeth Cartwright has grown rapidly in recent years and now ranks as one of the leading regional firms offering comprehensive legal services in the public and private sectors. Whilst aiming to provide the very best service possible in all areas, the firm also prides itself on its wish and ability to understand the businesses of its clients and to demonstrate to them that with a properly developed relationship it can significantly add value. It believes that major legal practices should be in 'partnership' with their clients, not merely reacting to clients' specific instructions and dealing with problems after they have arisen. The firm aims to combine first-class legal expertise with a thorough knowledge of its clients' business. Its lawyers are encouraged and trained to be both practical and commercial in their approach to the provision of legal services. Freeth Cartwright is a Limited Liability Partnership.
Principal Areas of Work
Commercial: The firm's commercial practice covers a broad spectrum of corporate, commercial and financial work from small day to day transactions to significant mergers and acquisitions, PFI projects, some with an international content.
Corporate & Commercial: The corporate and commercial team provides the full range of services specialising in MBOs, MBIs, the reorganisation and financing of businesses, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. The firm also has a significant capability in specialist areas including pensions, competition, EU law, corporate tax and sport and entertainment law. It has a specialist intellectual property unit dealing with both contentious and non-contentious work including a comprehensive international trademark registration service and significant work in the telecommunications, internet and IT sectors.
Commercial Property: With one of the largest commercial property departments outside London (now in excess of 100 lawyers), the firm acts for developers of industrial, residential and commercial property; institutional lenders and investors; privatised utilities; housing associations; the public sector and commercial landlords and tenants. The firm has dedicated units covering regeneration planning, environment issues and construction.
Dispute Resolution: The emphasis in dispute resolution is on risk management and risk avoidance. Six of the firm's members are qualified mediators. One is a Deputy District Judge.The firm has specialist groups in employment, landlord and tenant, construction litigation, professional negligence and insurance. The firm also undertakes significant insolvency, recovery and litigation work for major banks and accountants. The firm acts for insurers and indemnity institutions. The firm has particular expertise in clinical negligence and product liability under the leadership of Paul Balen who enjoys an established national reputation in the field. The group has significant experience in co-ordinating high profile group actions, both in the UK and overseas.
Private Client: Emphasising the firm's range of services, the private client units provide expertise in family and childcare matters, litigation, immigration, personal injury, residential conveyancing and wills and probate. The firm plans to continue growth through organic development, by pursuing proactive strategic and marketing policies and by investing in high calibre people, from trainee solicitors to partners.
Areas of PracticeCommercial Property: 36%Dispute Resolution: 29%Corporate & Commercial Services: 23%Private Client: 12%