Managing Partner: Tim Aspinall
- Number of UK partners: 54
- Number of other UK fee-earners: 106
- Total staff: 262
THE FIRM DMH Stallard is dedicated to making its clients the centre of its business and delivering technical excellence, so it can work together as legal and commercial partners. The firm invests in building long term relationships with its clients, so the firm can support their strategic objectives and deliver solutions that are needs driven.
DMH Stallard's practice has been developed to provide users of traditional city firms with a genuine alternative. To put it simply, its clients benefit from technically excellent advice led by senior partners whilst enjoying sensible and transparent pricing structures.
The firm is proud to work with some of the most innovative and successful organisations in the country including major financial institutions, many FTSE listed companies, private equity backed businesses and high profile public sector bodies. It is also delighted that the firm continues to be recognised with prestigious awards.
One Firm Approach: DMH Stallard provides integrated legal services from their offices in London and Gatwick. DMH Stallard's one firm approach ensures its clients have access to technically excellent advice across the board that is efficient, economical and perfectly aligned to their needs. This approach enables it to deploy integrated teams that are capable of working on large complex projects that require expertise from multiple disciplines.
DMH Stallard continues to attract some of the best talent in the city who want to work with the firm, and its approach continues to attract clients looking for a genuine alternative to traditional city law firms.
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK
Banking & Finance: Working in partnership with national and international banks and businesses on a full range of banking and financial matters.
Corporate & Commercial: Expertise includes corporate finance; capital markets; M&A; alternative assets such as private equity and property finance. Focused sectors include infrastructure,TMT, real estate and waste and renewables.
Dispute Resolution: Expertise includes commercial disputes; property litigation; defamation and reputation management problems; insolvency and corporate recovery matters; public law; judicial review.
Employment: Expertise includes strategic reviews; full advisory service; claims for dismissal and discrimination; presenting cases at the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Planning & Environment: The team is one of the very few practices in the country to combine town planning consultants and specialist planning lawyers in one team.
Private Client: Expertise includes wealth protection for high net worth individuals; estate management; divorce and other family matters; personal injury; house purchases and sales.
Property Portfolio Management: The firm works with some of the largest owners of property in the UK to help them sell, buy, occupy, and manage their property efficiently and cost effectively.At the core of its service is its award-winning online legal instruction and management platform, DMH Direct.
Public Sector: DMH Stallard works in partnership with local authorities, central government departments, registered providers of social housing, charities and other public sector bodies. The firm's sector expertise means it fully understand the challenges its clients face, their statutory limitations, powers and duties.
Real Estate: Expertise includes development and investment; housebuilding; construction and regeneration projects; acquisition; disposal; leasehold enforcement and enfranchisement; licensing.
Real Estate Dispute Resolution: The firm works with some of the largest owners of property in the UK providing real estate litigation advice across the board. Clients include major corporates, retailers and local authorities and registered providers of social housing.
Real Estate Investment: Expertise includes acquiring/selling land and properties, refinancing existing portfolios or restructuring existing finance structures, debt or equity.
Technology & Intellectual Property: Expertise includes IP disputes (patents; copyright, trade marks); IT disputes; data protection and freedom of information; competition law; OFT investigations; procurement; regulatory advice and commercial contracts.
Areas of PracticeReal Estate: 35%
Litigation: 25%
Corporate/Commercial: 16%
Private Client: 13%
Employment: 11%