Managing Partner Jonathan DennySenior Partner Michael Stevens- Partners: 39
- Assistants: 62
- Other fee-earners: 60
The Firm Cripps Harries Hall LLP is a leading law firm based in the South East providing a wide range of legal services. The firm advises many high profile clients including plcs, financial institutions, private companies, local and national government, charities and individuals. The firm's simple and effective strategy of concentrating resources in a single regional centre of excellence has enabled it to provide the maximum benefit to its clients. A high-quality service in terms of breadth and depth is ensured by a long-term commitment to recruitment; it consistently attracts high profile solicitors from leading City firms and was ranked as one of the top 20 law firms to work for in the UK as measured by the Best Companies Index 2009. The firm was one of the first to secure accreditation to the Law Society's quality assurance standard, Lexcel. With its Tunbridge Wells headquarters just 45 minutes from London, the firm's low overheads allow it to provide this quality service at outstanding value for money. Investing heavily in IT has enabled it to maximise the efficiency and speed of communications. Clients benefit from innovative services and information delivered via a secure extranet. The firm has also established an excellent reputation for its imaginative and commercial approach to providing solutions for clients, as exemplified by its involvement with Lovells in the Mexican-Wave project for Prudential Property Investment Managers.
Principal Areas of Work The firm is structured into client-focused, industry sector groups to promote a strong ethos of client service and ensure that its solicitors are not only excellent legal practitioners but also experts in specialist business sectors. The nationally acclaimed Real Estate Practice is now organised into three groups, each providing specialist advice: the Commercial Property Owners and Occupiers Group focuses on the needs of clients with property portfolios; the Property Development and Residential Investment Group advises on all aspects of development and regeneration projects; and the Public Sector Group provides an expert service to the firm's high profile national and local government clients. The Corporate Group advises on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, corporate finance and commercial contracts. Teams specialise in the technology, media and advertising, and in advising French corporate clients. The firm is also highly rated for its commercial dispute resolution expertise; for its advice to partnerships and professional practices, and for employment work. The firm has built on its strengths in both commercial and private client work to create a Charities Group, incorporating expertise from across the practice, to assist charities and not-for-profit organisations. The Private Client Group is one of the most pre-eminent in the country. It has particular expertise in providing advice on tax and trusts to high net worth individuals. Specialist teams act for executors and trustees, residential and agricultural property owners, and also handle a wide range of contentious private client work, including family law, trust and will disputes, professional negligence and personal injury claims.
Areas of PracticeReal Estate Owners & Occupiers: 32%Property Developers & Residential Investors: 16%Companies & Partnerships: 21%Private Client & Charities: 31%