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HCR Hewitsons

01604233233
4.9/5
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We understand that we are part of key moments in your life, whether these are connected to a company acquisition or sale, a change in your relationships, a marriage or divorce, your expansion into a new area, or the purchase of a new home. As an award winning Top 60 UK law firm we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. Our sector experts provide specialist advice nationally and are leaders in their field, recognised with industry award nominations and for their contributions to national conferences. Read more...

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HCR Hewitsons
have 9 other locations

Aquis House
Reading
RG1 1PL

62 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3NH

Suite 4a
Cardiff
CF10 1DY

5 Deansway
Worcester
WR1 2JG

Overross House
Ross-on-Wye
HR9 7US

Cornerblock
Birmingham
B3 2DX

Ellenborough House
Cheltenham
GL50 1YD

50-60 Station Road
Cambridge
CB1 2JH

Thorpe House
Hereford
HR4 9AR

Aquis House
Reading
RG1 1PL

62 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3NH

Suite 4a
Cardiff
CF10 1DY

5 Deansway
Worcester
WR1 2JG

Overross House
Ross-on-Wye
HR9 7US

Cornerblock
Birmingham
B3 2DX

Ellenborough House
Cheltenham
GL50 1YD

50-60 Station Road
Cambridge
CB1 2JH

Thorpe House
Hereford
HR4 9AR

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Available lawyers at HCR Hewitsons

Laura Upshall

5.0 out of 5
(61)
Head of Residential Property Reading (non-solicitor)

Carla Sanders

5.0 out of 5
(22)
Conveyancing Technician

John Banky

5.0 out of 5
(22)
Solicitor

Emma McCarthy

5.0 out of 5
(11)
Solicitor

Alice Gathern

5.0 out of 5
(9)
Solicitor

Kathryn Grant

5.0 out of 5
(7)
Solicitor

Gwenllian Sian Reeves

5.0 out of 5
(6)
Solicitor

Samantha Houlden

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Solicitor

Simon Cooper

5.0 out of 5
(1)
Partner (Licensed Conveyancer)

Christopher Finch

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Solicitor

Nayna Mahon

0.0 out of 5
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Chartered Legal Executive

Rebecca Welton

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Solicitor

Rosa Manzur

0.0 out of 5
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Sarah Loveridge

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How HCR Hewitsons Compares

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This firm - 98%
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The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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This firm - 99%
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The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that HCR Hewitsons offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 3
274th / 4662
Company & Commercial
1st / 4
282nd / 4424
Housing & Property
1st / 9
127th / 4270
Family Law
1st / 3
327th / 3864
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 3
356th / 3533
Commercial Property
1st / 4
335th / 3351
Employment
1st / 3
331st / 3128
Regulations
1st / 7
131st / 2608
Personal Injury
1st / 9
256th / 2406
Crime/ Criminal Defence
1st / 18
174th / 2126
Immigration
1st / 12
156th / 2012
Money & Tax
1st / 3
182nd / 1854
Professional Negligence
1st / 15
141st / 1212
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 2
102nd / 1061
Dispute Resolution
1st / 4
163rd / 1035
Clinical Negligence
1st / 5
154th / 947
Human rights
1st / 10
46th / 757
Notary
1st / 8
71st / 719
Banking
1st / 8
49th / 708
Agriculture
1st / 3
144th / 597
Construction
1st / 12
83rd / 581
Charities
1st / 10
76th / 571
Energy & Transport
1st / 11
41st / 528
Education
1st / 6
40th / 260

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    337

  • Very Good

    7

  • Average

    1

  • Poor

    1

  • Awful

    5

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
  • Approachability
  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Ziwang
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Ziwang

November 19, 2024

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Residential Conveyancing

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I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for Carla's exceptional assistance throughout the process of closing my property purchase. Her expertise, patience, and attention to detail made what could have been a stressful experience feel smooth and manageable. I truly appreciated the clear communication and timely updates, which kept me informed at every stage. Knowing I had someone so knowledgeable and dedicated handling the legal aspects gave me great peace of mind. I look forward to recommending her services to anyone in need of a reliable and skilled solicitor.

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Mike
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Mike

November 18, 2024

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Conveyancing

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Absolutely brilliant. HCR Law helped to get me through a very protracted house sale, and solve the various issues along the way.

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Shah
Housing & Property

Matter Type:

Residential Conveyancing

Shah

November 04, 2024

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Residential Conveyancing

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I have used HCR for business acquisitions in the past and they were always fantastic, and it was an easy decision to use their residential conveyancing team for my new family home purchase. Laura (partner) was my initial point of contact who was so lovely to deal with to agree fees and talk me through the process HCR will take. Nayna; who is new to the team, conducted the majority of the work and was absolutely brilliant throughout the legal process, our sale and purchase undertook. Nayna always kept me up to date with progress, what we were waiting for and what had been completed. Nayna was extremely friendly and professional and an absolute pleasure to work with. John saw us through to exchange of contracts and completion and without his work and influence, I do not feel we would have completed on our new family home as quickly as we did. John also always kept me in the loop with progress and was such a pleasure to work with. HCR as a whole were extremely proactive and always on hand to speak to at a moments notice. I cannot commend Nayna, John and Laura enough for being so easy to get hold of. It is very rare to be able to phone for your solicitor and 9 times of out 10, be able to speak directly to them. I always felt the all had so much time for me and that was never a burden. Thank you to you all for helping my family move in to our dream home.

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richard coff

October 30, 2024

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kept me up to speed at all time and was good to deal with

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Andrew Reaney

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Andrew Reaney

October 28, 2024

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Emma and Patrick really helped navigate through an update to my Will resulting in a clearer, simpler and accurate Will.

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Martin Hatcher
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Martin Hatcher

October 27, 2024

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Excellence comes as standard …

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The service we received from Laura and her colleagues was exemplary throughout. They showed real care and concern, protecting our best interests at all times We would not hesitate to recommend Laura and her team and it was an absolute pleasure doing business with them

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Richard Coff

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Richard Coff

October 25, 2024

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House sale

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Very professional and good value for money

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Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

A

October 11, 2024

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Sale and Purchase of House and Home

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Excellent, polite, professional and personable service throughout and very reassuring throughout process.

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Anna

October 03, 2024

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HCR Legal Worcester

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I would recommend Georgina G. as a family solicitor. She communicates clear and attentive to detail. She has a good legal knowledge, friendly and motivated to achieve a resolution.

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C
Housing & Property

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Purchase and Sale

C

September 28, 2024

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Excellent Service

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Alice Gathern of HCR was very efficient and managed to complete the purchase of our property (from instruction to completion) in 14 days.

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Company & Commercial

Matter Type:

Corporate Law

Blue

July 20, 2023

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Thanks to all of Clare Emery's team for their amazing patience and professionalism and continued advice in helping to conclude our lengthy transaction. Special mention and thx to Mo & Imran from the corporate transaction team and of course Rhondda from the property team. Your help was instrumental to getting this over the line and is appreciated. D and R from Blue Cross Dental.

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Will

Will

February 27, 2023

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Great new offices. Great service.

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Will

Will

November 12, 2022

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Really felt supported. Great reception.

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Martyn

Martyn

August 06, 2021

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We saw Rachael today and could not have been more impressed. The service offered was supportive, friendly, helpful and informative and the cost was incredibly reasonable. Thank you so much.

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April 14, 2021

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I had to look for a probate solicitor and asked my sister-in-law who is an employment law solicitor for a recommendation close to my home address and she suggested Hewitsons of Cambridge. After explaining my particular issue I was passed to Tiffany Benson at their Northampton office and received an excellent service from both the office and especially Tiffany herself. I was always kept informed of the progress of case and everything was explained as to the actions we needed to take and all the costs before hand.

This gave me reassurance and confidence to take her advice and reach a mediated settlement rather than engage in a very costly court hearing. Everything has now been taken care of and I would highly recommend Hewitsons as a Legal Practice and Tiffany Benson for her professionalism and approach during what was a difficult and emotional time for myself.

E Runciman
Bishops Stortford

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Although we work hard for our clients, our work in the community comes from the passion we have for making a difference. In addition to the charities supported by our own charitable foundation, our employees regularly raise money for projects and charities in the communities where they live and work. With more than 800 people across 10 locations, the impact of this care and energy is tangible.

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Personal areas of law

  • Clinical Negligence
    • Accident and Emergency Claims
    • Amputation Negligence Claims
    • Anaesthetic Awareness Claims
    • Birth Defect and Wrongful Birth Claims
    • Birth Injury Claims
    • Birth Injury To Mother Claims
    • Blood Transfusion Claims
    • Bowel Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Breast Surgery Compensation Claims
    • C. Difficile Claims
    • Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Cauda Equina Syndrome Claims
    • Cerebral Palsy Claims
    • Cervical Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Clinical Negligence
    • Cochlear Implant Claims
    • Cosmetic Dentistry Claims
    • Cosmetic Surgery Claims
    • Defective Medical Device Claims
    • Dental Negligence
    • Dental Negligence Claims
    • Dermal Filler Compensation Claims
    • Diabetes Claims
    • Erb’s Palsy Compensation Claims
    • Eye Surgery Claims
    • Failed Sterilisation Claims
    • Fatal Medical Negligence Claims and Inquests
    • Faulty Defibrillator Claims
    • Fertility Negligence Claims
    • GP Negligence Claims
    • Group B Streptococcus Claims
    • Hospital Negligence Claims
    • Knee Replacement Claims
    • Laser Eye Surgery Claims
    • Laser Treatment Claims
    • Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • MRSA Claims
    • Medical Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Medical Negligence
    • Meningitis Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Metal-On-Metal Hip Replacement Claims
    • Misdiagnosed Miscarriage Claims
    • Nerve Damage Claims
    • Nerve Injury Claims
    • Ophthalmic Negligence Claims
    • Oral Cancer Claims
    • Orthopaedic Negligence Claims
    • Ovarian Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Pancreatic Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Periodontal Disease Claims
    • Pregnancy and Gynaecology Injury Claims
    • Pressure Sore Claims
    • Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Restorative Dentistry Claims
    • Sepsis Negligence Claims
    • Skin Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Sorin Stockert 3T Heater-Cooler Claims
    • Spinal Surgery Claims
    • Stillbirth Compensation Claims
    • Stroke Misdiagnosis Claims
    • Surgery Compensation Claims
    • Surgical and Transvaginal Mesh Claims
    • Testicular Cancer Misdiagnosis Claims
  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Consumer Rights
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Libel and Defamation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
    • Malicious falsehood
    • Pre-publication advice
    • Travel rights
  • Crime/ Criminal Defence
    • Business Crime
    • Fraud
  • Education
    • Education
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • Military
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pension Law
    • Privacy and Data Protection
    • Professional Discipline
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Human rights
    • Human rights
    • Judicial review
  • Immigration
    • Administrative reviews, appeals and judicial reviews
    • Ancestry visas
    • Applications for British citizenship
    • Applications for discretionary leave
    • Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement
    • Asylum and Deportation
    • Asylum applications and appeals
    • Citizenship
    • Deportation appeals
    • EEA Family Permits
    • EEA Registration Cards
    • EEA Residence Permits
    • Entry clearance applications and appeals
    • Family Based Visas
    • Family Reunion Applications / Appeals
    • Family Visit Visa Applications /Appeals
    • General Visit Visa Applications / Appeals
    • Human Rights
    • Illegal Workers and Civil Penalties
    • Immigration Law
    • Indefinite leave to remain applications
    • Marriage Applications/Appeals
    • Nationality, Citizenship, Registration application
    • Partner and family visas
    • Re-entry bans
    • Refugee Family Reunion
    • Settlement Applications and indefinite leave to remain appeals
    • Tier 1 (investors, entrepreneurs and exceptional talent)
    • Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers)
    • Tier 4 (students)
    • Tier 5 (temporary workers)
    • UK ancestry
    • Visas
  • Money & Tax
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Tax
    • Tax Advisory Services
    • Tax Compliance Services
    • Trusts
  • Notary
    • Notary
  • Personal Injury
    • Against The Council
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
  • Professional Negligence
    • Barristers
    • Financial advisors
    • IT professionals
    • Professional trustees
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
    • Veterinary negligence
  • Banking
    • Banking
  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Insurance
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Slander
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
    • Contracts for the supply, installation and maintenance of specialist mechanical and electrical plant
    • Crane oversailing and scaffolding licences
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Due diligence audits for banks and other financial institutions
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Guarantees and bonds
    • In-house training
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • Energy & Transport
    • Energy
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Advertising and Marketing Compliance
    • Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
    • Computer and IT Law
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • Design rights and product designs
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
    • Trade Marks and Designs
  • Regulations
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing
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