Agreement for legal services
Counsel for the decisions you can reverse. can't take back.
- Whereas, a business is built on agreements, and some of them will be tested;
- Whereas, good advice is clear before it is clever, and honest about the odds;
- Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows.
Where we act
We are a firm of thirty-four lawyers in two cities. We take fewer matters than we could, so the partner you meet is the partner who does the work.1
- 01 Corporate & commercial p. 04 Company formation, investment rounds, mergers, shareholder agreements and the contracts a business runs on.
- 02 Employment p. 07 Contracts, policies, restructuring and disputes, for employers who would rather prevent than defend.
- 03 Real estate p. 10 Acquisitions, leases, development and finance for commercial property, from one unit to a portfolio.
- 04 Disputes & litigation p. 13 Negotiation first, mediation second, court when it is the right answer. We say which on day one.
The partners who sign
Four partners, 34 people. Every engagement letter carries the name of the partner responsible for it, and that name is on the work.
The record, in figures
£1.4bnin transactions advised since 201501
86%of disputes settled before a hearing02
28years in practice
9languages spoken in the firm
Statement of a client
They told us in the first meeting that we would probably lose in court, and then they found the settlement that kept the company alive. Nobody else was that honest with us.
Notes from the file
In witness whereof, let's talk.
A first meeting is forty-five minutes, costs nothing and ends with a straight answer: whether you need a lawyer, and if you do, what it should cost.
Signed for and on behalf of Ashby & Thorne LLP
Helena Ashby
Helena Ashby, Managing partner
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