Professional services

When it comes to legal aspects of professional services, the practice of Fox Williams is without parallel in terms of:

our years of experience in dealing with professional partnerships;
the number of senior lawyers with relevant expertise; and
our depth of understanding in relation to the management and regulation of professional businesses.   

Our clients include numerous firms in the professional services sector. Among these are solicitors, accountants, surveyors, architects, barristers' chambers, patent agents, doctors and limited partnerships.  We are instructed by firms, by practice groups and by individual partners.

We constantly advise on issues relating to partners' joining and leaving (on their own and in teams), the merger of professional firms and the conversion of traditional partnerships into limited liability partnerships.  We help firms based outside the UK to set up and develop London offices.

The leading reputation of Fox Williams' team of partnership lawyers is confirmed by high rankings in The Legal 500 and Chambers UK legal directories.  The multi-disciplinary Association of Partnership Practitioners was founded by lawyers at Fox Williams.

Our practical experience and negotiating skills help clients resolve tricky contentious issues.  We are familiar with alternative dispute resolution techniques. During the past year, we have used mediation to settle bitter partnership disputes, enabling clients to get on with the task of running a business rather than engage in expensive and time-consuming litigation. When appropriate, we take whatever steps are necessary to enforce partnership rights in the Courts.

In addition to our expertise in partnership law and practice,  Fox Williams provides employment, commercial, immigration, property, dispute resolution and tax expertise tailored for professional services.

For more information, please contact Tina Williams.

Related organisation:

Association of Partnership Practitioners (www.app.org.uk)