Gavin Foggo Partner

Telephone: 020 7614 2543  Fax: 020 7628 2100
Email: gfoggo@foxwilliams.com
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Departments: Corporate Governance, Dispute Resolution, Partnership

From a professional view

Gavin is a partner in the dispute resolution department.  He handles a broad range of UK and international commercial disputes, involving litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiations. In particular, Gavin specialises in corporate transactional and corporate governance claims (including breach of warranty, breach of directors’ duties and shareholder disputes).  
 
Gavin has also handled IT/e-commerce and intellectual property claims (including computer software and web development claims, domain name disputes, copyright infringement, trademark infringement and passing off, and misuse of confidential information).
 
Being a member of the firm's Partnership Law Group, he regularly advises clients on partnership and employment disputes, and claims involving financial services, negligence, commercial agents, insurance, property and defamation.
 
Gavin is the Honorary Secretary of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, and a member of the Litigation Sub-Committee of the City of London Law Society.  He is also the Honorary Secretary of the Association of Partnership Practitioners (APP) and served on the APP Working Party on the reform of partnership law. In addition, Gavin is a member of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal User Group.  Gavin has written a number of articles, has been quoted in the national and trade press and was formerly on the editorial board of Trademark World.
 
He is rated as a leading dispute resolution individual for partnership law in The Legal 500 directory as well as in Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession (2009 edition) which states: "Solicitor Advocate Gavin Foggo's  rising profile within the partnership community continues to earn him a commendable reputation: "he always has his clients best interests at heart" and clients consider his expertise and knowledge and "assertive attitude" to be valuable."
 
Gavin graduated with an honours degree in law from Durham University in 1987. He completed his training with Fox Williams and qualified into the firm’s Dispute Resolution department in 1992, becoming a partner in 2001. He is a solicitor-advocate (higher courts civil).

From a personal view

Gavin  is married with two children and lives in North London.  Away from the office his interests include sport, particularly football and running half marathons, travel, food and wine.