Glovers Solicitors LLP — England

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Glovers Solicitors is a leading firm of solicitors based in Central London known for specialising in property and employment. The firm: Glovers Solicitors has a practical and approachable style which is both commercially aware and cost-effective. The firm’s personal partner-led service comes with detailed knowledge of each of the sectors the firm specialises in, as detailed below. - Types of work undertaken Financial institutions: Glovers has an excellent reputation for working with banks and financial institutions. The firm’s clients include many lenders in the sector, who take advantage of the broad range of services that the firm provides. The firm’s services, such as finance, banking and finance litigation and professional negligence, cover a broad spectrum of the areas of advice that are essential for the sector. Real estate: the firm has long-standing client relationships and works as active legal and commercial partners. Glovers’ real estate sector clients rely on the firm’s full range of highly ranked services from solicitors specialising in commercial property, corporate, employment, finance, fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, litigation and dispute resolution, professional negligence, property litigation and residential property matters. Restaurants: Glovers offers a one-stop service for restaurant owners and operators, whether they are exclusive ‘high-end’ restaurants, nationwide casual dining concepts, or start-ups. The firm has an unrivalled client base, which includes a number of the top restaurant companies in the country by size, a number of critically acclaimed destination restaurants and some of the most exciting emerging concepts. Glovers is able to assist clients with all of their property law requirements; to arrange the requisite licensing; to advise on general employment and business issues and to act in connection with the resolution of any disputes (property, general commercial, employment or construction). The firm’s expertise enables it to address and fulfil the needs of any restaurant, café, delicatessen or other food-based operation. Construction: the firm is experienced in the handling of a wide range of contentious and non-contentious construction matters. Cases are typically multi-party actions that can involve claims for defects, extensions of time for payment as well as claims concerning the performance of construction professionals. The firm has been at the forefront of the development of the law in adjudication. ### Languages - French - German ### Staffing Figures - 11 Number of UK partners - 20 Number of other UK fee-earners

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Alex Pelopidas

Alex is a partner in the real estate finance team. · Real Estate

Andrew Nicklinson

Andrew is a partner in the commercial property department and is head of the commercial property team. Partner dealing with development agreements (offices, industrial, retail and leisure, residential); property portfolio acquisition and sale; landlord and tenant with an emphasis on the leisure sector; VAT on property. · Real Estate

Darran Smith

Head of the real estate finance team. Experience includes acting for developers and occupiers in the office and leisure sector. · Real Estate

John Barber

John is the former senior partner and head of the commercial property department. He and is now a consultant with the firm and principally acts for a number of Glovers’ longstanding restaurant clients. · Real Estate

John Mills

A partner in the property finance department dealing with property finance and commercial property. · Real Estate

Kenny Friday

Kenny is a partner and joint head of the firm’s dispute resolution department, having joined Glovers as a trainee solicitor in 2002. · Litigation

Liza Lam-Kee

Specialises in property finance, acting primarily for lenders. · Real Estate

Paul Dench

Paul is a partner and joint head of the dispute resolution department. · Litigation

Paul Jagger

Partner dealing with general commercial property work with particular emphasis on landlord and tenant work in the leisure and hospitality sector. Heads up the licensing team. · Commercial Property

Philip Eyre

Philip is senior partner of the firm and head of the firm’s construction department. He deals with contentious and non-contentious construction law matters for banks, developers, contractors, sub-contractors and professional consultants. · Construction

Philip Shotter

General commercial property work with particular emphasis on landlord and tenant work in the leisure sector. Philip is a partner in the commercial property department and is head of Glovers’ hospitality and leisure team. · Commercial Property