gunnercooke LLP — England
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- gunnercooke LLP > E&W - gunnercooke LLP > E&W gunnercooke is the leading global fee share firm for entrepreneurial lawyers, with over 600 advisors specialising in areas including corporate, real estate and employment, as well as emerging disciplines such as charity, crypto, sports and competition law. gunnercooke is a Top 75 law firm in the UK and part of the ‘magic circle of fee share law firms’. The firm is growing rapidly and how has 16 offices in the UK, US, Germany and Austria. The firm's 45,000 clients include Google, Jet2.com, DHL, Lidl and Santander. gunnercooke operates as a fee share model meaning professionals join as self-employed advisors, free to design and develop their own practice. Advisors and lawyers build and work in dynamic teams of their choosing, drawing on specific disciplines from across the firm, to best suit their clients’ needs. With cross-border specialists and strength in multiple jurisdictions and practice areas, gunnercooke specialises in the rapid assembly of bespoke teams of multidisciplinary experts. Clients benefit from flexible options on fees to suit their needs, access to a wider network of senior experts throughout the relationship, and legal advice which is complemented by an understanding of the commercial aspects of running a business. Additional group services are designed to strengthen and enhance the core legal offering, including an Operating Partners practice, which offers experts in senior management consultancy, crypto, marketing, crime and compliance, and legal technology arm. gunnercooke Sport offers full service support to clubs and players in the sports industry. Purpose is at the core of everything we do. Our model is designed to foster strong relationships between clients and their trusted advisors. It also provides freedom and helps fulfil the professional and personal ambitions of the people who work here. Ultimately, it aims to leave a lasting, a positive legacy on the world around us. Practice areas: The firm is particularly well known for its work in corporate, M&A and private equity; employment and pensions; dispute resolution; competition and antitrust; family law; business crime; restructuring, insolvency and business growth; private client; tax; FinTech and financial services; banking and finance; commodities; real estate finance; property litigation; and commercial property. They also cover sector groups including Web3, football, construction, aviation, hospitality, fashion, equestrian and charity. - Offices - London - Manchester - New York - Chicago - Glasgow - Edinburgh - Birmingham - Leeds - Berlin - Frankfurt - Düsseldorf - Hamburg - München - Vienna - Tirol ### Staffing Figures - 552 Global lawyers - 409 Global partners - 55 Operating Partners - 607 Global advisors - 98 gcTrust (Support Team)
Office locations
Manchester
Manchester
gunnercooke LLP 53 King Street Manchester M2 4LQ North West
London
London
gunnercooke LLP 1 Cornhill London EC3V 3ND
Leeds
Leeds
gunnercooke LLP 10-12 East Parade Leeds LS1 2BH Yorkshire
Birmingham
Birmingham
gunnercooke LLP 55 Colmore Row Birmingham B3 2AA West Midlands
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Akash Sachdeva
Partner · Intellectual Property
Alex Connah
Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A
Angela Brumpton
Partner · Employment
Anna Willetts
Partner · Environmental Crime
Brendan Walsh
Partner · Real Estate
Charlotte OMara
Partner · Intellectual Property
Chloe Carswell
Partner · International Arbitration
Chloë Leyland
Partner · Employment
Clare Jones
Legal Counsel · Litigation
Clive Smith
Partner · Asset Finance
David Breslin
Partner · Litigation
Ed Jenneson
Partner · Employment
Emma Tonge
Partner · Real Estate
Fergus Buckley
Partner · Litigation
Harvey Stringfellow
Partner · Dispute Resolution
Helen Miles
Partner · Pensions
James Burnie
Partner · Financial Services Regulation
James Pheasant
Partner · Litigation
Jason Lewis
Partner · Real Estate
Jen Morris
Partner · Real Estate
Jo Tindall
Partner · Employment
Joan Pettingill
Partner · Employment
Joe Bartlett
Partner · Family Law
Kathryn Dodds
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Khaled Moyeed
Partner · Dispute Resolution
Kim McMurray
Partner · Banking & Finance
Marc Weisberger
Partner · Commodities
Matthew Grocock
Partner · Real Estate
Matthew Harvey
Partner · Banking & Finance
Melike Kankur
Associate · Litigation
Michael M Jones
Partner · Pensions
Michele Price
Partner · Charity & Philanthropy
Mini Setty
Partner · Employment
Nick Berry
Partner · Intellectual Property
Nick Ducker
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Nicky Androsov
Partner · Intellectual Property
Olga Antonova
Senior Associate · Crypto
Parminder Latimer
Partner · Pensions
Paul Menham
Partner · Employment
Paul Ryman
Partner · Employment
Philip Rubens
Partner · Litigation
Rachel Pearse
Partner · Intellectual Property
Ravindra Kumar
Partner · Dispute Resolution
Rebecca Ireland
Partner · Employment
Richard Linskell
Partner · Employment
Rob Fawke
Partner · Banking & Finance
Robert Nieri
Robert is a Legal Director charity lawyer guiding trustees on charity law, governance and regulatory issues, supporting charities in their work and at all stages of their journey: establishing new charities, incorporating existing organisations, advising on collaboration or merger issues and, where necessary, on dissolution. He advises on the engagement of charities with the Charity Commission e.g. seeking necessary approvals and dealing with serious incident reporting and on charities' dealings with non-charities e.g trading subsidiaries, corporate partners, sponsors and commissioning bodies. He works closely with colleagues in Shoosmiths’ charities team – in particular with employment, commercial, corporate and real estate lawyers - to provide clients with integrated and responsive solutions to help them to manage their legal risk. He also advises business clients and philanthropists on setting up their own foundations and on their dealings with charities, in the context of the increasing prominence of “ESG.” Recent experience includes: advising a national charity on governance and regulatory matters as part of multi-faceted legal support provided by Shoosmiths’ charities team; advising a national conservation charity on constitutional and regulatory issues; registering a charity to support those in need following the invasion of Ukraine; creating corporate foundations for businesses looking to increase their charitable engagement;advising on various charity mergers; andtraining trustees and senior executive teams on charity law and governance issues. Robert is a member of the Charity Law Association and of The Chartered Institute of Fundraising and chairs the charity committee of Shoosmiths’ Manchester office. · Charities & Not-for-Profit
Rohit Ralleigh
Partner · Commercial Dispute Resolution
Rohit Sanghvi
Partner · Litigation
Roland Humphreys
Partner · Family Law
Sarah Armstrong
Partner · Litigation
Sarah Hung
Partner · Commercial Real Estate
Shilpen Savani
Partner · Dispute Resolution
Siddique Patel
Partner · Family Law
Simon Williams
Partner · Corporate / M&A
Stephan Smoktunowicz
Partner · Banking & Finance
Suresh Bhatt
Partner · Pensions
Sydney Fulda
Partner · Litigation
Tom Seabrook
Partner · Real Estate