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What our Partnership Barristers offer

The barristers in our Business and Property team offer in depth advice and representation in all aspects of the law relating to partnerships and LLPs. Barristers in this team offer specialist advice and representation on all aspects of this broad and ever-increasing area of practice and regularly deal with issues arising out of breach of partners’ duties, partnership agreements, constitutions, dissolutions and disputes. The barristers have a specialist interest in the protection of confidential information and injunctive relief aimed at protecting trade secrets and other protected interests.

Kings Chambers partnership barristers offer experience involving general partnerships, limited partnerships and LLPs, across the whole range of business sectors such as professional service firms, investment and investment management vehicles, family wealth management partnerships, property, farming, doctors and dentists.

In the professional services sector, the team has developed an increasing client list including a number of major firms of solicitors and accountants.  Members can provide advice in non-contentious situations including structuring, LLP conversions and revision of partnership agreements.  Contentious experience includes litigation and arbitration covering:

• Partner and member exits: expulsion and compulsory retirement
• Duties within partnerships and LLPs
• Unfair prejudice within LLPs
• Restrictive covenants
• Partnership and LLP insolvency

 

What the directories say about our Partnership Barristers

Chambers UK 2019:

“Kings Chambers is a standout set on the Northern Circuit for general commercial and partnership work, drawing praise from instructing solicitors who describe the chambers as "the pre-eminent set outside London for partnership work." Its barristers are experienced in handling matters concerning both traditional partnerships and LLPs across a wide range of industry sectors, acting for and advising these clients on contentious matters as well as complex contractual arrangements.”

Client service: 

"The clerking is extremely efficient. They respond to e-mails very quickly and are very good at dealing with telephone queries." 

Barristers in this practice area

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