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The universally respected standard of law in England & Wales, alongside the universality of the English language and the UK's geographic standpoint between the Americas and Asia, all contribute to the UK's position as a favoured location for multinational companies, as much as for successful people and their businesses.
We have been based in London, in the United Kingdom, since 1896. Over the past 120 years, our perspective has broadened to a fully global one, but much of our strength is based on the firm foundations of the English courts, London’s status as an international finance hub, and the UK’s business-friendly tax and regulatory policies.
The UK’s decision to leave the EU’s single market surprised many, but it looks likely that the country will continue to be function as a destination of choice for the world’s high net worth population, as well as the place where their money is managed and they can seek the protection and certainties of the courts.

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Track record
Protecting the home in a family fraud dispute
£35 million misselling and LIBOR claim
International bank mandate fraud
Belarus $1.6m business dispute
Defeating £15m claim, our client pays £1 damages
Russian real estate project in LCIA arbitration
£5 million LIBOR claim against major bank
Swiss franc de-pegging claim
Taking Google case to the European Court of Human Rights
In a case which will drive the online publication of defamatory content, we have brought a claim for our client in the European Court of Human Rights. Google did not remove anonymous defamatory remarks about our client, despite being notified, and we have progressed the claim to the ECHR having pursued a remedy against Google in the English courts.
Energy company UNCITRAL arbitration against Pakistan
ICSID dispute over energy investment
Public liability cover claim against broker
Negligence claim for hedge fund exit advice
VAT case dispute with former solicitor settled in mediation
Negligence claim for misadvised property deal
Representing Bar Mutual and its clients
London courts secure fraudster's assets
Art theft case for underwriters
Bringing misselling and breach of contract claims against bank
Reputation protection during a high profile divorce
During our client's highly sensitive and hard-fought divorce, our Media and Reputation team played a key role to ensure that our client's public reputation was protected in the face of significant media interest. The team also provided counsel on communications from our client, which were required to uphold his rights in balance with the other party's.
Professional negligence claim for interest rate swap deal
A world renowned hotel entered into an interest rate swap with several banks, but ended up suffering significant losses. The hotel's owners approached us to pursue the law firm who represented them in a professional negligence claim. The case was listed for a five week High Court trial, but we arranged a settlement before the trial commenced.
Complex dispute with a financial consulting firm
Withers represented an individual in a dispute involving a successful limited liability company that provided global financial consulting and advisory services. Withers successfully avoided a public lawsuit and negotiated a successful resolution. This complex matter involved parties in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Belize.
Harriet Green, CEO of Thomas Cook
When Harriet Green stood down as CEO of Thomas Cook in 2014, she turned to Withers' experienced team to help her develop and implement an exit strategy. The situation became more complicated in May 2015, while she was on garden leave, and had to deal with an onslaught of negative press coverage around her alleged handling of the death of two children in Corfu in 2006 (six years before she joined Thomas Cook). We developed a clear strategy and we closed the matter down to our client's satisfaction.
Renault Group & Gravity Motorsports S.a.r.l.
State Bank of India in luxury hotel development
Soho House (London)
We are incredibly proud of our relationship with Soho House. Founded in London in 1995 as a private members' club for people in the creative world, Soho House has since successfully opened clubs across Europe and the US as well as restaurants, cinemas, work spaces, spas and bedrooms. It has been an amazing journey to work with them as they grow
Charman v Charman
In collaboration with our family law experts, we advised in this high profile and complex divorce case which may be seen as the apogee of the English divorce jurisdiction's robust attitude towards offshore trusts. It marked the widening gap between the trust industry on the one hand and the family division on the other as to the respect to be accorded to trusts, and it remains a seminal case in this field today.
Soho House and Sydell Group
The Soho House & Co founder Nick Jones has described The Ned in the City of London, a joint venture with Sydell Group, as his 'blockbuster'. We are advising on the redevelopment and fit-out of a landmark listed building which is to include 252 bedrooms; 9 restaurants; bars everywhere from the underground vaults to the rooftop; a health spa and gym; and a private members’ club.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Two US senior executives moving to Europe
As a firm, we are best known for helping globally successful individuals to protect their interests internationally - in this recent matter we helped secure water-tight contracts for two C-suite directors as they relocated from the United States to the United Kingdom, while our transatlantic team reviewed their changed tax circumstances.
Wooldridge v Wooldridge
Our lawyers brought the highest value Inheritance Act claim to date in Wooldridge v Wooldridge (2016). We were acting for a widow who sought to increase provision under her husband’s will after his death in a helicopter accident. The will had been “homemade”, written without legal advice, and our client felt that her husband had intended to leave her a greater share of his assets.
HR at Winton Capital Management
Withers assisted Winton Capital Management in its human resources function, adapting its varied remuneration structure to take into account 'family-friendly' legislation. We were pleased to advise on other aspects of recruitment, including Financial Conduct Authority and background checks, as well as data protection issues.<br />
A wealthy European family
A European family asked us to create an overarching trust structure to hold their commercial interests in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Singapore and elsewhere. Resident in Monaco and London, the family needed the structure to operate as an estate plan, enabling wealth to be passed between generations. This was all done in conjunction with a family constitution governing the management of their wealth.
Renault Sport F1 Team
Since Renault Group's cross-border acquisition of Lotus F1 in December 2015, our employment team have provided continual support to the Renault Sport F1 Team. This work has included: advice in relation to a TUPE transfer of employees; drafting and negotiating employment contracts/consultancy agreements with senior employees and key contractors - many with cross-border elements; advising on the disciplining and/or exit of employees; and advising on arrangements with contractors and the termination of such arrangements.
Croly v Good
In the leading case of Croly v Good, we acted for the successful petitioner - a minority shareholder in a quasi-partnership. Due to the conduct of the majority shareholder, he was ordered to purchase our client's shares valued at the date of his exclusion rather than at the date of trial, resulting in a much higher share valuation for our client.