Portfolio disputes move at deal speed, not litigation speed.
PE houses and their portfolio companies bring disputes where a fund's next raise, or a portfolio company's next round, can be shaped by how quickly and quietly a dispute resolves.
Timing is often the whole strategy.
A warranty claim or a shareholder dispute involving a PE-backed business rarely exists in isolation — it sits alongside a fund's reporting cycle, a planned exit, or a follow-on financing round that can't wait for a two-year trial.
We advise funds and portfolio companies with that calendar in view from the outset, often prioritising a fast negotiated outcome over a technically stronger position that would take significantly longer to realise.
— Thomas Ashworth-Lee, Partner
The disputes clients bring us.
Warranty & Earn-Out Disputes
Post-acquisition disputes arising from completion accounts, warranties and earn-out mechanisms.
Shareholder & Governance Disputes
Unfair prejudice petitions and boardroom deadlock involving PE-backed management teams.
Portfolio Company Insolvency
Creditor and director liability advice when a portfolio company faces financial distress.
The Mandate Journey™
£1.2bn contested acquisition dispute
A negotiated resolution to a warranty and completion accounts dispute following a large cross-border acquisition.
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