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DMH Stallard understands the unique challenges that organisations within the professional services sector face. Whether you are an accountant, architect, surveyor, estate agent, actuary, lawyer or medical practitioner, we can provide expert guidance that aligns with your industry’s regulations and best practices.

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Our Professional Services sector expertise

We can provide support for your BAU compliance work, whether that be data protection, customer or supplier terms and conditions, or new property commitments. As professional services businesses grow, compliance obligations become more complex, and assume greater reputational impact.

We have supported clients in many professional sectors to prepare the constitutional agreement between “partners” (whether partnership, LLP, or limited company); we often help professional firms manage the admission or retirement of “partners”.

Running our own business helps with understanding some of the nuances, but we also have direct experience with a range of specialist sectors.

No two professional services firms are the same, but our past experience will help speed the process of reaching final agreements, and provide solutions or compromises, where partners disagree.

We understand that all professional services clients have their own identities and issues and we are always alive to the critical matters of confidentiality, reputational risk management and the maintenance of staff morale.

Our dedicated professional services team has a wealth of experience and expertise, developed over many years of working with established and successful professional organisations.

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DMHS are professional, friendly and responsive. Their people have years of experience and their electronic case managements system, and tailored recovery procedures add value to our business.

Dalton Brooks, BDO LLP
National Credit Control Manager

They are very aware of the commercial realities of a situation and how best to strategise to achieve a good commercial result for their clients.”

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Our expertise in the Professional Services sector

  • Corporate Law

    Our expert corporate team can support professional services firms with mergers and acquisitions, investment deals and disposals, as well as a host of other strategic transactions and corporate business advice services. We are experienced in the acquisition and disposal of both limited companies and LLPs and the advice we provide ensures firms can make informed decisions, protect their interests and foster long-term growth and success.

     

    Find out more about our Corporate Law services.

  • Agreements

    We advise on a range of issues associated with intra company agreements (including shareholder and director agreements), partnership and LLP agreements.

    We can provide support and guidance on appropriate partnership form, draft partnership agreements, review and update existing agreements, as well as advise on disputes and on partnership dissolution.

     

    Find out more about our Commercial Business Law services.

  • Employment Law

    Our employment lawyers offer strategic advice on a range of matters including, employment contracts, workplace policies, discrimination issues, and employee disputes and terminations.

    We are well aware of the importance to firms of safeguarding their reputation and our team works hard to protect client’s interests and ensure this is maintained.

     

    Find out more about our Employment Law services.

  • Regulatory Advice

    Staying compliant with ever-changing regulations is essential, but it can be overwhelming. Our legal support services ensure that your business remains on the right side of the law. We keep up-to-date with industry regulations and provide proactive guidance to help you avoid legal pitfalls.

     

    Find out more about our Regulatory services.

  • Commercial Dispute Resolution and Litigation

    Our dispute resolution lawyers can provide profesional services firms with invaluable expertise in handling all forms of legal disputes and conflicts, including claims of professional negligence, contractual disputes, finance related disputes, restrictive covenants and partnership disputes as well as director/shareholder disputes. Our team offers strategic advice, enabling clients to achieve favourable outcomes, whether that be through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation.

     

    Find out more about our Dispute Resolution services.

  • Debt Recovery

    Bad debts not only impact on cash flow but can also be a huge drain on your time and resource. Our Debts Team is able to collect significant volumes of debts efficiently and cost effectively, so generating considerable revenue and improved cash flow for our clients.

     

    Find out more about our Debt Recovery services.

  • Restructuring and Insolvency

    Our restructuring and insolvency team work with firms to resolve issues arising in their business (or with a client) when they find themselves in financial distress, and can advise on all forms of formal insolvency procedures. Where formal insolvency options are not the right choice, we work to deliver alternative and more effective restructuring outcomes, whether rebuilding, reorganising or demerging.

     

    Find out more about our Restructuring and Insolvency services.

Our expertise in the Professional Services sector

  • Corporate Law

    Our expert corporate team can support professional services firms with mergers and acquisitions, investment deals and disposals, as well as a host of other strategic transactions and corporate business advice services. We are experienced in the acquisition and disposal of both limited companies and LLPs and the advice we provide ensures firms can make informed decisions, protect their interests and foster long-term growth and success.

     

    Find out more about our Corporate Law services.

  • Agreements

    We advise on a range of issues associated with intra company agreements (including shareholder and director agreements), partnership and LLP agreements.

    We can provide support and guidance on appropriate partnership form, draft partnership agreements, review and update existing agreements, as well as advise on disputes and on partnership dissolution.

     

    Find out more about our Commercial Business Law services.

  • Employment Law

    Our employment lawyers offer strategic advice on a range of matters including, employment contracts, workplace policies, discrimination issues, and employee disputes and terminations.

    We are well aware of the importance to firms of safeguarding their reputation and our team works hard to protect client’s interests and ensure this is maintained.

     

    Find out more about our Employment Law services.

  • Regulatory Advice

    Staying compliant with ever-changing regulations is essential, but it can be overwhelming. Our legal support services ensure that your business remains on the right side of the law. We keep up-to-date with industry regulations and provide proactive guidance to help you avoid legal pitfalls.

     

    Find out more about our Regulatory services.

  • Commercial Dispute Resolution and Litigation

    Our dispute resolution lawyers can provide profesional services firms with invaluable expertise in handling all forms of legal disputes and conflicts, including claims of professional negligence, contractual disputes, finance related disputes, restrictive covenants and partnership disputes as well as director/shareholder disputes. Our team offers strategic advice, enabling clients to achieve favourable outcomes, whether that be through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation.

     

    Find out more about our Dispute Resolution services.

  • Debt Recovery

    Bad debts not only impact on cash flow but can also be a huge drain on your time and resource. Our Debts Team is able to collect significant volumes of debts efficiently and cost effectively, so generating considerable revenue and improved cash flow for our clients.

     

    Find out more about our Debt Recovery services.

  • Restructuring and Insolvency

    Our restructuring and insolvency team work with firms to resolve issues arising in their business (or with a client) when they find themselves in financial distress, and can advise on all forms of formal insolvency procedures. Where formal insolvency options are not the right choice, we work to deliver alternative and more effective restructuring outcomes, whether rebuilding, reorganising or demerging.

     

    Find out more about our Restructuring and Insolvency services.

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Expertise you can trust

Dispute resolution and debt recovery

We have a long-standing relationship with a leading surveying and real estate firm, providing a range of dispute resolution and debt recovery services. Our work for this client will often involve defending allegations of breach of contract and/or negligence (claims which are commonly brought as part of a defence to our client’s claims to recover its professional services fees).

Debt recovery

We provide tailored debt recovery services to a top 10 accountancy firm adding real value to its business.

Partner liability during insolvency

Acting for the partner of a solicitor’s firm that entered into administration on his liabilities to repay capital due to a former (retired) partner; his liabilities as regards the insolvent firm; and his duties generally in respect of the administration.

Merger agreement

Advising a top UK Accountancy firm on its LLP Agreement following a merger, focusing on striking the correct balance between the interests of the established and incoming partners.

Cross-border claim

Settling a claim involving aspects of Australia’s Victorian State Law and English Partnership Law for an English firm with a multimillion-pound turnover and global offices.

Dispute with former Partner

Acting for a leading accountancy firm in relation to a dispute with a former partner following a successful merger of two practices and a demerger of part of the practice, and the deferred consideration payable.

Partner departure

Advising a departing member of a property consultancy on their plans to leave a partnership and continue working with their clients; including successfully negotiating with their former partners.

Personal liability

Advising professional property receivers upon their personal liabilities in the context of flawed security documents upon which their appointment was based, and the suggested indemnities they should obtain from their client to negate their risks.

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Meet the team

Meet the team
Matt Akers
Matt  Akers
Partner
Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation
Advises clients on a broad range of commercial disputes principally arising out of breaches of contract, fraud and shareholder/partnership issues.
+44 (0) 20 7822 1556
Tim Ashdown
Tim  Ashdown
Partner
Dispute Resolution, Technology, Media and Telecoms
Expert in trade marks, patents, designs, misuse of confidential information (by employees or competitors), copyright and database rights.
+44 (0) 20 7822 1570
Frank Bouette
Frank  Bouette
Partner
Restructuring and Insolvency
Restructuring and Insolvency expert with considerable experience handling complex transactions and claims for lenders, investors and office holders.
+44 (0) 1293 558554
James Colvin
James  Colvin
Partner
Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation
Expert in commercial and banking disputes involving issues of negligence, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and shareholder disputes.
+44 (0) 1293 558565
Jo Rovery
Jo  Rovery
Partner
Real Estate
Advises private and corporate investors, developers, charities, traders, retailers, banks and pension funds on commercial real estate and banking.
+44 (0) 1293 663499
Adam Williams
Adam  Williams
Partner
Immigration and Employment
Specialises in guiding corporate clients through UK business immigration and labour law aspects of operating in the UK and moving people across borders.
+44 (0) 1483 467413
Emily Wood
Emily  Wood
Partner
Real Estate Dispute Resolution
Expert in property contracts, rights to light, telecoms code issues, and business rates appeals for private and public sector clients.
+44 (0) 1293 605578

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