Masseys LLP is a City-based commercial dispute resolution boutique. Masseys’ broad expertise includes contractual and tortious disputes, civil fraud, breach of trust, breach of directors’ duties and professional negligence claims. Its strengths also include resolving trade and commodities disputes, insurance, property, company, partnership and joint-venture disputes.
Masseys’ lawyers have over 100 years of collective commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation experience. Because of this, Masseys provides both key and confident strategic advice to its clients with commercial solutions being applied to disputes. We always seek to use whichever dispute resolution technique will produce the best results for our clients.
Masseys has:
| • | been representing Balli Group PLC (see for example, Klöckner Holdings GmbH -v- Klöckner Beteilugungs GmbH [2005] EWGC 1453) and in a separate action, Klöckner Holdings GmbH (against a major German bank) in High Court proceedings arising from a failed multi-million euro takeover of a German steel giant and the financing issues related to it; | ||
| • | been instructed by an overseas bank on a complex matter concerning a potential breach of Sections 151 - 156 of the Companies Act 1986; | ||
| • | been acting on a variety of contentious company matters involving joint venture, partnership and shareholders' disputes and breach of confidence claims; | ||
| • | been acting on substantial claims where emergency injunctions have been sought; | ||
| • | been acting on substantial civil fraud and directors' misfeasance claims; | ||
| • | represented Global Marine Services (formerly Cable & Wireless Marine and British Telecom Marine) in two, ground-breaking, successful summary judgment applications involving a corporate headquarters and a cable-laying vessel; | ||
| • | been successful in a major arbitration for Samsung relating to the import of bulk component; | ||
| • | been successful in the widely-reported High Court and Court of Appeal disputes impacting on a landlord's rights in a Company Voluntary Arrangement (John Thomas –v- Ken Thomas Ltd [2006] 42 EG); | ||
| • | been acting in several high-value professional negligence claims. |