Chambers UK & Legal 500

We have been listed in the Chambers UK 2009 edition, the following are a selection of quotes that can be found;

Corporate Finance

“This team of six is spread between Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, and is rapidly establishing its reputation in the local market. The group is made up of “experienced, unflappable and really reliable” lawyers, who offer clients “enthusiasm, intelligence and true ability”. The team’s main focus is on owner managed businesses, although it has also recently been acting for a number of larger, national clients; international connections have also been forged through the team’s membership of the Alliance of Business Lawyers. For example, head of department Mark Rosser recently advised Spanish company Aceros Bergara on its purchase of the issued share capital of Stainless Steel Services.”

Family/matrimonial

“Vanda James is a name synonymous with the quality family work offered at Warners. She heads the team and is particularly regarded for her “confidence giving style and her ability to explain difficult points clearly”. The firm has embraced collaborative law and consequently handles many such cases”.

Private client

“With offices in Tonbridge and Sevenoaks, this firm is developing a reputation for quality private client advice. The department is divided into three teams covering all aspects of probate, tax planning, Wills and trust administration, and focusing on the needs of high net worth clients including business people, entrepreneurs and traditional families. Philip Raggett heads the team.”

Real estate

“A fine provincial firm that gives common sense advice and responds quickly”. Warners is going from strength to strength. The firm’s recent move to new offices in Tonbridge has revitalised its previously staid image and won a stream of larger, more complex projects. The real estate team focuses on commercial development with an emphasis on local projects but also handles a large amount of land owner and landlord and tenant work. The group boasts specialist expertise of environmental issues relating to commercial real estate, notably wind turbine agreements. Owner managed businesses constitute the bulk of its client base, which also features national companies and educational institutions. It advises the James McNaughton Group on a wide range of real estate issues, recently acting for the company on the sale of an industrial site at Camberwell. Other highlights include advising Scheidt & Bachmann on its relocation from Sevenoaks to Chessington and handling the real estate due diligence for the sale of West Ham United FC. Chairman Bill Wass specialises in commercial development and earns praise from clients for “His personable and practical manner and commercial awareness.” The firm has an additional office in Sevenoaks”.

Real estate litigation

Other notable practitioners listed – “Robert Twining is recognised for his dedicated property litigation focus and is the lawyer responsible for moving Warners away from private client work into the commercial sphere. Based in Tonbridge, he regularly advises on residential and commercial landlord and tenant matters, lease renewals and boundary disputes, where he is admired for being “tenacious yet realistic in terms of what can be achieved”.

Warners is also listed in the Lawyer magazine top 200 UK Law Firms