Littleton has a strong practice in corporate disputes, combining technical company law expertise with substantial injunction and trial experience and commercially focused advice.
We act for clients ranging from FTSE 100 companies, private equity houses and financial institutions to owner-managed and family businesses, in the UK and internationally.
Our members are instructed across the full range of boardroom and shareholder disputes, including directors’ duties claims, unfair prejudice petitions under s.994 of the Companies Act 2006, derivative actions, and disputes concerning articles of association and shareholders’ agreements, including deadlock, good leaver / bad leaver, and drag-along / tag-along issues.
We are also regularly instructed in post-transaction M&A disputes, acting for vendors and purchasers in warranty and indemnity claims, fraud and misrepresentation cases, disclosure and notice disputes, restrictive covenant claims, completion accounts disputes, and earn-out and deferred consideration claims.
Our barristers act in claims by and against former directors, including unlawful competition, breach of fiduciary duty and misuse of confidential information.
We have a strong track record in urgent interim relief, including injunctions, freezing orders and search orders.
The complimentary expertise of our barristers in commercial, senior employee and civil fraud litigation sets Littleton apart from its competitors providing a decisive advantage in disputes with overlapping legal issues.
