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Founded in 2012, Signature Litigation has grown into one of London’s pre-eminent specialist dispute resolution practices. From the outset, we set out to do things differently: a conflict-free, disputes-only platform designed to give clients the undivided focus and strategic agility that complex, high-stakes matters demand.
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Established in 2017, Signature Litigation's Gibraltar office was founded to address growing demand for specialist expertise in commercial litigation and private wealth disputes on the Rock.
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Signature Litigation AARPI houses one of France’s most enviable product liability practices, with the team also handling commercial and corporate litigation, insurance and reinsurance, toxic tort and ESG, civil fraud and asset tracing, international arbitration, administrative and public law.
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Frankfurt has emerged as one of Europe's foremost financial and commercial centres and, increasingly, as a bridge between European and Asian markets. With that growth comes an increasing demand for sophisticated dispute resolution. Signature Litigation established its Frankfurt office to meet this need, bringing our conflict-free, disputes-only platform to the German market.
FIND OUT MOREPartner Graham Huntley comments in Legal Week in relation to the rising popularity in boutique law firms and speaks to the unique benefits boutiques are able to offer clients. Graham's comments were published in Legal Week, 22 March 2021, and can be found here.
"2021 is shaping up to be a boutique bonanza. Already since the start of the year there have been dozens of examples of partners leaving large law firms in the U.K. and Europe to launch small start up practices...
Graham Huntley, founding partner of Signature Litigation, believes boutiques fill in a gap in the market.
He says: “Boutiques are in a sense a response to a demand in the market. In litigation for example, not all disputes require representation fitted into a fixed relationship with a law firm. There’s no doubt that the market needs to generate boutiques because it makes it possible for clients to get specialist resources without necessarily paying for full-service overheads.
“They serve a basic need to provide the right horse for the right course. It’s often just the need to use specialists with a personal dedication to clients. Boutiques have a real advantage because most clients really want the personal relationship with their lawyers. It can also be much easier for us to devote the necessary personal time to clients than when you’re part of a huge international law firm.”
Graham also commented on the opportunity to leave behind undesirable culture traits that can exist in larger law firms.
"For Huntley, he says he aimed to build a legal cooperative where every employed member has “constitutionally enshrined influence” over the choice of leaders, participation in discussion about future strategy, and legal rights to police transgressions from the constitution."
