Pannone Corporate has been recommended as top tier in two practice areas and also recommended in a further ten practice areas in The Legal 500 2024 edition released yesterday.
Here are some highlights from what our clients had to say:
Commercial litigation
“Direct partner contact, in-depth subject expertise and competitive rates due to its size and structure which makes it stand out in the Manchester and national market.”
“Pragmatic yet thoroughly detailed advice together with responsiveness and quick turn-around times – an invaluable resource for a busy in-house team.”
“Collaborative, responsive, thoughtful and with a deep knowledge and understanding of our business.”
Commercial property
“The team is very experienced and offers a personalised service. They are highly knowledgeable and able to represent the core interests of their clients without prompting.”
“A smaller team that offers a big company service and an ethos personalised to the needs of the client.”
“Valued members of their team and ours. They are always available and ready to answer quick questions and give advice.”
Contentious trusts & probate
“Sound, intelligent advice and support.”
“Exceptional advice and persuaded me to agree to mediation. This proved to be excellent advice and helped achieve a fantastic result, avoiding court costs.”
“Client-focused and provide realistic straight-talking advice in a manner clients can easily understand. They are very experienced around the legal issues but also have their eye on costs.”
Corporate & commercial
“Able to manage demanding and challenging stakeholders – always with a smile on their faces.”
“Highlights risks in a commercial manner. Doesn’t labour incidental points, a characteristic that helps keep processes moving and on track.”
“Always has a solution when required to get through a log-jam and able to manage diverse stakeholders to ensure a consensus solution is found.”
Debt recovery
“Pannone are very good at replying and explaining their process. We can call them anytime and they pick up – not the case with other firms.”
“The personal touch and the relationships with people at Pannone. They have held inhouse training at their Manchester office to help myself and my staff understand the legal process.”
Employment
“Supported several very complex cases and always quick to respond, giving excellent and considered advice. They understand our business and some of the difficulties we face and apply this when giving advice.”
“‘We have built a strong relationship with the whole team and no matter what the issue, any of them can be approached and you can trust that if it is not their area of expertise they will liaise with the subject expert within the team before providing advice.”
“Their employment law knowledge is fantastic, and they present this in a simple yet effective way.”
Health & safety
“An outstanding partner to myself and the whole business. Nothing is too much trouble.”
“Undoubtedly the firm to watch in the North West, buckets of experience mixed with in-depth knowledge of the regulatory landscape means the firm is going from strength-to-strength.’
“The class act of the North’
Insolvency & corporate recovery
“A very commercially sound and technically gifted team who provide an excellent service.”
“Excellent technically and commercially, and fun to work with.”
“Strong technically, very commercial, results-orientated and well-respected in the market.”
“A good communicator and always willing to take a commercial view.”
Intellectual property
“Pannone have kept up with us every step of the changes in our organisation, and their diligent handling of our cases has played a significant part in our organisation’s success post-pandemic. They are consistently a pleasure to deal with – no matter the query or the request, the team work tirelessly to meet our expectations.”
IT & telecoms
“Adept at providing commercial and pragmatic advice which comes from being experts in the sector.”
“Manages to provide the right level of advice for our business without over-engineering it.”
Media & entertainment
“Highly professional, supportive and excellent advice”
“An ability to see around corners…always my first choice.”
Property litigation
“A very cohesive and proactive team, which is essential to support our sometimes urgent and time-critical requirements.”
Notable individuals
Hall of Fame
Melanie McGuirk – Intellectual Property
Tim Hamilton – Corporate and Commercial
Leading Individuals
Amy Chandler – Intellectual Property
Amy Chandler – IT and Telecoms
Nicola Marchant – Contentious Trusts and Probate
Paul Jonson – Commercial Litigation
David Brown – Property Litigation
Melanie McGuirk – Media and Entertainment
Jack Harrington – Employment
David Walton – Health and Safety
Next Generation Partners
Gemma Staples – Property Litigation
Jonny Scholes – Contentious Trusts and Probate
Rising Stars
Sarah Bazaraa – Intellectual Property and Media & Entertainment
Arshnoor Amershi – Corporate and Commercial
Andrew Walsh – Corporate and Commercial