Corporate & Commercial
Incorporation, governance, mergers and acquisitions, and the day-to-day counsel that keeps boards decisive and compliant.
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Practice Areas
Where we advise, litigate & negotiate.
Six practice groups, one standard — the matter resolved correctly the first time, and the client informed at every step.
What We Do
Practice groups
Each group is led by a senior partner and staffed by counsel who work solely within the group's discipline. Every engagement is the responsibility of one named partner from instruction to conclusion.
Dispute Resolution
Commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation — courtroom advocacy and negotiation measured in outcomes, not rhetoric.
Discuss Your Matter →Intellectual Property
Patents, trademarks, licensing and trade-secret protection for the ideas and inventions that underwrite modern enterprise.
Discuss Your Matter →Real Estate & Construction
Acquisitions, development finance, landlord and tenant disputes, and construction claims resolved before they reach a standstill.
Discuss Your Matter →Employment & Labour
Executive agreements, workplace investigations, wrongful dismissal and collective matters — for employers and executives alike.
Discuss Your Matter →Criminal Defense
Investigation-stage representation through trial and appeal, conducted with the discretion and vigour a reputation demands.
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How We Counsel
An approach measured in candour, not complexity.
We begin every engagement the same way: by listening until the problem is fully understood, then stating plainly what the law permits, what it costs, and what we would do if it were our own matter.
- ✓Clarity first. A written strategy and fee estimate within five working days of instruction.
- ✓No surprises. Monthly reporting on every live matter, in plain language, from the partner leading it.
- ✓Decisive advocacy. We pursue resolution with discipline — and when settlement serves you better than trial, we say so.
The Kanun Standard
Four principles, kept since 1988
I
Integrity
Advice is given to serve the client's interest — even when it means advising against a costly course of action.
II
Rigour
Every pleading, opinion and agreement is reviewed by a second partner before it leaves the chambers.
III
Discretion
What is entrusted to us stays with us. Our offices, archives and counsel are bound by the same code.
IV
Advocacy
When a matter reaches the courtroom, it is prepared as though the outcome will be examined for decades.
Common Questions
Questions clients ask us first
Every engagement opens with a written strategy and a fee estimate agreed before work begins. Where a matter is suitable, we offer fixed fees, capped fees and conditional arrangements. You will never receive an unanticipated invoice.
Yes. Every engagement is led by a senior partner who remains accountable for it from instruction to conclusion. Support counsel and specialists are assembled for the matter, but the named partner leads it.
For urgent matters we respond the same day. For new instructions generally, you will receive a written strategy and fee estimate within five working days of our first consultation.
We advise clients and appear as counsel across eighteen jurisdictions through our network of independent correspondent firms. Where your matter requires local admission, we build the right team around it.