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Druces Coronavirus / Covid-19 Announcement

Protecting our Clients and Staff During the Coronavirus Outbreak – 16 March 2020

During the current Coronavirus outbreak Druces is closely following government advice.  We are taking the steps needed to mitigate risk; protecting our clients and staff.

These steps include:

• Requiring some staff to work remotely, rather than travelling into the City
• Using electronic signatures on documents where the law allows
• Postponing events which we were due to host
• Making greater use of conference calls in place of face-to-face meetings

We will continue to be mindful of all our professional and legal obligations and alert to changes in Public Health and other advice as the situation evolves.

Existing clients of the firm should liaise with their usual Druces’ contacts for further information regarding this notice or any other matter.  Our staff continue to be available to clients whether they are working remotely or in the office.

Other businesses or individuals now requiring specialist advice on the legal issues facing them, should contact:

• Business and corporate: Neil Pfister (n.pfister@druces.com)
• Individuals and families: Matthew Duncan (m.duncan@druces.com)

Druces has been in business for more than 250 years and this is not the first time in our long history that we, our clients and staff, have weathered the storm of disruption.  In the coming weeks and months we will be as flexible as possible in adapting to changes to usual business practice.  Our overriding aim is to continue to serve our clients to our usual high standards whilst doing everything we can to mitigate risk to them and to our staff.

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Druces announces merger with Sykes Anderson Perry

Druces has announced its merger with London-based law firm Sykes Anderson Perry, as part of its continued strategic growth and development.

The merger will strengthen Druces’ Private Client and Real Estate practices and represents around £1.6 million of additional fee income for the firm. Read more>

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Applications for 2021 Training Contracts are now closed

Please click HERE to find out more about our 2021 Training Contract

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Druces announces strategic merger with Ronaldsons

Druces has merged with London-based law firm Ronaldsons as part of our continued strategic growth and development. The merged firm will be called Druces LLP.

The merger has significantly strengthened Druces’ Capital Markets practice with respected partners Stephen Ronaldson and Dominic Traynor joining the team. The merger also adds strength to our Commercial Litigation team with the addition of partner Neil Hayter and Roger France-Hayhurst joins our Property team as a Consultant. Read more>

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250^th Anniversary

2017 marked a very special milestone for Druces. We celebrated 250 years since the firm was founded in the City of London.  Visit www.druces250.com to see how we marked our 250th anniversary year.

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Our firm

We have in-depth knowledge of our clients’ business sectors and the markets they operate in. We understand our clients’ businesses, identify their need and provide commercial solutions. Our standards and the way we work with our clients are set out in our approach. Our business clients include start-ups and SMEs, partnerships, LLPs, companies, larger corporates and multi-nationals, financial institutions and private banks. We also act for individuals in business and in a private capacity, providing them with a wide range of advisory services. We provide advice internationally, including through our membership of the Alliance of Business Lawyers.

Corporate & Commercial

Our corporate & commercial team provides services for commercial transactions; corporate services, listings, structures and re-organisations; mergers & acquisitions, disposals, and start-ups; finance and financial services; corporate investment; cross-border transactions; intellectual property; tax; corporate turnaround, restructuring and insolvency; employment and business immigration.

Banking and Finance

Our finance lawyers have a wealth of experience advising investment banks, clearing banks, overseas banks and financial institutions, private equity and hedge funds, sharia’a compliant institutions and borrowers.  The team focuses on acquisition finance, corporate lending, sharia’a compliant and Islamic finance transactions, trade finance, distressed debt, refinancing, restructuring and property finance.  The team also advises on contentious matters including banking disputes, recovery issues and trade finance disputes.

Property

We have a large and experienced commercial property team specialising in commercial transactions; development; management; finance; investment & syndicated property investment; construction and contentious construction; planning & environment; and litigation & dispute resolution.  We also specialise in residential transactions and enfranchisement and taxation relating to property.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Our litigation and dispute resolution team provides advice and representation in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court  in relation to company, commercial and contractual disputes; partnership and shareholder disputes; and professional negligence claims; We also have an established international arbitration practice focusing on trade, commerce and international investment treaties. We provide mediation services. We also specialise in resolving commercial and residential property disputes and litigation.

Private Client

Our private client team provides advice in respect of tax and trust issues, estate management and planning; charities; Wills and probate; contentious probate including litigation and dispute resolution relating to Wills, estates and trusts; and international private client services.

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Legal 500

We are recommended in Legal 500 for many of our services.