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Counsel for decisions that cannot be rehearsed.
We advise boards, owners and general counsel when a dispute, investigation or change of control puts the business itself in question.
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Contested acquisition and parallel shareholder campaign
JURISDICTION
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EXPOSURE
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How we protect decision-makers
Selected areas of expertise
Corporate Control & Shareholder Disputes
Contested transactions, activist situations, governance breakdowns, and disputes over ownership or control.
Complex Commercial & Technology Disputes
Business-critical contract, joint-venture, data, trade-secret, platform, and IP disputes.
Investigations, Antitrust & Regulatory Enforcement
Investigations, competition matters, enforcement proceedings, and related civil claims.
ABOUT THE FIRM
Built for the moments when legal risk becomes a business problem.
Lexford is an independent disputes boutique advising companies, boards, founders, investors, and general counsel through conflicts that may alter control, value, reputation, or the future of the enterprise.
We are instructed before proceedings begin, during investigations and urgent applications, and through hearings, negotiations, and resolution. The firm is deliberately compact: senior lawyers remain close to the facts and accountable for strategy from the first instruction.
For cross-border matters, Lexford remains the strategic centre. We engage independent local counsel where rights of audience, regulatory knowledge, or local procedure require it, while the client retains one coordinated strategy and one senior point of accountability.
EXPERIENCE
Built for decisions that cannot be rehearsed
Our lawyers have advised boards, owners and general counsel through contested transactions, regulatory interventions and disputes spanning multiple forums. The team is deliberately compact, so strategic judgment remains close to the matter.
One strategy
Cross-border coordination
Local counsel, evidence, communications, and parallel proceedings coordinated through one senior Lexford team.
Board
Decision-level counsel
Advice framed around authority, exposure, timing and the commercial objective.
Partner-led
From first call onward
Senior lawyers remain accountable for strategy, communication and execution.
CORE PRACTICES
What Lexford specializes in.
We concentrate on disputes where legal exposure, commercial control, and reputation are inseparable. Three connected practices form the centre of the firm.
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Corporate Control & Shareholder Disputes
Counsel in contested transactions, activist situations, governance breakdowns, and disputes over ownership or control.
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Complex Commercial & Technology Disputes
High-value contract, joint-venture, data, trade-secret, platform, and intellectual-property disputes.
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Investigations, Antitrust & Regulatory Enforcement
Internal investigations, competition matters, regulatory inquiries, enforcement proceedings, and related civil disputes.
Briefings
Analysis for boards and general counsel
Practical perspectives on disputes, enforcement, governance, and risk—written for leaders making decisions under pressure.
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Speak directly with Lexford
ADDRESS
42 Alder Court, Temple
London EC4Y 7BL, United Kingdom
TELEPHONE