Business & Commercial Disputes

Supporting clients with strategic, commercial, and timely advice in business disputes across the globe

Reed Smith has extensive experience representing clients in business and commercial disputes, and our global team brings together deep sector knowledge, strong advocacy skills, and strategic insight.

Our lawyers have represented companies on complex matters that span the full spectrum of modern business operations, including breach of contract, fiduciary duty and governance matters, fraud, restructuring and insolvency, contentious regulatory, and trade secrets, among many others. We have particular experience with class actions and multi-district litigation, as well as merger-related litigation and emergency injunctions.

And with lawyers in jurisdictions around the globe, we leverage local industry-specific knowledge and tactical experience to seamlessly deliver innovative solutions designed to protect our clients’ interests wherever disputes arise. We regularly act for clients in court proceedings, including high-stakes trials, and international arbitrations under the major institutional rules, and we frequently manage parallel regulatory, insolvency, and crossborder enforcement issues.

Our portfolio of successful results exemplifies the versatility and breadth of our business and commercial disputes practice, from securing multiple dismissals in one of the largest antitrust multi-district litigations in U.S. history to forcing the abandonment of litigation brought against a client, the world’s largest flight information aggregator, in the English High Court. We take dozens of matters to trial and arbitration and have a dedicated appellate team to take clients through the litigation process.  

Our approach is centered on resolving matters efficiently and effectively, preserving valuable business relationships where possible, and delivering solutions tailored to clients’ commercial and strategic objectives.  

“Reed Smith is highly regarded for its disputes practice, which regularly assists clients on complex cross-border cases. The team is adept at handling a range of contentious matters, including banking litigation and international arbitration. The law firm’s practitioners work with clients from a plethora of industries and are experienced in advising on mandates arising from the technology and banking sectors.”

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