Advisory & disputes · London · Est. 1971

Counsel for the decisions that define a business.

A boutique firm for founders, funds, and family businesses. We give the plain answer first, then do the careful work behind it.

50+
Years advising
£4.2bn
Deals last year
9
Partners
31
Jurisdictions

What we practise

Six core areas
01

Corporate & M&A

Acquisitions, disposals, and the fundraises in between — led by a partner, not delegated down.

02

Commercial disputes

Litigation and arbitration when talking has stopped working. Measured, prepared, relentless.

03

Private capital

Funds, co-investments, and the structures that keep sophisticated investors comfortable.

04

Employment

Boards, executives, and the sensitive exits that need to be handled quietly and correctly.

05

Real estate

Acquisition, development, and lending across commercial and mixed-use portfolios.

06

Private client

Succession, trusts, and the long view for families who think in generations.

We would rather be right than large.

Halden & Roe has stayed deliberately small for fifty years. It means the partner you meet is the partner who does the work, and the advice you get is the advice we would take ourselves.

We turn away more than we take on. The clients we keep tend to keep us — many for decades, some across three generations of a business.

The partners

MH
Margaret Halden KC
Senior Partner · Disputes
DR
David Roe
Corporate & M&A
AO
Amara Okonkwo
Private Capital
JL
Jonas Lindqvist
Employment
PC
Priya Chandra
Real Estate
TB
Thomas Beaumont
Private Client

In the rankings

Chambers UK · DisputesBand 1
Legal 500 · Corporate M&ATier 1
Chambers HNW · Private ClientBand 2
The Lawyer · Boutique of the YearShortlisted