Partner

Dispute Resolution

Expertise

Rashmi is unique in her approach to disputes. As a lawyer with over 25 years’ experience and an entrepreneur, she approaches disputes in a strategic manner that ensures overall success for the organisation or individual. Her straight-talking approach is welcomed; her mediation skills have also played a crucial role in negations and settlement.

Rashmi’s background also includes corporate governance, and as a business advisor and lawyer her unique insight has been valued by leadership teams and informs key strategic decisions and, in some cases, the organisation’s future. Rashmi is a critical part of the armour in any dispute. She is a welcomed advisor to boards, particularly when organisations face Court disputes where there can be an impact on brand.

Rashmi’s experience has been working with companies and directors in complex deals, negotiations and disputes.

Rashmi Advises

  • Boards
  • Directors
  • Shareholders
  • Suppliers
  • Sports Personalities
  • Partnerships
  • CEOs, CFOs, CTOs
  • Private Equity firms
  • Restructuring firms
  • Accountants

Experience Highlights

  • Shareholders dispute in a well-known restaurant chain which involved permission to use the name, intellectual property rights and forensic investigation into transfer of monies.
  • International case which involved payments of deposits, not refunded, protentional fraud and misappropriation of funds.
  • European case involving a freezing injunction for funds being removed frequently from a company’s account. Full recovery made.
  • Acting for Sports personality in negations for commercial ventures and exit from joint venture agreement.
  • UK company breach of contract suing the supplier for failure to full contract obligations.
  • Construction: adjudications acting for the main contractor including judication disputes.
  • Day-to-day assisting General Counsel in UK companies.

Career History

Previous Law Firms

  • Legatus Law Founder and Managing Director
  • Irwin Mitchell

Memberships

  • UK Governance and Policy Spokesperson for Ambassadors for the Institute of Directors
  • Turnaround Management Associations (TMA) European Board Director
  • Cabinet Office: Advisory SME Panel

Education

  • Institute of Directors — Certificate in Company Director — Corporate Governance
  • University of Cambridge ICE — Creative Writing
  • College of Law Guildford (LPC)
  • University of Derby LLB (Hons)

Charities

  • Yorkshire Dance Board Trustee
  • The Circle NGO — Member

Other

  • Yorkshire Post — Weekly Business Columnist
  • Authored Book: Making a Splash
  • Published various articles including in The Telegraph and London Economics, blogs and podcasts
  • Spokesperson on business and changes on various media outlets