At 2TG our people are hard-working, forward-thinking and approachable. We believe our supportive culture is one of our greatest strengths.
With the set comprising around 60 barristers, we know each other well and work effectively together. We often operate in large teams with clients. Our practice management team is modern and commercial, matching barrister experience thoughtfully to clients’ requirements.
At 2TG our barristers are expert in a broad range of complementary practice areas and we enjoy repeat instructions from a variety of loyal clients.
Practised advocates from the start, all our Silks and the vast majority of our Junior barristers are recognised as leaders in their chosen fields. Many of us are at the forefront of shaping the law in our specialist areas and we pride ourselves in having excellent industry knowledge.
At 2TG our barristers have excellent experience acting across a range of industry sectors and we are able to offer advice in an informed and commercial context.
Our combination of practice area excellence and industry expertise means we possess real insight into the commercial realities facing our clients operating in these areas. Secondment plays an important part of our commitment to developing our skills and understanding.
2TG is home to award-winning accredited mediators, arbitrators, adjudicators and experts with considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution.
Our barristers are also skilled as advocates in different alternative dispute resolution procedures and work strategically with clients to understand their commercial objectives, and then to resolve litigation as cost-effectively and expeditiously as possible.
Work with an international dimension forms a significant part of many barristers’ work at 2TG.
We appear in international courts and arbitral tribunals all over the world, frequently acting on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. We are particularly well-known for managing cross border litigation on matters of jurisdiction and applicable law and appear regularly in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
At 2TG, in addition to our professional advice, we are recognised for our excellent contribution to education and development. We provide regular high-quality training.
Our reputation among the legal profession and other clients for our first-rate webinars and in-person conferences is very important to us. We also contribute frequently at industry events and as editors of leading texts and authors on topics of legal interest.
2TG offers expertise in a wide range of commercial litigation, including all forms of contractual dispute, notably those relating to the sale and hire of goods, supply of services and commercial agency agreements, as well as complex multi-jurisdictional litigation.
We have specialists in business acquisition disputes, partnership and LLP disputes, directors’ duties, business protection and employment, guarantees, tracing, unjust enrichment, international trade, corporate and personal insolvency, financial services, private international law and urgent interim relief. Our members are involved at the cutting edge of commercial law, frequently acting at appellate level on complex or novel points of law.
We regularly advise on and appear in high value and complex disputes in the Commercial Court and in commercial courts overseas, as well as in arbitral tribunals all over the world. Much of our work has an international flavour to it, and we are particularly highly regarded for our expertise in choice of law and jurisdiction disputes and challenges, frequently arguing these points in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Individual members are recognised by the legal directories as leading practitioners across a broad spectrum of commercial work. Expertise extends from insurance, civil fraud, professional negligence, sport and travel law, healthcare, construction and product liability. We are also market leaders in managing complex group and multi-parti litigation.
We are known for delivering a user-friendly and pragmatic service, with cost-effective resolution of commercial disputes as the top priority. This means our barristers are skilled at assisting clients during the full life cycle of a case from providing advice on the legal merits at the outset, developing strategies for reaching settlement, where appropriate, and preparing papers for trial and providing first class advocacy in court and before tribunals.
At 2TG we are experienced in all forms of alternative dispute resolution and our barristers regularly deal with settlement meetings across the full spectrum of ADR procedures. In particular we are at the forefront of changes in mediation, and our barristers are practised at assisting with the positioning of cases prior to mediation, as well as representing clients the mediation meetings themselves.
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