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.
At 2TG, our barristers are highly sought after with vast expertise and experience in the field of business protection.
We draw on our combined experience in the areas of employment law, commercial law and civil fraud when advising businesses on the protection of assets including their confidential information and key staff. We are particularly alive to the challenges and obligations facing businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic with flexible and remote working.
We are naturally experienced in all issues arising out of dismissal and termination, such as unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, whistleblowing, flexible working, TUPE following business transfers and takeovers, and sick and holiday pay.
In relation to departures, we regularly advise on employment contracts and exit agreements, including on issues arising such as breach of confidence/fiduciary duty, diversion of business opportunities, competitive behaviour and activity, misappropriation of confidential information, partnership disputes, team moves, restrictive covenants and shareholder rights and obligations.
We are true specialists in dealing with urgent interim applications, appearing in numerous cases applying for or resisting orders to restrain the unlawful activities of former employees and to protect confidential information, gardening leave injunctions as well as various disclosure, search and freezing orders, such as imaging orders, delivery up orders as well as springboard and prohibitory injunctions. We also appear in committal applications where employees, directors and officers have been sentenced for breaching such injunctions.
We are active in international employment matters with a particular interest in cross-jurisdiction contracts and conflict of law issues. On this international stage our group litigation team has an excellent reputation for dealing with matters regarding the inter-related area of business human rights, and the duties, responsibilities and accountability of multinational corporations to workers of subsidiary companies domiciled abroad. These cases raise important and complex issues including jurisdiction, parent company/vicarious liability, tort, limitation, and contribution.
Our specialists in insurance can advise businesses in relation to relevant management liability policy coverage so as to protect and minimise exposure to claims arising from employment. Expertise includes directors’ and officers’ liability, cyber liability and employment practices liability.
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