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, we act on behalf of professional services firms of all disciplines and sizes across a broad range of practice areas. Our experience extends to practices and individuals in the legal, accountancy, financial services, real estate, healthcare, construction, management consultancy and IT professions.
We fully understand the commercial, regulatory and reputational issues facing the different professions and are able to provide advise across all these areas. Often the challenges facing partnerships are unique and require especially sensitive handling.
Our barristers specialise in professional liability matters, defending claims of alleged professional negligence and clinical negligence. We act on an impressive range of cases, from comparatively modest professional liability claims by private individuals to multi-million-pound international claims in a wide variety of complex commercial contexts. We are also expert advising on insurance issues concerning professional indemnity insurance policies, particularly in relation to issues of coverage and the proper meaning and interpretation of policy terms.
We have considerable expertise in handling disciplinary, regulatory and investigation proceedings in this ever-increasing landscape and provide an in-depth knowledge of a wide range of professions and disciplinary tribunals, especially to solicitors and barristers, accountants and healthcare professionals, including doctors and dentists.
In addition to our experience in relation to professional irregularities and misconduct, we are expert in other matters concerning partnership and management liability, including directors’ and officers’ liability, the increasingly prevalent issue of cyber liability and employment practices liability.
We are regularly sought after by professional services firms for our expertise in the field of business protection. We draw on our combined experience in employment law, commercial law and civil fraud to advise in cases concerning the protection of assets, including security of confidential information and fidelity of key staff. It is noteworthy that we are regularly instructed by highly regarded employment law firms to act in relation to their own workforce investigations and litigation.
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