
Addleshaw Goddard – Legal technology & innovation at Addleshaw Goddard

Ward Hadaway LLP – Legal due diligence
Legal due diligence is a critical part of any asset/share sale or purchase, but it doesn’t just involve our corporate team. Our workshop will demonstrate how different practice areas, such as corporate, commercial, employment and property, feed into detailed forensic due diligence, with corporate spear-heading and project managing the process.
You’ll hear from a number of our talented corporate solicitors who’ll provide you with a unique insight into a selection of their fast-paced and high-profile transactions. You’ll have the opportunity to work through a real-life due diligence case study and build upon your understanding of the way in which departments in a full-service law firm like Ward Hadaway can collaborate to assist one another, support our clients and provide tailored commercial advice. The added bonus? Attending our workshop provides you with the opportunity to conduct your own due diligence as to whether we are the right firm for you!

Squire Patton Boggs – Get a frESH perspective: environmental, safety and health practice
Squire Patton Boggs has one of the longest established and most high-profile environment, safety and health (ESH) practices. It’s also one of only a handful of truly global ESH practices. Much of the law it deals with isn’t taught at university, yet it involves some of the most interesting, challenging and future critical laws and problems.
Find out from one of UK’s most pre-eminent ESH partners and teams what they do, who for, and how their work impacts numerous commercial and industrial sectors, from sport and entertainment to chemical manufacturing and nuclear power.

DWF – Corporate M&A: an overview of the sale and purchase of a company

Gateley Legal – Employment law in practice: dissecting a dismissal and harassment case

Shoosmiths – How Shoosmiths real estate shaped Manchester
Choose the Shoosmiths workshop to take a virtual tour of the city, exploring some of the deals the Manchester real estate team have done right here in the city. Each of our four case studies will provide real insight into how a real estate team operates in a commercial law firm, exploring the sectors each deal falls in to and the key legal and commercial considerations for each one.
From real estate companies developing, letting, funding or trading; to corporate occupiers with multi-site operations, funders taking security, or public authorities operating in a cost-sensitive environment, everyone is looking to maximise their real estate performance. Shoosmiths’ real estate group is one of the largest in the UK, and we have the skill sets and systems, the specialist expertise and strength in depth, and the market knowledge and experience to advise in relation to any real estate project or business.

Trowers & Hamlins LLP – Property disputes
Real estate is core to Trowers & Hamlins’ business and we have a class leading property disputes practice. We act for all principal stakeholders across a range of sectors, including residential and commercial property developers and property companies, title indemnity insurers, institutional pension funds, receivers and insolvency practitioners, housing providers, private investors, entrepreneurs and occupiers of commercial and residential property.
Hear from our Manchester property disputes team about some of the exciting work they’ve been involved in in the local area!