Niraj Shrestha, Rural Heritage
Daryl Orts, OpenMarket
Thank you for having represented me for my entrepreneur visa application and getting the desired results. Your work was truly outstanding. I appreciate your expertise, poise, and patience. You are a gift.
Achin Narula, Everest Advisors
Continues to be known for its stellar work in the education sector, advising universities on sponsor licence issues and providing lobbying services. Also provides visa and immigration services to multinational corporations. The team is able to utilise the firm's education, corporate and employment teams to provide a complete service to clients. Notable expertise in relation to India, including advising companies wishing to do business there as well as Indian groups looking to operate in the UK.
Strengths:
A client comments: ‘They are very capable, knowledgeable and proactive. They have extensive resources and excellent experience.’
Notable practitioners
Pat Saini advises education clients as well as growth businesses in the technology sector on a full range of immigration matters. Sources say she is ‘knowledgeable, experienced and provides practical solutions.’
Chambers UK - 2019 edition
Penningtons Manches LLP’s ‘professional’ department is ‘approachable and collaborative’ and ‘excels in the field of immigration’. Department head Pat Saini is experienced in advising education and tech-sector clients, as well as high net-worth individuals. Hazar El-Chamaa heads the private wealth immigration offering, is ‘exceptionally good with private clients; she instantly builds trust, understands what the client goes through and helps them navigate their way through complex immigration rules seamlessly’.
The Legal 500 - 2019 edition
Penningtons Manches LLP’s ‘professional’ department is ‘approachable and collaborative’ and ‘excels in the field of immigration’. Department head Pat Saini is experienced in advising education and tech-sector clients, as well as high net-worth individuals. Hazar El-Chamaa heads the private wealth immigration offering, is ‘exceptionally good with private clients; she instantly builds trust, understands what the client goes through and helps them navigate their way through complex immigration rules seamlessly’.
The Legal 500 - 2019 edition
Client service: Penningtons remains fantastic. The team is down-to-earth and client-focused.
The 'savvy' Pat Saini is described as 'technically outstanding'.
Duncan Bain has been noted for ‘knowing his stuff’ and for a ‘considered and reasoned way of proceeding’.
Chambers UK - 2014 edition
Sam De Silva acts on a range of IT and outsourcing mandates. ‘Sam is always clear in his advice and he takes a commercial view of things,’ reports one client.
Joanne Vengadesan has a wide knowledge of the communications sector and one source calls her ‘extremely diligent and very responsive - she has a strong commercial understanding, particularly in the technology sector’.
Chambers UK – 2015 edition
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP's London team is led by Rhys Clift, who holds over 35 years’ experience in insurance and reinsurance. Marine insurance, coverage disputes and credit risk are his key areas, working alongside consultant John Strange, associate director Louise High and Guildford-based travel law head Mark Lee.
‘The team has a strong insurance practice, at all levels. A distinguishing feature is the very high quality of trainees that the firm attracts.’
‘Rhys Clift. He has enormous experience and is a shrewd and highly competent litigator, a real force to be reckoned with, and a veteran of some huge cases particularly in the marine sector.’
‘Louise High and her team are very very good – sensible, unflappable, responsive to industry and very knowledgeable.’
The Legal 500 - 2023 edition
I find their accessibility to be of the highest value.
Chambers UK – 2014 edition
Extremely business-oriented and commercial in their approach.
Chambers UK – 2015 edition
'They are very business-oriented and have a high level of expertise.'
'We value them for their insights into the construction of deals.'
Chambers UK - 2016 edition
Impressive IP practice acting for life sciences businesses, universities and their spin-offs, and also leading fashion, media and retail brands. Recommended for litigation, as well as licence and research agreements. Also noted for IT and software-related matters.
Strengths: A client says: ‘The team is very user-friendly and are a pleasure to work with.’
Others add: ‘They are extremely responsive and very sensible.’
Notable practitioners
Chris Shelley is well known for his expert handling of licensing transactions on behalf of leading players in life sciences, engineering and publishing. One client says: ‘He's a very good technical lawyer with a very good commercial awareness.’
Joanne Vengadesan of Penningtons Manches LLP advises on software licensing, database rights agreements and trade mark matters. A client says ‘She’s extremely responsive, she communicates clearly and she’s a lovely person.’
Chambers UK - 2018 edition
Strengths: ‘Members of the Penningtons team have in-depth knowledge of the laws and have the ability to provide timely and well-analysed responses.’
‘…Very strong at problem solving for nontypical issues.’
Notable practitioners
Chris Shelley: ‘I admire Chris's abilities.’
Chambers UK - 2023 edition
Impressive IP practice acting for life sciences and tech sector businesses, universities and their spin-offs, and also leading publishing and engineering companies. Comes recommended for litigation, as well as licence and research agreements.
Notable practitioners
Chris Shelley is commended for his expertise in spin-out, collaboration and licensing transactions in the university, life sciences and technology sectors. 'Chris is well respected, experienced and a very good lawyer.'
Joanne Vengadesan is an intellectual property and IT specialist with particular expertise in software licensing, data rights and brand protection.
Chambers UK - 2021 edition
A great group of people with true quality across the board.
IAM Magazine, Patent 1000, 2013
With commercial law running through its DNA, this high-end group has a knack for brokering enduring patent licensing deals.
IAM Magazine, Patent 1000, 2013
The lawyers in this team ‘actively advise, rather than just process, and have real international capacity’.
The Legal 500 – 2012 edition
Penningtons Manches LLP is great on all counts.
The Legal 500 – 2014 edition
The team at Penningtons Manches LLP is ‘responsive and knowledgeable’.
Penningtons Manches LLP’s ‘thorough and professional’ group successfully acted for Britannia Row Studios and Nick Mason in a copyright infringement claim.
The Legal 500 - 2015 edition
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