Marlowe Law | Commercial disputes, corporate and employment lawyers in London

Holborn, London · Est. 2009

Legal counsel that gets to the point.

Marlowe Law advises founders, landlords and leadership teams on disputes, deals and employment. A named partner on every matter, and a fixed fee agreed before we start.

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Rated 4.9 by 212 clients after their matter closed.

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Six areas, one standard of care.

We keep the practice deliberately focused. Every matter is led by a partner who does this work every week, supported by a small team you will actually meet.

Commercial disputes

Contract, shareholder and fraud claims, from first letter to final hearing. We settle early when it is the better result, and try the case when it is not.

Typical matters: unpaid invoices, partnership breakdowns, injunctions

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Corporate and M&A

Share sales, funding rounds and restructures for founder-led businesses, run to a fixed fee and a written timetable.

Typical matters: seed to Series B, management buy-outs, exits

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Employment

Contracts, exits and tribunal claims for employers, and senior executives negotiating their own terms.

Typical matters: settlement agreements, restrictive covenants

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Commercial property

Leases, acquisitions and landlord and tenant disputes for operators and investors across London and the South East.

Typical matters: lease renewals, dilapidations, forfeiture

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Private client

Wills, trusts and succession plans for business owners, written so the family and the company are both protected.

Typical matters: family trusts, lasting powers, estate disputes

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Regulatory and compliance

Practical advice on FCA, GDPR and sector rules, plus a calm hand when a regulator writes to you.

Typical matters: investigations, policies, data breaches

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A Marlowe partner and a client talking through a matter at a table in a brick-walled meeting room

How we work

Advice you can plan around.

Most clients come to us after a bad experience with open-ended hourly billing. So we changed the arrangement.

A named partner on every matter

You have one direct line to the person accountable for your result. No hand-offs, no unreturned calls.

A fixed fee, agreed in writing

We quote a price for each stage before work begins. If the scope changes, we tell you first.

Plain English, always

Every letter and every email says what it means, what happens next and what it costs.

Selected results

Outcomes, not hours billed.

A few recent matters, shared with our clients' permission and with names removed.

Commercial lease dispute

£2.8m

A Shoreditch operator faced forfeiture of a flagship lease. We secured a settlement that kept the premises and cut the arrears by half.

Settled in 41 days, no hearing

Shareholder claim

£9.4m

A founder was squeezed out after a funding round. We recovered the full value of her stake and a seat on the board.

Won at trial after 14 months

Employees, one restructure

A logistics group needed to reorganise without a single tribunal claim. Every role was consulted on and closed on agreed terms.

Zero claims in 18 months

Our partners

The people you will speak to.

Nine partners, each with at least fifteen years in practice. These four lead the matters most clients bring us.

Ngozi Adeyemi

Senior partner

Commercial disputes. Called to the Bar in 2004 and has argued 40 trials in the High Court.

Theo Lindqvist

Partner, Corporate

Founder-led deals from seed to exit. Has closed 120 transactions worth £1.9bn.

Anna Kowalska

Partner, Employment

Senior exits and restructures. Known for settling without a tribunal.

Kai Tan

Partner, Property

Landlord and tenant disputes and acquisitions across the South East.

Client voices

“

Marlowe told us in the first call what the case was worth and what it would cost to win. Fourteen months later they delivered exactly that.

Adaeze Bello

Founder, Lumen Logistics

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They treat a £40,000 lease dispute with the same care as a £4m one. That is rare, and it is why we send them everything.

Samir Haddad

Director, Haddad Property Group

Before you call

What the first conversation involves.

Thirty minutes, free and confidential. You describe the situation, we tell you honestly whether and how we can help.

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How much will it cost?

We quote a fixed fee for each stage in writing before any work starts. Typical first-stage fees: £2,500 for a lease review, £6,000 for a demand and negotiation, £18,000 to issue and run a claim to its first hearing.

Who will actually do the work?

A named partner leads every matter and stays on it. They are supported by one associate and one paralegal, whose names and direct numbers you get on day one.

Do you take cases to court?

Yes. About one matter in sixteen reaches trial. We always advise on settlement first because it is usually faster and cheaper, but we try cases when that serves you better.

Is the first call really free?

Yes. The 30-minute call is free, confidential and with a partner, not an intake team. If we are not the right firm we will say so and suggest who is.

How quickly can you start?

Most clients hear back within one working day and have a plan within a week. For urgent matters such as injunctions, we can act the same day.

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Tell us what is happening.

A few lines is enough. A partner will read it and reply within one working day.

A reply within one working day

From a partner, never an intake script.

Confidential from the first word

Everything you share is covered by legal privilege.

A fixed fee before we start

In writing, stage by stage, no surprises.

020 7946 0318 · partners@marlowelaw.co.uk

14 Hollis Court, Holborn, London WC1R 4AX. Mon to Fri, 8:30 to 18:00.

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