Expertise
Rowena Herdman Smith is a recognised expert litigator specialising in commercial dispute resolution.
She advises on complex commercial disputes in a wide range of industry sectors from PR, through general retail to pharmaceuticals. She specialises in director / shareholder disagreements and warranty claims. She also undertakes general contractual work including guarantee enforcement and partnership and LLP disputes. Rowena spends a lot of time working with the boards of her client companies to head off disputes before proceedings are issued. She advises on corporate governance, fiduciary duties and many other company law issues. Her clients range from small partnerships to publicly quoted companies.
Rowena is also a major proponent of mediation and regularly uses it as an effective means of dispute resolution.
Key Experience and Clients
- Working with a major generic pharmaceutical company on a variety of disputes including contractual issues and international litigation.
- Advising on the interpretation of various sale and purchase agreements and, where applicable, taking proceedings to determine the meaning and effect of disputed provisions.
- Advising various vendors and purchasers of companies on breach of warranty claims.
- Advising various partnerships on a number of issues including the removal of individual partners and the referral of various contentious issues to arbitration.
- Advising various directors/shareholders on their rights when faced with removal at board level. Also advising various boards about their ability to remove individual directors/shareholders.
Professional Memberships
- Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution
- Institute of Directors
Career History
- 1996 Partner, Mishcon de Reya
- 1990 Qualified, Mishcon de Reya
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