INTERNATIONAL FOCUS

Commitment to the International community

As well as having wide experience of acting for a variety of corporate clients, private individuals and non- profit making organisations in relation to their overseas interests,  Cumberland Ellis puts its commitment to the international community to the forefront with a range of advantages, projects, links and initiatives including:

• Central location in the heart of legal London.
• Expert lawyers in their chosen fields, a number of whom are members of specialist professional organisations such as Society for Computers and Law, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Law Society Private Client Section, Employment Lawyers Association, Resolution, the Law Society Civil Justice Section and Reunite (International Child Abduction).
• Membership of organisations with international focus, including International Business Law Network,  GGI Group, International Academy of Collaborative Practitioners, International Bar Association, The Association of International Credit and Trade Finance Professionals, SEAL.
• Visits and conferences, most recently Jersey 2011, USA 2010, International Bar Association Conference Madrid 2010.
• Founding member of The Law Society International Division.
• Welcoming colleagues from overseas – the firm prides itself on extending a warm welcome at our offices to fellow lawyers and others from the international business community – if you would like to visit us, please contact us by email by clicking here.
• Contacts and links with professional advisers both in the UK and abroad, including barristers, other law firms, intellectual property attorneys, bankers, and many others.
• For clients with off shore and tax interests the firm has extremely close links with a number of excellent accountants, tax advisers, international trust and company formation agents in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, the Caribbean and the Seychelles as well as the UK.
• Active membership of various networking organisations bringing close contact with a wide range of UK and international service providers.

Useful links and downloads

Security for costs against a claimant out of the jurisdiction - Where it would be unjust for proceedings to be issued against a party who has no real prospect of recovering costs, even if successful, a court may make an order for security for costs – SEE MORE