Hannah Field is a partner in the Dispute Resolution and Litigation team at Shoosmiths and a corporate/commercial litigator with over 20 years’ experience across a breadth of complex cross-border and domestic disputes. Hannah is also head of Shoosmiths' London office.
Hannah's particular areas of expertise include, shareholder disputes (acting for either the majority or the minority shareholder), transactional and corporate disputes (such as pre-emption disputes, SPA or shareholder agreement issues, breaches of warranty, earn outs), general commercial contract disputes, confidentiality disputes, jurisdiction disputes, regulatory investigations, director/fiduciary duties, cross-border insolvencies, and financial disputes. The disputes vary in nature arising from issues such as: breach of contract, misrepresentations, unfair prejudice, contractual interpretation matters, fraud etc.
Hannah has acted on some of the highest profile disputes in the UK and internationally across a breadth of sectors, including numerous private equity firms, funds, major corporates and commercial entities, start-ups, technology clients, high net worth individuals and banks.
Hannah’s clients have included Providence Equity, Bain Capital, Advent, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, iTunes, Facebook, Yodel, Four Seasons, Access Industries, CVC, ETF, Novator, Antin, Elliott, Get Living and GSO Capital.
As part of her impressive corporate/commercial practice, Hannah has acted on some of the largest shareholder disputes in the Courts, such as securing victory for the Barclay Brothers and their associated entities concerning the ownership of Claridges, The Connaught and The Berkeley.
Hannah has advised on litigation for some of the largest insolvencies/restructurings such as Lehman Brothers, Worldcom, Kaupthing Bank and Paragon. She also has experience in contentious intellectual property and tax matters, including having acted for Ingenious Media (producer of major films such as Life if Pi and Avatar) relating to one of the most high profile and complex tax cases ever litigated in England.
Hannah has been recognised for her commercial and corporate litigation work across Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500 and London Super Lawyers.