Resources and Specialist Knowledge

Expertise and Structure:

Each of our departments contains specialist partner-led teams ensuring that we are able to resource high quality specialist knowledge and provide a comprehensive service to our clients.

Commitment:

We are committed to anticipating our client’s needs and meeting them. Fundamental to this is the commitment of each team leader to understand thoroughly the priorities and business of our clients.

Information Technology:

We have made significant investment in our information technology systems in order to give the support and resources that our lawyers need. Our system enables to transfer know-how into a searchable database using links to cases and legislation, to monitor workloads, measure outputs, and plan ahead more effectively. The stability and security of our system is of particular importance to our clients and to us.

Projects at Anchor Robbins:

The Project team is headed up by Jan Stephenson and brings together specialists in infrastructure, construction, energy, planning, and public sector. The team are able to draw on relevant expertise from elsewhere in the firm when required and have exclusive access to a dedicated Professional Support Lawyer.

The team have had extensive experience in handling PFI (Private Finance Initiative) since its very beginning and have been involved in a considerable range of accommodation projects including schools, hospitals, courts, and light rail projects.

Note: legal executives are qualified to assist solicitors but do not practice as solicitors.

Procurement – procedures, which may include use of a PPQ by which public authorities award contracts for the provision of public works, supplies, and services in accordance with rules and regulations.

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) – collaboration between government and private sector companies to fund and develop major public infrastructure such as roads, schools, and hospitals.

2. Complete the sentences with verbs from the text. Pay attention to the grammatical context. There is more than one possibility for all of the answers.

1. The company ___________ a wide range of services to international corporate clients.

2. Rattigan’s employment practice ____________ six partners, 14 associates and 11 other legal and support staff.

3. Our outstanding commercial litigation practice area ________________ insurance and reinsurance litigation, securities and commodities disputes, partnership law, bankruptcy, and business torts.

4. Our finance department _____________ lawyers who excel in cross-border transactions.

5. Our experienced mergers and acquisitions team is _______________ Miguel Ortiz, who graduated in law at the University Complutense in Madrid and gained his LL.M from ESADE.

3. Find verbs in the text that can be used to make word combinations with the phrases in the box. More than one verb may sometimes be possible. Then use appropriate word combinations.

relevant expertise exclusive access extensive experience a comprehensive service significant investment specialist knowledge

1. The litigation team __________________ in handling complex international business.

2. Out firm has _______________________ in knowledge management system, enabling staff to access an extensive database.

3. Clients are able to __________________ from dedicated teams in each practice area.

4. Due to the expertise of our staff we can ______________________ in commercial litigation in a number of jurisdictions.

5. We can _________________ to domestic and multinational clients, with particular expertise in corporate and finance.

4. Complete the definitions. Look at the text to help you.

1. ____________ – staff

2. ___________________ – put in a formal proposal to win a contract with an estimate of the cost

3. ___________________ – insurance to protect your business against compensation sought by a client for harm or damage caused by mistake or negligence by an employee of your firm

4. ___________________ – move specialist knowledge

5. ___________________ – evaluate work done

5. Match the words with their definitions.

1. tender	a. degree or standard of excellence, esp a high standard
2. procurement	b. assertion of the financial stability, product line, quality and reliability of a company
3. probate	c. living quarters provided for public convenience
4. indemnity	d. a formal offer to supply specified goods or services at a stated cost or rate
5. pre-qualification	e. a) the act of working with another or others on a joint project; b) something created by working jointly with another or others
6. output	f. a) compensation for loss or damage; b) protection or insurance against future loss or damage
7. accommodation	g. the amount of work to be done, esp in a specified period by a person, machine, etc.
8. collaboration	h. the act of getting possession of something
9. workload	i. the quantity of goods, amount of work produced
10. quality	j. a) the act or process of officially proving the authenticity and validity of a will; b) the official certificate stating a will to be genuine

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