- Commercial & Contract Disputes
- Company & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Disputes
- Contentious Trusts & Probate
- Energy and Oil & Gas Disputes
- Injunctions & Emergency Interim Relief
- Financial Services Disputes
- Fraud & Asset Tracing
- Intellectual Property & Technology Disputes
- International Litigation & Arbitration
- Judicial Review
- Mediation & Other ADR
- Litigation Property Disputes
- Public Procurement Challenges
- Tax Disputes
Private Wealth by Greenwoods is for those who care deeply about protecting not just their financial wellbeing, but the people and values they cherish most. We bring clarity to complexity, ensuring every decision supports the life you lead and the legacy you leave.
Our mission is to demystify wealth, to educate with empathy, and to support families through life’s key moments, from building a legacy to preserving it for generations to come.
- Commercial & Contract Disputes
- Company & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Disputes
- Contentious Trusts & Probate
- Energy and Oil & Gas Disputes
- Injunctions & Emergency Interim Relief
- Financial Services Disputes
- Fraud & Asset Tracing
- Intellectual Property & Technology Disputes
- International Litigation & Arbitration
- Judicial Review
- Mediation & Other ADR
- Litigation Property Disputes
- Public Procurement Challenges
- Tax Disputes
Private Wealth by Greenwoods is for those who care deeply about protecting not just their financial wellbeing, but the people and values they cherish most. We bring clarity to complexity, ensuring every decision supports the life you lead and the legacy you leave.
Our mission is to demystify wealth, to educate with empathy, and to support families through life’s key moments, from building a legacy to preserving it for generations to come.
Your commercial objectives are key.
Adele Whaley
Partner, Disputes
Being involved in litigation can be a difficult time for clients, whether they are the bringing or defending a claim.
Adele aims to understand each client’s individual commercial objectives so that advice and tactics can be tailored to those.
Adele’s wealth of experience in dealing with a variety of disputes, both through the courts, via arbitration, expert determination and mediation, enables her to guide clients through the dispute resolution process in a clear and user friendly way.
“Adele [Wallis] [sic] is technically superb and communicates really well with clients and counsel.”
“Friendly, calm and assured…”
“thoughtful, confidence-inspiring.”
Case studies
Adele joined Greenwoods as a Trainee has been with the firm ever since, working her way up through the ranks to Partner level.
During her time at Greenwoods Adele has obtained a wealth of experience in a variety of commercial disputes across a number of sectors. Client’s span major well know companies, based in the UK and in other jurisdictions, smaller owner-managed business as well as private individuals.
Recent work examples include:
- Acting for a client in relation to the recovery of loan monies in excess of $2.5m.
- Advising a subsidiary of a large international corporation in relation to a dispute with Royal Mail following Royal Mail terminating a supply contract.
- Providing a variety of advice relating to a dispute between shareholders of a family run land regeneration and development company following the sale of part of the business, where one of the allegations involves the fact that the sale was at an undervalue in excess of £100m.
- Acting for a national retailer in relation to a professional negligence claim arising out of its defence of court proceedings alleging it had infringed a third a party’s intellectual property right.
- Advising in relation to various disputes arising out of an option agreement over the purchase of land, including defending injunction applications and dealing with contested expert determinations.
Adele has been recognised by the Legal 500 as a “Next Generation Partner”.
Articles by Adele
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