Whitehead Monckton Solicitors

Whitehead Monckton Solicitors, legal advice in Kent

Whitehead Monckton Solicitors is a law firm with a presence in Kent that serves both business and individual clients. The firm presents itself as one of the largest and most widely recommended law firms in Kent, with offices in Canterbury, Maidstone, Ramsgate, Tenterden and London.

The firm operates under an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) structure, according to its own communication. This model, in which ownership is held on behalf of all employees, is presented as a guarantee of independence, stability and continuity in its commitment to clients and staff.

Services for businesses

The corporate and commercial area covers mergers, acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs and buy-ins, restructurings and demergers, as well as company and general commercial law advice.

In employment matters, the firm handles employment contracts and policies, data protection and freedom of information, redundancies and restructures, TUPE, disciplinary and grievance procedures, employee exits and settlement agreements, and tribunal claims.

The dispute resolution practice includes commercial and contractual disputes, commercial property disputes and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as mediation. In real estate, the firm advises on estate portfolios, option and promotion agreements for developers, and finance and securitisation.

Services for individuals

For individual clients, the firm covers professional negligence disputes, disputes about wills, trusts and estates, and property disputes. The family area includes divorce and separation, civil partnerships, financial arrangements, arrangements for children, domestic abuse and occupation and non-molestation applications, cohabitation agreements, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation disputes, surrogacy, adoption, guardianship and fostering, resolving family issues and changing names.

In succession, the firm handles wills and succession planning, succession planning for business, inheritance tax planning, vulnerable and elderly clients, and probate and administration of estates.

Specialist areas

The firm identifies a number of sectors in which it concentrates its expertise: property development and investment, leisure, education, rural business, equine law, healthcare, utilities, telecomms and renewable energy, manufacturing, recruitment, banking and finance, and financial services.

Structure and team

The firm has specialist teams of solicitors in commercial property, corporate and commercial, employment and dispute resolution, working with clients in Kent, the South East of England, London and other areas. Whitehead Monckton Limited is registered in England and Wales with number 08366029 and its registered office is at 5 Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3EN. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 608279.

The company also declares its status as a Dementia Friend and publishes informative content in the form of articles, news, events and a podcast.