Cripps

Cripps, legal advice for businesses and individuals in the UK

Cripps is a law firm with a presence in Tunbridge Wells, London and Horsham. Its work is organised into four main areas — corporate law, dispute resolution, private clients and real estate — and covers both businesses and individuals. The firm presents itself as a practice that combines legal expertise, creativity and technology to help its clients make decisions, manage risk and identify opportunities.

Practice areas for businesses

The corporate area covers banking and finance, including invoice finance and asset based lending; commercial and tech contracts; data protection; intellectual property; and technology procurement. In the employment field, the firm advises both businesses and individuals on employment law. It also provides investment and corporate advisory services, mergers and acquisitions — with specialisation in healthcare, insurance and nurseries and schools transactions —, private equity, reorganisations and solvent restructurings, and restructuring and insolvency procedures.

Dispute resolution

The firm approaches conflict resolution from a negotiating perspective, working to resolve disputes with tact and diplomacy. Its range of services includes commercial disputes, debt recovery, director disqualification, insolvency disputes, international arbitration, merger and acquisition disputes, construction disputes, employment disputes, family disputes, professional negligence, property disputes and shareholder disputes. In the area of wills, trusts and probate, it handles disputes over wills, trusts and estates, executor and trustee disputes, inheritance disputes, proprietary estoppel claims and will disputes.

Real estate

The real estate area covers construction, development, housing associations, investment and asset management, residential asset management and retail asset management, occupiers and planning, as well as property disputes and real estate finance. In the residential segment, the firm works on leasehold enfranchisement, residential conveyancing and services for residential landlords and estates.

Private clients

For individuals, Cripps offers family law — with services covering alternatives to court, child arrangements, divorce, domestic abuse, finances, living together, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and unmarried disputes —, tax advice, wealth structuring, charities and philanthropy, family enterprises and succession planning. It also covers wills, trusts and probate, estate planning, making a will, power of attorney, probate and estate administration, and support for vulnerable people through the Court of Protection.

Sustainability and sectors served

The firm has an ESG and sustainability practice that includes energy and environment, responsible business and society, and sustainable finance, law and regulation. Among the sectors it serves are automotive, charities and non-profit, creative industries, private wealth, real estate, agriculture and rural estates, development, investment and London and urban estates, retail and leisure, technology and healthtech.

Publications and thought leadership

The firm maintains a thinking section with articles, news, events and webinars, guidance notes and reports. Its featured content includes a 2025 impact report, a guide to the Renters' Rights Act 2025 and materials on female leaders. Its trending topics include AI and data, leasehold and freehold reform, renters' rights and the Building Safety Act.

Corporate profile

Cripps presents itself as a firm with a shared purpose and identifies as a Certified B Corporation™. Its international work includes Franco-British legal services and UK legal services for Middle Eastern investors. The firm also offers joining programmes for experienced hires, graduates and students, legal apprenticeships and the trainee solicitor programme.