About Us

Christopher Burgon Solicitors is a Specialist Litigation law firm in the legal heart of London

We specialise in providing litigation and dispute resolution services. Our clients are business owners, investors and property owners.

Litigation is defined as the process of fighting or defending a case in a civil court of law (Collins English dictionary).

We aim to redefine how our clients view litigation and dispute resolution. At present litigation is seen at best as an unavoidable evil or at worst a waste of time and money. How many times have you heard the phrase, “the only ones that did well out of it were the lawyers”?

At Christopher Burgon, we specialise in providing litigation and dispute resolution services for business owners, investors, and property owners. Our focus is not only on resolving disputes effectively, but also on protecting your long-term interests and maintaining the integrity of your business relationships.

Litigation is traditionally defined as the process of fighting or defending a case in a civil court of law. At Christopher Burgon, we believe litigation should be more than a legal battle. It should be a strategic process that achieves the best possible outcome with efficiency, professionalism, and purpose.

We understand that for many clients, entering litigation can feel daunting, time consuming, and costly. Our mission is to change how our clients view the litigation process by making it more transparent, manageable, and outcome focused. From the first consultation, we provide clear advice, practical strategies, and open communication to ensure that our clients are informed and supported every step of the way.

Our team combines in-depth legal expertise with strong commercial understanding. We recognise that business disputes often extend beyond legal arguments and can affect reputation, relationships, and financial stability. Whether you are dealing with a shareholder dispute, a contract disagreement, a property claim, or a professional negligence matter, we offer tailored legal solutions that minimise risk and deliver results.

We view dispute resolution and litigation as a positive means to resolving life’s disputes and conflicts to the advantage of our clients.

We want our clients to consider our services as a worthwhile and valuable resource that allows them to carry on running their business and to live their lives how they want. Our help and advice assists our clients in dealing with interruptions such as dealing with dishonest and incompetent business partners, advisors, contractors and even family members, in a way that provides real value to them, whilst incurring the least amount of inconvenience and distress.

At Christopher Burgon, we aim to settle disputes swiftly and cost effectively through negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) whenever possible. However, when litigation is necessary, our experienced solicitors are skilled advocates who will act decisively to protect your interests in court.

Our approach is entirely client focused. We listen, we understand, and we act with precision. Every case is unique, and so is our strategy. We take pride in being proactive, anticipating challenges, managing risks, and working towards resolutions that protect both your business and personal assets.

We also believe in transparency when it comes to costs and outcomes. Our clients value our honest advice, clear fee structures, and commitment to achieving value as well as success.

At Christopher Burgon, litigation is not an unavoidable burden. It is a powerful tool that allows you to assert your rights, safeguard your interests, and move forward with confidence.

The Christopher Burgon team

Christopher Burgon

Christopher Burgon

Specialist Litigation Solicitor with an Edge

Who is Christopher?

I am the founder of Christopher Burgon Solicitors – Litigation Specialists.

After spending many years working in a number of established West-End law firms, I was disillusioned with what I saw.

I have used my experience to develop a more strategic approach that means you are not only given the right advice from a technical, legal standpoint but also given a way to actually achieve what you want from a dispute, whether that is retaining your company, protecting your property, getting your inheritance, receiving compensation for bad advice or any other resolution.

I also ensure that you are in control of your case, being informed about what is happening without having to chase for information and that you understand why a particular action is being carried out or proposed to you.

As a result I have a rate of success for my clients that rivals or surpasses most West-End and City firms, helping clients achieve what they want, some of whom had lost years, and small fortunes, with other advisors.

I am the Principal of Christopher Burgon Solicitors. A firm I set up so that I, along with my colleagues, can provide legal services that achieve the results our clients want.

Melissa Danks

Known for her tenacity and strategic approach, Melissa is dedicated to securing the best possible outcome for her clients, whether through litigation or a commercially sensible resolution outside of court. She understands that legal disputes can be both stressful and disruptive, and she focuses on delivering clear, pragmatic advice that aligns with each client’s unique goals and commercial priorities.

Melissa’s clients value her honest, solution-focused guidance and her commitment to protecting their interests every step of the way.

Outside of work, Melissa enjoys walking and spending quality time socialising with family and friends.

If you have a dispute, which you believe we can help you with, please contact us.

Elle Berrett

Elle is a Corporate and Commercial solicitor. She is innovative, driven and consistently provides high quality work to our clients. Elle’s experience includes advising clients on shareholder agreements, share buybacks, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, investment and fundraising, commercial contracts, GDPR and general company law advice.

Elle is noted for her work with founders and entrepreneurs looking to scale. She assists growing businesses from start-up and growth stage phases right through to exit. Her advice includes a range of commercial offerings, particularly on a range of equity investment rounds including seed, venture capital, Series A and beyond.

Elle Advises

  • Founders and entrepreneurs
  • Start-ups, scale ups and high-growth companies
  • SMEs
  • Larger international enterprises

If you have a company or commerical matter you need help with, please contact us.

Hannah Jackson

Litigation inevitably involves a great deal of psychology and sometimes, emotional distress. I’m a fully qualified solution focused psychotherapist, helping clients deal with the many stressful situations that can arise and all types of emotional distress from depression and anxiety to phobias, OCD and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

I also work in the corporate world offering wellbeing and emotional health training and coaching. My experience includes Fire and Rescue Service, The Shaw Trust, Fortis Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, NHS, Ofsted and SC Johnson. I enjoy helping people and feel privileged to be a member of the Chris Burgon team – a firm that offers far more than other solicitors in this area in my experience.

Helping companies and organisations resolve their disputes is fundamentally about dealing with human beings, understanding their behaviour and deciding upon practical courses of action that will help our clients not just win their case but bring closure to a stressful period in their life.

If you have a dispute, which you believe we can help you with, please contact us.

Louise Greene

Louise is an experienced Litigation and Commercial solicitor.   She is a self-disciplined team player who effectively manages stakeholders.  A strong advocate and honest communicator who leads with confidence and transparency and offers an analytical and strategic approach to problems and solutions.  

Louise’s private practice specialties include complex multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation, dispute resolution, insurance law and commercial/corporate disputes, claims and contracts, with particular experience in insurance (including professional indemnity, D&O liability and reinsurance), insolvency, shareholder disputes and commercial fraud. She has also gained in-house exposure across litigation, regulatory investigations, complaints, insurance, claims, corporate governance, commercial contracts, risk, project management, data privacy, investment projects, and compliance and regulatory issues and affairs.  

 Louise has recently obtained a Diploma in ESG and a NED Certificate, both with Distinction. 

 

3 Key Ideas

These are the three key values that underpin our service:

A Cause Not A Case

Every client and their wishes is at the centre of our association and I make it a priority to understand you, your wishes and your case. Solicitors can adopt a clinical, perhaps even a cynical attitude toward their clients, which not only makes the experience less pleasant but can also get in the way of the essential communication required between a solicitor and client.

Winning The War

It’s easy to get caught up in the emotion of the problem at hand and fail to see the larger issues. Winning a conflict requires taking a broader perspective, seeing things that others miss and careful planning to ensure that each move is made in order to achieve your goal.

Committed to Results

A high standard of service for my clients is always a priority. Rather than being treated as a reference number, caught between an overworked Junior who regards you as an annoyance and a distant Partner interested only in billing, what you need is a service that is built and designed to deliver the results you want and to feel in control of what is happening with you case

Why Join Us?

We are looking for solicitors, full time or part time who want to be part of a team that focuses on getting results for the clients and making the experience of dispute resolution and litigation as positive as possible.

You will need to be approachable, articulate, understanding and patient. You will need to have the skills and knowledge to run a High Court case worth £1,000,000 from beginning to end, including detailed assessment and enforcement.

You will need to be self-reliant and co-operative, ready to help other members of the team (and to be helped) and to share ideas.

We offer challenging and engaging work, a pleasant, co-operative working environment, remuneration based on achievement and the chance to be part of a new, growing team.

Consultant Litigator

Would you like to concentrate on being a good solicitor and not worry about looking for new clients?

Are you looiking to restart your career after a break or are you already working on a contract basis, looking for additional work?

We are a niche litigation firm, looking for experienced litigation solicitors who are able to deal with cases and most importantly, win them for the firm’s clients.

We will provide you with the software required to run the cases remotely if you wish and a space in an office if that is your preference. We will also provide regular personal contact to ensure you get the support and assistance you need.

We specialise in director/shareholder disputes, professional negligence and contentious probate, along with general litigation matters for business and property owners. Most of our cases are county court matters, with some High Court work.

We are looking for solicitors with at least eight years’ experience in commercial/general litigation who will be able to provide our clients with a high level of personal service and the advice and assistance they need to get excellent results.

Remuneration will be on the basis of a 50% share of fees billed and paid.

  • If You Are:

    a solicitor with eight or more years’ post-qualification experience in commercial and/or property litigation.

  • If You Want To:

    • work directly with clients
    • run your own cases from beginning to end
    • work in a co-operative environment
    • be a crucial part of a young and ambitions firm.

How We Work

Each client is assigned a qualified litigation solicitor as their main contact, but we work as a team, helping each other provide the best possible service to our clients.

Each client and case is different and so each team built around a case will be suited to that individual matter. As each case demands, we will use barristers to present the case in court and where required provide specific legal advice. We will use, if required, forensic accountants, surveyors and other expert witnesses – all overseen by our specialist litigation solicitors.

We have an “open door” policy to speaking to our clients. We encourage clients to speak to us as often as they want to, so that worries and concerns can either be dispelled or acted on.

So please, watch our video below and then contact a member of our team.

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