"John Whittaker, Consultant Editor, was a barrister at leading chancery/commercial chambers Serle Court until his retirement. John Machell KC is a barrister at leading chancery/commercial chambers Serle Court. He has a broad commercial chancery practice, and particular experience of large-scale litigation involving fiduciary duties, fraud and trusts, particularly with an international dimension. He is regarded as one of the leading partnership and LLP silks and has experience of a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious matters across the whole range of business sectors. An increasing part of his work involves issues arising from the use of partnerships and LLPs in hedge fund and private equity structures; in international commercial group structures; and as part of wealth planning strategies. John also now acts as an arbitrator and as an expert pursuant to expert determination agreements; and has conducted internal inquiries on professional conduct and other matters for firms of solicitors. ""John Machell is one of the leading lights in the partnership arena."" - Chambers & Partners 2020 ""The leading partnership silk; he is clever, quick, hardworking."" Legal500 2019"
...deservedly established as the leading work on the subject for practitioners, for Judges, and for those setting up their new or existing businesses as LLPs. -- Sir Michael Briggs * Foreword to the 3rd Edition * ...a comprehensive and authoritative source of reference on all aspects of LLP law for practitioners, and also for academics and postgraduate students. The close relationship of LLP law to that of general and limited partnerships, and to limited companies, means that this book will also be of interest to practitioners and researchers in those areas. * Partnership Law Forum * An indispensable reference for all practitioners involved with any aspect of LLPs. Yes, absolutely -- especially in this new edition, which certainly belongs in every practitioner's library. * Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, Reviews Editor, The Barrister and Mediator *