Peter has over 35 years of experience helping clients pursue complex commercial disputes. During the past 20 years he has developed a specialist practice resolving disputes within partnerships, LLPs and private limited companies. Peter also advises on the drafting of partnership, LLP and shareholder agreements and other partnership, LLP and company issues and transactions.
Expertise
Peter advises on all aspects of partnerships and LLPs, including mergers and acquisitions, partner and member exits, LLP conversions, dissolutions, and disputes. He works across a wide range of sectors.
Experience
- Providing advice to partners and LLP members on partnership and LLP disputes and differences arising in a wide range of business sectors, including professional practices (solicitors, accountants, surveyors, architects, patent attorneys, medical practitioners, from two-man businesses right up to Magic Circle/Big Four/other substantial businesses), private equity, investment advisers and managers, corporate finance, IT, property investment/development, care homes, farming, and retail, assisting them to reach negotiated settlements, and where required pursuing or defending claims in the High Court, Employment Tribunals or in arbitrations.
- Advising on and drafting professional practice partnership and LLP agreements.
- Assisting in the LLP conversion of a leading regional solicitors’ practice.
- Advising salaried and fixed share partners on avoiding liability for the debts of their insolvent solicitors’ practice.
- Advised a member of a leading accountancy practice LLP on the terms of his exit.
- Advised salaried partners on the terms of their exit from a solicitors’ practice.
- Advised solicitors on setting up an LLP and acquiring assets and goodwill from the administrator of an insolvent law firm.
- Advised a City bond dealer LLP on restructuring and capital issues.
- Acted for the executor of a deceased partner of a family care home partnership concerning the failure of the surviving partner to account for the value of the deceased partner’s share of the value of the care home business and property.
Peter acts for shareholders and directors in drafting shareholders’ agreements, resolving disputes, enforcing rights, and advising on exits, with particular focus on owner-managed businesses, property ventures, and professional services companies.
Experience
- Advised a surveyor director/shareholder in a series of connected chartered surveyor companies on his rights vis-à-vis other director/shareholders and in connection with a series of proposed board resolutions.
- Advised a shareholder in a property investment company on his rights under the articles of association, a shareholders’ agreement and the general law and in relation to the terms of his exit from the company.
- Advising on unfair prejudice, minority shareholder oppression and other boardroom and shareholder dispute issues.
- Advised the director/shareholders of a valuable franchise operation company on a dispute with their co-director/shareholders.
- Advising partners on discrimination, harassment, bullying, and bad faith.
Peter specialises in advising professional practices on partnership and LLP matters, governance, restructurings, succession planning, and disputes. He acts for solicitors, accountants, surveyors, and property professionals at all stages of practice life.
Experience
- Acting for individual partners or groups of partners in relation to disputes arising between them on the dissolution of their professional firms (solicitors, accountants, surveyors, doctors, architects etc).
- Advising partners of City law firms on proposed de-equitisation and/or exit terms.
- Advised a leading accountancy practice as to the conduct of one of its members.
- Acted for a leading bank in a series of claims against partners of a dissolved solicitors’ practice.
- Advising professional practices (notably solicitors, surveyors and GP practices) on the expulsion of partners or members for fraud and/or other misconduct.
- Advising proposed salaried, fixed share and equity partners on the terms offered to them on joining professional firms.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised by Chambers UK for Partnerships: Contentious 2021–2026
Recognised by The Legal 500 for Partnerships 2020–2027
Recognised by Best Lawyers (UK) for Partnerships 2009–2025
Recognised by Business Today as a Top 10 UK Contentious Lawyer in Partnership Law 2023
Recognised by the Legal 500 for Partnerships 2018
Acknowledged by Chambers 2025 for having a great depth of experience advising clients in the legal and financial services sectors on complex partnership negotiations and disputes.
“His knowledge of the law is exceptional and he quickly grasps matters outside his normal area of expertise.”
Chambers UK 2025
“He is very calm and helpful. ”
Chambers UK 2025
“Peter is trusted and respected.”
Chambers UK 2025
“Peter Garry is professional, has excellent knowledge of the law, and a high level of commercial awareness. He is articulate in his written responses, calm and supportive, and always available.”
The Legal 500 2025
“Peter listens, quickly grasps the issues and provides very sound advice.”
Chambers UK 2024
“Peter Garry is very professional, quickly establishes the facts and provides appropriate solutions, helping and supporting in a timely manner. He is a personable individual, very knowledgeable and available when needed. He puts client at ease and builds a trusting relationship. As his client, you are pleased he is on your side as he is quick to take action and deliver results.”
The Legal 500 2024
“Peter Garry dealt with my partnership issue succinctly and swiftly. He is a fountain of knowledge in the area of the law.”
The Legal 500 2024
“Peter is an extremely good partnership specialist who is a great pleasure to deal with and extremely hands-on.”
Chambers UK 2023
“Peter Garry is a superb partnership lawyer. He commands confidence and knows the law extremely well. He is excellent at delivering for clients.”
The Legal 500 2023
“Peter is very easy to talk to and gives really useful, practical advice.”
Chambers UK 2022
“He is very good on partnership law.”
Chambers UK 2022
“Peter Garry is a standout partnership practitioner. Very efficient. Very numerate. Highly knowledgeable.”
The Legal 500 2022
“Peter Garry is an exceptional lawyer and a great alternative of the same quality of partnership practitioners at better-known firms.”
The Legal 500 2021
“Super partnership lawyer’ Peter Garry is highly experienced in handling sensitive disputes related to partner exits, mergers and remuneration. He regularly represents partners in law firms of all sizes and also advises clients in the financial services sector.”
Chambers UK 2020
“Peter Garry is a very clear communicator and extremely responsive.”
The Legal 500 2020
“Peter Garry of Keystone Law has considerable experience in partnership disputes across a wide range of sectors, including legal, private equity and retail matters. Clients praise his ‘comprehensive knowledge of partnership law’ and also add: ‘His responses were always swift and thorough, and he has an approachable manner.”
Chambers UK 2019
“Sure-handed.”
The Legal 500 2018
“Great insight. ”
The Legal 500 2018
“Peter Garry of Keystone Law has practised in the contentious partnership space for over 20 years, and is characterised by one interviewee as ‘the complete litigator – a hugely experienced, true partnership practitioner who’s ready to roll up his sleeves and get tough if necessary, but also has a sensible, measured approach’.”
Chambers UK 2018
“Peter Garry of Keystone Law is recognised for his expert handling of a broad range of partnership and LLP disputes. Garry also has experience of boardroom and shareholder disputes.”
Chambers UK 2017–2018
“Peter Garry of Keystone Law is well established in the partnership and professional practices field. Sources commend him for being ‘solid, practical and not afraid to be tough – he tends to get it right’.”
Chambers UK 2016
“Peter Garry of Keystone Law commands respect for his long-running partnership practice. A client states: ‘His advice was solid and practical, and he was very supportive. He was excellent at identifying which elements of the dispute were important.”
Chambers UK 2015
“Peter Garry of Keystone Law acts for a mix of professional and non-professional clients. He is described as ‘a leading light in the partnership area” and predominantly advises on partner disputes, including partner exits and claims by former partners’.”
Chambers UK 2014
“Peter has a ‘considerable reputation for his work in the field’ and in particular ‘as a skilled negotiator’.”
Chambers UK 2013
“Peter is a ‘strong negotiator’; ‘absolutely excellent lawyer’; ‘hands down better than the legal team on the other side of the dispute … did so well for me’.”
Chambers UK 2012
“Peter is ‘extremely thorough and capable’.”
Chambers UK 2011
“Peter is ‘highly esteemed as a firm negotiator and litigator.”
Chambers UK 2010
Peter's latest news and resources
Keynote
6 May 2026
The practical implications of age discrimination claims for LLPs and partnerships
Peter Garry
Keynote
18 January 2017
Powerful equitable remedies on the breakdown of business partnerships: a review of some important 2016 judgments
Peter Garry
Keynote
19 May 2015
Maximising recoveries in partnership and LLP dispute claims
Peter Garry