Giles Bright is a Partner in the Commercial Disputes practice at Spencer West.
Qualified as a solicitor in 1998, Giles has built a reputation over nearly three decades as a strategic and commercially incisive dispute resolution lawyer. He is known for combining technical precision with decisive, pragmatic judgment — helping clients navigate high-stakes, complex and sensitive disputes with clarity and confidence.
Giles advises businesses, boards, shareholders and high-net-worth individuals across the UK and internationally. His approach is direct, tactical and outcome-focused: he identifies leverage early, protects reputation rigorously, and drives matters toward commercially intelligent resolution — whether through litigation, arbitration, negotiated settlement or strategic mediation.
Clients value Giles not simply for legal analysis, but for perspective. He understands that disputes are rarely just legal problems — they are commercial, reputational and sometimes personal. His advice is therefore grounded in strategy, risk management and long-term positioning.
Before joining Spencer West, Giles was a Partner at Hamlins LLP and previously headed the Dispute Resolution team at Bankside Commercial. He has acted across a broad range of sectors, representing private clients, entrepreneurs, SMEs and larger corporates in complex and high-value matters.
Giles is recognised for his energy, clarity, and unwavering commitment to his clients’ objectives. He is a trusted adviser when matters are sensitive, urgent, or strategically critical.
Giles’ experience spans all aspects of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, mediation and litigation including:
- commercial, corporate and insolvency disputes
- property and construction disputes
- professional negligence
- directors and shareholder disputes including unfair prejudice, corporate governance and boardroom conflicts
- directors’ misfeasance, wrongful or fraudulent trading and transactions at an undervalue
- Fraud and fiduciary disputes
- injunctions including freezing, search and seize and Norwich Pharmacal Orders
- claims for compensation under the Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993
- statutory review and/or judicial review of decisions by public bodies
- internal investigations including in relation to the employment and education
- Employment
- as a Court appointed Supervising Solicitor, supervising the execution of search and seize, and digital imaging orders and is an expert on the issues that regularly arise including as to privilege, self-incrimination, and confidentiality.