Josh Middleton
Managing Associate | Birmingham
"Josh Middleton - a gifted associate who is thorough, well prepared and punches well above his weight."
The Legal 500, 2025
Call: 0345 128 7955 Mobile: 0797 666 2983
About Josh
Josh Middleton is a Managing Associate in the firm’s Birmingham office. Josh is listed as a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500’s 2025 edition and is described as “a gifted associate who is thorough, well prepared and punches well above his weight” and “an associate whose abilities are far greater than his years. He is sensible, commercial and proactive”.
Josh specialises in complex corporate and M&A disputes, often involving allegations of fraud, and regularly acts for the firm’s clients in the Commercial Court and other divisions of the High Court. He is fiercely proactive and always looks for ways to give his clients the edge.
Josh has spent time working in-house for one of the UK’s largest builders’ merchants and understands the importance to clients of finding the right result from a commercial perspective as well as a legal one.
Contact Josh
Call: 0345 128 7955
Mobile: 0797 666 2983
Notable work & expertise
Recent Work
- Acting on behalf of seven Defendants in a claim worth around £25 million. Our clients were accused of fraud and of breaching various warranties that they gave to the Buyer on the sale of their specialist IT business. We were successful in striking out the Claimant’s allegations of fraud at an early stage of the claim
- Advising an international packaging company in a claim worth around £5 million. The claim was against two former Directors and Shareholders, who had sold their business to our client and were accused of fraudulently concealing a transaction that took place before the sale, which had artificially increased the price that our client had paid for the business
- Acting on behalf of 79 Claimants in relation to a multi-million pound claim against Visa, relating to anti-competitive fees imposed by Visa on card transactions over a multi-year period
- Acting in a multi-million pound professional negligence claim against a firm of chartered surveyors, arising from the valuation of a holiday park
- Acting for an international hotel provider in defending an injunction brought against them by a customer
Testimonials
"Josh Middleton is an associate whose abilities are far greater than his years. He is sensible, commercial, and proactive."
The Legal 500, 2024
"Josh Middleton is detailed and focused on his investigation, and a good lawyer to boot."
The Legal 500, 2022
"Josh carries out the day to day work whilst also providing sound advice."
The Legal 500, 2025
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