Safeea Shafiq

Expertise

Safeea Shafiq is a Legal Director based in our Birmingham office, with over 15 years of specialist expertise in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. 

Safeea has acted for and against various household names, and is recognised as a key lawyer by Chambers & Partners 2025. 

She is an effective litigator, dedicated to supporting clients and achieving great results - a commercial and practical outcome.

Safeea advises on all areas of commercial litigation, including: IT and telecom disputes, business disputes (partnership, shareholder etc), restrictive covenant breaches, warranty and indemnity claims (relating to a business sale and purchase agreement), sale of goods and supply of services, defamation, registration and enforcement of foreign judgment, costs litigation, misrepresentation, negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, civil fraud and urgent applications for interim relief, including the delivery up of data.

Experience

1. Advised a specialised industrial services provider in relation to the performance of an Outsourcing Agreement. The company’s customer, a major household name, refused to pay the company’s invoices, creating a c.£500,000 per month liability and made serious allegations involving fraud and theft. Through the effective use of pre-action negotiations and investigations, and issuing a contractual notice to terminate and a High Court claim for over £5 million, Safeea achieved a successful and comprehensive settlement of the dispute and contract, as well as payment of her client’s invoices.
2. Instructed by an insurance provider involved in a dispute with a software developer concerning a £6m contract for the supply of a major new IT system, which was critical to the supply of the client’s services. The developer caused major delays and failed to deliver. Applying the right strategy Safeea helped her client to achieve a termination of a one-sided and difficult contract, and avoid a large claim from the supplier.
3. Achieved a successful outcome for a major bank, defending a claim involving allegations of fraud, breach of contract, misrepresentation and unfair relationships arising from foreign exchange swap services. 
4. Successfully acted on behalf of a major Plc landowner and property developer in a claim against it by a foreign company seeking recognition and enforcement in England of a €3m judgment obtained in foreign proceedings.
5. Successfully achieved a settlement on favourable terms for an automotive engineering company engaged in a multi-million pound and cross border dispute with a well-known premium car manufacturer.