Meet our Experts – Summer 2013 1 Lexis ® PSL is the online practical guidance service from LexisNexis, giving busy practitioners the what, how and why of the law. We are proud to be launching our extended suite of practice areas which have been written by experts for experts. There is no substitute for practical experience – and we are delighted that so many leading people at the top of their profession, across so many fields of specialism, are working with us to ensure that together we continue to meet the needs of the fast-changing legal world. As competition increases, there’s an even greater need to stay on top of new developments, work more efficiently, and be confident that you’re getting things right. Our expert authors and Board members, in addition to our internal team of experienced lawyers, carry on the LexisNexis heritage of producing relevant, authoritative material practitioners can trust. We’re also delighted to be showcasing the new, fully fledged version of LexisPSL, with its fresh, intuitive interface, and clean design. LexisPSL provides a range of enhanced practical features – simple, more targeted searching, up-to-the-minute news and ‘so what’ analysis, and time-saving calculators, tools, flowcharts, checklists and searchable, automated forms and precedents. The guidance notes are deliberately short and snappy, with the key benefit of more than 200,000 links directly to the underlying authority: the primary sources and expert commentary from our leading titles. The aim is to provide busy practitioners with everything they need to work profitably, day to day. Or, in other words, the full package of the what, how and why. All this is available across the 25 practice areas that matter most to our customers Corporate Tax Banking & Finance Financial Services Restructuring & Insolvency Employment Pensions Immigration Property Environment Construction Commercial IP & IT Competition Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Corporate Crime Private Client/Wills & Probate Family Personal Injury International Practice Compliance In-house Local Government Work smarter and with more confidence Lexis ® PSL
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Meet our Experts – Summer 2013 1
Lexis®PSL is the online practical guidance service from LexisNexis, giving busy practitioners the what, how and why of the law.
We are proud to be launching our extended suite of practice areas which have been written by experts for experts. There is no substitute for practical experience – and we are delighted that so many leading people at the top of their profession, across so many fields of specialism, are working with us to ensure that together we continue to meet the needs of the fast-changing legal world.
As competition increases, there’s an even greater need to stay on top of new developments, work more efficiently, and be confident that you’re getting things right. Our expert authors and Board members, in addition to our internal team of experienced lawyers, carry on the LexisNexis heritage of producing relevant, authoritative material practitioners can trust.
We’re also delighted to be showcasing the new, fully fledged version of LexisPSL, with its fresh, intuitive interface, and clean design.
LexisPSL provides a range of enhanced practical features – simple, more targeted searching, up-to-the-minute news and ‘so what’ analysis, and time-saving calculators, tools, flowcharts, checklists and searchable, automated forms and precedents. The guidance notes are deliberately short and snappy, with the key benefit of more than 200,000 links directly to the underlying authority: the primary sources and expert commentary from our leading titles. The aim is to provide busy practitioners with everything they need to work profitably, day to day. Or, in other words, the full package of the what, how and why.
All this is available across the 25 practice areas that matter most to our customersCorporate Tax Banking & Finance Financial Services Restructuring & Insolvency Employment Pensions Immigration Property Environment ConstructionCommercial
IP & IT CompetitionDispute Resolution & ArbitrationCorporate Crime Private Client/Wills & ProbateFamily Personal InjuryInternational Practice ComplianceIn-houseLocal Government
Building a market leading product like Lexis®PSL demands we assemble a world class team comprising our own in-house lawyers, recognised contributors and authors, and of course expert Consulting Editorial Boards for each practice area. To demonstrate the breadth, quality and depth of the key people who contribute to LexisPSL we have compiled this guide to introduce them to you, broken down into the areas in which they practice.
Alex Dumbrell Alex Dumbrell is Practice Area Director for the Commercial, IP/IT, Competition, Practice Compliance and Local Government modules of LexisPSL. Alex has over ten years’ experience as a commercial dispute resolution lawyer. She qualified at Linklaters in London and later relocated to Freehills in Sydney, specialising in telecoms and competition arbitration. In 2004, she returned to the UK and joined Freshfields as a litigation PSL.
Mark Smith Mark Smith is the Practice Area Director for the In-house modules of LexisPSL. Mark worked as a solicitor for 10 years, specialising in technology and outsourcing work. He worked in National and City firms, and then moved in-house to a global outsourcing provider. After completing his MBA with a dissertation on law firm strategy, he moved into a market and product strategy role for an outsourcing provider. Building on this experience, Mark then started a consultancy practice that both helped law firms with strategic issues and developed and delivered training for lawyers.
Anita Harwood Anita Harwood is the Practice Area Director for the Tax module of LexisPSL. Anita has over 10 years experience in tax and is a member of the ATT and CIOT. Anita qualified with Grant Thornton, where she handled compliance and planning matters for entrepreneurs and their businesses before specialising in corporate tax and then moving to their national tax team. She worked in the Mergers & Acquisition team at PwC advising on domestic and global acquisitions before joining a private equity firm as their Finance Director which specialised in real estate backed investments.
Jonathan ScrivenJonathan Scriven is the Practice Area Director for our contentious suite of LexisPSL modules (Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury, Employment, Immigration, Crime and Corporate Crime). Jonathan trained at Dolmans solicitors before moving to Greenwoods upon qualification where he acted for a range of composite insurers, liability adjustors, Lloyd’s syndicates, private companies and PLCs. Jonathan continued representing these clients when he helped to set up Housemans Solicitors, a niche defendant insurance practice.
Karen Battersby Karen Battersby is Practice Area Director for the Corporate and the Built Environment (Property, Environment and Construction) modules of LexisPSL. She is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer, having worked both in private practice and as in-house counsel. Her former positions include Head of Commercial Know-How at Eversheds, Director of Knowledge Management at Weightmans, Legal Director at LucasVarity plc, Head of Legal at Tarmac Construction and Director of Development at CLT.
Practice Area Directors
Nick WestDirector of Legal MarketsAs Director of Legal Markets, Nick leads LexisNexis’ business in the legal market, serving law firms, legal practitioners and in-house legal departments. He is responsible for delivering LexisNexis’ Legal Intelligence offering, comprising practical guidance, deep research, webinars and conferences and technology applications for lawyers. Nick qualified as a solicitor, completing his training contract with Linklaters. He practised as a competition lawyer in London and Brussels, with a primary focus on EU and UK merger control work for large corporate clients conducting M&A transactions. Post-Linklaters, Nick worked for McKinsey & Company, the strategy consulting firm, where he advised corporate and public-sector clients on strategy. He joined LexisNexis in 2006 and prior to his current role, worked as Head of Strategy and M&A for LexisNexis International in London and Head of Strategy for LexisNexis US in New York.
Anne-Marie Claydon Anne-Marie is a corporate law specialist. Her experience encompasses private mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, takeovers and IPOs and she has also advised on various general corporate matters. Anne-Marie qualified at Norton Rose, where she worked for a number of years as both an associate and as a corporate PSL. She later moved to Charles Russell to take a role as a corporate PSL.
James HaydenJames has a broad spectrum of corporate law experience across a variety of business sectors, having worked for a number of years as a general corporate practitioner at several major city firms. Having trained at Eversheds, James joined the London office of Morgan Lewis, one of the top 20 law firms in the United States, gaining valuable experience in cross-border corporate acquisition and finance transactions for major US corporations and banks. After four years, he moved to the corporate department at Denton Wilde Sapte (now SNR Denton).
Tara Hogg Tara is a corporate lawyer who has advised on a wide range of domestic and international transactions, including private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, reorganisations, takeovers and IPOs. She also has broad experience of general company and contractual matters. Tara qualified at Denton Wilde Sapte (now SNR Denton), where she worked for a number of years as an associate and spent time on secondment to the legal departments of two clients, gaining valuable in-house experience. Tara then moved to Clifford Chance, joining them as a Corporate PSL.
Eleanor KellyEleanor trained at Nabarro and qualified in their corporate team, where she worked on a wide range of corporate transactions and general company advisory matters. She also gained in-house experience on secondments to clients of the firm. Specific experience includes advising companies on reductions of capital, striking off and dissolution, public company takeovers, share buybacks and private company M & A.
Jane Mayfield Jane Mayfield specialises in corporate and corporate finance work and has acted for corporate entities, investment banks and individuals in domestic and international transactions. She has advised on AIM and full listings, public company takeovers, private acquisitions and disposals, private equity transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate matters. Jane was previously a corporate solicitor at PwC Legal, assistant general counsel at Sodexho and a corporate associate at Rosenblatt solicitors.
Natalie CoopeNatalie qualified into the corporate tax department at Linklaters and after two years there joined the tax team at Olswang. She has advised on the direct and indirect tax aspects of a range of corporate, finance and real estate transactions, including public and private sales and acquisitions, reorganisations, joint ventures and international asset finance, and had a particular focus on the tax treatment of IP, advising numerous clients in the media and gambling industries. Natalie, who also has an LLM in Tax Law, joined LexisNexis in 2011.
Rachel GaukeRachel specialises in corporate tax law, and has experience as a practitioner and professional support lawyer. She trained as a solicitor at Linklaters, and worked in the corporate tax department for three years after qualification. She has advised on corporate restructurings, M&A, investment funds and finance. In 2001 Rachel moved to Travers Smith where she set up and ran the professional support function for the tax department. From 2009 she worked on a freelance basis before joining LexisNexis in July 2011.
Sabina MarguliesSabina is a tax solicitor specialising in corporate and finance tax. Sabina trained and qualified at Linklaters. She spent a year as a qualified lawyer in the corporate department, followed by six years in the corporate tax department where she advised on public and private M&A transactions, equity offerings and finance transactions.
Abigail McGregorAbigail trained at Slaughter and May, qualifying in 2006 into the corporate tax department, where she remained until she joined Lexis PSL. She has extensive experience of corporate M&A transactions, acting for both buyer and seller in both public and private transactions; plain vanilla and structured financing; intra-group reorganisations, standalone tax advisory work and HMRC disputes. Abigail also gained valuable in-house experience through a six-month secondment to the Group Tax department of Goldman Sachs.
Robert O’HareRobert is a corporate tax specialist. He has wide-ranging experience of advising on the full range of corporate tax issues with specialist knowledge of UK and cross-border corporate acquisitions, public market transactions and both private equity and retail investment fund structuring. Robert trained and qualified at Ashurst. He has also worked as a tax solicitor for both Deloitte and Macfarlanes.
Banking & FinanceKate HughesKate specialises in syndicated lending with particular emphasis on project finance. She qualified in the Debt and Derivatives Securities team at Allen & Overy before joining the Banking and Finance team at Freehills in Sydney. Most recently, she was in the Projects and Infrastructure team at Norton Rose before joining LexisNexis.
Miranda CampbellMiranda is a banking and finance solicitor specialising in leveraged and acquisition finance. She trained at Hogan Lovells and qualified into the international banking and finance team. During her time at Hogan Lovells she worked on a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions, acting for both borrowers and lenders. She also experienced secondments to Barclays Bank PLC and Kaupthing Bank hf.
Patrick MoePatrick is a finance solicitor specialising in debt capital markets and derivatives. Having worked in the fixed income department of UBS, Patrick trained and qualified into the structured finance department of Clifford Chance LLP, before moving to the finance department of White & Case LLP. He has built up a broad range of debt capital markets, derivatives and general finance experience before joining LexisNexis in 2012.
Neil CampbellNeil specialises in banking and asset finance transactions with a particular emphasis on shipping finance, aviation finance, renewable energy financing and in providing corporate transactional support. Neil trained and qualified at TLT and spent a further four years working as a finance solicitor in both the Bristol and London offices before joining the Asset Finance team at DLA Piper.
Suzanna CorriganSuzanna has wide-ranging experience in banking and finance transactions with particular emphasis on advising lenders in the context of real estate finance and trade finance, and advising on ECA supported aviation finance transactions. Suzanna qualified as a solicitor in 2001 with Theodore Goddard (now Addleshaw Goddard) and has since gained experience with Barclays Bank PLC, ECGD and Crédit Agricole CIB before joining LexisNexis.
Toshiyuki Nonaka Toshiyuki Nonaka joined Nishimura & Asahi (f/k/a Nishimura & Partners) in 2000 and has been a partner with the firm since 2009. His work is primarily in the field of finance. Mr. Nonaka is active in various kinds of banking transactions, with a special emphasis on acquisition finance. In this field he is recognized as a renowned expert and has advised on a large number of transactions such as LBO/MBO transactions involving both listed and unlisted companies, as well as on mezzanine financing transactions. Mr. Nonaka also has wide ranging experience in the area of structured finance, where he has been involved in numerous securitization transactions of a wide variety of assets including monetary claims, real estate and distressed assets. Furthermore, with his experience seconded to a merchant banking subsidiary of an investment banking firm, Mr. Nonaka’s expertise also extends to the areas of private equity and principal investment
Caroline Bystrom Caroline has in-house and private practice experience, handling project work, new product development, significant regulatory change and general FS advisory. Caroline qualified at Squire Sanders in 1999 and she spent a number of years working at Barclays Wealth and CMS Cameron McKenna. Caroline has worked as a consultant with Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and WorldPay.
Financial Services
International guidanceArthur CoxBonelli Erede Pappalardo – Studio LegaleGorrissen FederspielHerbert Smith FreehillsJ Sagar AssociatesMaples and CalderNauta DutilhOgierOrrick Herrington & SutcliffePinsent MasonsRamos, Zuanon e Manassero AdvogadosSchoenherr Studio legale MarsagliaUria MenendezWhite & CaseWong PartnershipZhong Lun Law Firm
Eleanor StephensEleanor qualified in 1998 into the insolvency team at ASB law. She became a partner in 2005, and went on to head up the Recovery & Insolvency team. Whilst traditionally specialising mainly in contentious corporate insolvency matters, in recent years she has moved into the non-contentious arena, in particular specialising in company administrations.
Benn RichardsBenn specialises in restructuring and Insolvency. He qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and later as a Solicitor-Advocate in 2005 (all higher courts, criminal and civil). He has practiced predominately as an insolvency litigator, working for Nabarro prior to joining LexisNexis.
Kathy StonesKathy specialises in restructuring and cross-border insolvency. She qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and has since worked for Weil Gotshal & Manges and Freshfields. Kathy has worked on some of the largest restructuring cases in the last decade, including Worldcom, Parmalat, Enron and Eurotunnel.
Philip ThorntonPhilip’s expertise ranges broadly across the employment law field. He has considerable advocacy experience in employment tribunals, County Courts, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He concentrated in particular on discrimination, whistleblowing, TUPE transfers, restrictive covenants, collective redundancies, wrongful and unfair dismissals, and trade union and industrial dispute law. He was a tenant for 17 years at Devereux Chambers, before moving to LexisNexis in 2006.
Melanie Adams Melanie has specialised in employment law since 1996, when, after training and qualifying, she joined Olswang. She advised in particular in relation to business and share sales, restrictive covenants and confidentiality, collective redundancies and business re-organisations, wrongful and unfair dismissal and discrimination. She became Olswang’s first employment Professional Support Lawyer in 1999, and set up their internal online know-how system. Melanie joined LexisNexis in 2008.
Tony Gould Tony has many years of experience of advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters from drafting employment contracts to handling complex discrimination claims. As well as writing for LexisPSL he is an editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law and a contributor to Tolley’s Employment Law Service. Tony was a partner in the employment department at Davenport Lyons, w he practised for nearly 15 years.
Charlotte Hamer Charlotte combines a solid, broad knowledge of employment law with substantial experience of drafting precedents, practice notes and current awareness updates for lawyers and their clients. Having trained at Mills and Reeve, Charlotte moved on to Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave (now DAC Beachcroft). She then took up a post as Stephenson Harwood’s first employment Professional Support Lawyer. She was latterly at Bond Pearce LLP before moving to LexisNexis.
Darren BeckerDarren is a pensions specialist formerly of Linklaters and Pinsent Masons. As a practitioner, Darren advised companies and trustees on a wide range of pensions legal issues including interpretation of pensions legislation, amendment of scheme documentation, restructuring of benefits and merger of schemes. Darren is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and an associate member of the Pensions Management Institute.
Helen Phillips Helen joined LexisNexis after practising pensions law at Speechly Bircham and before that, Slaughter and May where she trained. She has extensive experience in a vast array of pension issues, including scheme closures, pension aspects of corporate transactions and public procurement, scheme governance issues and Pensions Ombudsman complaints. Helen is also a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.
Kathryn Denyer Kathryn qualified as a solicitor in NSW, Australia in 2001 and gained her initial experience at PwC in Sydney. She worked with Fragomen and Ferguson Snell & Associates before joining LexisPSL in June 2011. Kathryn’s areas of expertise include Points-Based System, family-related routes, long residence, citizenship and EU law. She has a particular specialism in Tier 4 of the PBS and trains on this topic for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and Public Policy Exchange.
Bates Wells & Braithwaite LondonPhilip Trott, Partner and Head of Immigration
Blokh SolicitorsElena Tsirlina, Principal
Clarus Global LegalAntonio Lam, Practice Leader and Principal Principal
ClarkslegalShahjahan Ali, Solicitor
Garden CourtAdrian Berry, Barrister
Lamb Building Sandra Akinbolu, Barrister
Latitude LawGary McIndoe, SolicitorEd Mynott, Caseworker
PwC Legal Julia Onslow-Cole, Partner and Head of Global ImmigrationAndrea Als, SolicitorStephanie Walker, Solicitor
Freelance WriterSally Adams
Sturtivant & CoMeghan Vozila, Solicitor
Turpin and MillerPhilip Turpin, Founding PartnerJo Renshaw, Partner and Head of Immigration
Jonathan KinghamJonathan is a solicitor specialising in UK immigration and EU free movement law. He is a Rapporteur to the European Commission on the free movement of workers. He trains for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association, and was a contributor to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants’ Guide to the Points-Based System (2011). Jonathan was previously an Associate at Kingsley Napley LLP.
Shona Price, Associate Professor of Real EstateThe College of Law
Richard Quenby, Professional Support LawyerDWF
John Staheli, Managing AssociateNabarro
Peter J G Williams, Professional Support LawyerEversheds
Charlotte Walker, Professional Support Lawyer, Shoosmiths
Katie FixterKaty Fixter is the Head of LexisPSL Built Environment. She has more than 10 years’ experience in property practice. A former Berwin Leighton Paisner lawyer, where she trained and then qualified in 2003, she has covered all aspects of property practice and specialises in commercial real estate. She has wide experience in a broad range of work across industry sectors, including retail, offices, leisure and residential developments.
Joanna BhatiaJoanna is a commercial property specialist. She has wide-ranging experience of all non-contentious property transactions, with a particular emphasis on landlord and tenant work. Joanna qualified at Shoosmiths in 1995, moving to Nabarro in 2000. In 2005 she embarked on a career as a locum, working at Charles Russell, Bircham Dyson Bell and Pemberton Greenish.
Elinor ClarkElinor is a commercial property specialist experienced in development, investment and telecommunications work. On qualification, Elinor worked at Pitmans, before moving to Charles Russell where she spent seven years as a member of the Real Estate team.
Jen Hawkins Jen is a solicitor specialising in planning law. Jen has experience in relation to a range of planning topics, including environmental impact assessment, section 106 agreements, highways orders, compulsory purchase, freedom of information issues, inquiries, judicial review and major infrastructure projects. After qualifying at Ashurst, Jen worked at Bevan Brittan and subsequently at CMS Cameron McKenna as an Associate in the planning team.
Contributing AuthorsDWFRichard Quenby, Professional Support Lawyer
Hayley TamHayley is an environmental law specialist with environmental management qualifications and experience in the private and public sectors. She is qualified as a solicitor in Australia, England and Wales, and has worked at magic circle firms in both Australia and the UK, including at Ashurst (Blake Dawson) in Sydney, and Stephenson Harwood and Allen & Overy in London.
Environment Environment
Consulting Editorial Board Tim Clare, Principal Consultant ENVIRON
Angus Evers, Partner and Head of EnvironmentSJ Berwin
Peter Kellett, Legal Services Executive Manager (Head Office) Environment Agency
Rebecca Lawson, Senior Associate Allen & Overy
Professor Robert Lee, Co-Director of the ESRC Research Centre on Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS) Cardiff University
Helen Loose, Senior European Counsel Bird & Bird
Ian Salter, Partner Burges Salmon
Chris Taylor, Technical Director Argyll Environmental Ltd UK
WSPAndrew Bright, Divisional Director Stuart Burrow, Associate Director
Colleen TheronColleen is recognised as a leading practitioner of environmental, health and safety law. She has extensive experience advising on environmental issues for corporate, banking and property clients and in the public sector and is recognised as a leader in her field in both Chambers and Legal 500.
Michael ChiltonMichael is a specialist in non-contentious construction law. Since qualification he has advised developers, contractors, consultants, landowners, banks, pension funds, housing associations and local authorities on construction procurement strategy and the drafting and negotiation of all forms of construction documentation. Michael qualified at Edward Lewis solicitors and on qualification moved to Linklaters. He has since worked for Trowers & Hamlins and Nabarro.
Sarah HarvieSarah specialises in non-contentious construction law. Sarah has extensive experience advising contractors, public and private sector employers, consultants, developers and banks on construction projects and in relation to construction contracts and their associated documents. Sarah qualified at CMS Cameron McKenna before joining Trowers & Hamlins. She also worked for Pinsent Masons and later Wates Group before joining LexisNexis.
Sukhraj DhillonSukhraj has over eighteen years of legal experience in various aspects of corporate, commercial, projects and funds law. Sukhraj qualified at Allen & Overy specialising in corporate and general commercial law and advised on a number of high profile transactions and projects before moving to Clifford Chance as a Business Support Lawyer supporting the partners of the Private Funds Group. Her corporate PSL experience at Denton Wilde Sapte (now SNR Denton) includes creating precedents and practice guides, producing current awareness and client briefings, and organising and delivering training. Sukhraj’s in-house experience includes secondments at Shell and Banque Indosuez. More recently, Sukhraj has managed, mentored and trained a team of Indian lawyers working for an international client with particular responsibility for ensuring quality of work product.
Helen HartHelen studied in Cardiff and Germany and qualified as a solicitor in 1998 after a training contract at Allen & Overy in London and Frankfurt. She spent over six years working in-house at Centrica plc and Palm Europe Limited focusing mainly on consumer, advertising and data protection law before returning to private practice at Stevens & Bolton where she was an associate in the corporate and commercial team. She worked for a legal publisher between 2008 and 2012 and has also worked in local government library services. Her main areas of expertise are general commercial law, advertising law and consumer law.
Melanie Ashworth Melanie is a solicitor with 12 year’s PQE specialising in general commercial, IP/IT and digital media law. Her career has included private-practice experience at Eversheds and Addleshaw Goddard, however her main expertise has been in the in-house environment, notching up experience at GEC Alsthom, British Aerospace, Vertex, MyTravel Group plc and more recently as General Counsel for Latitude Digital marketing. Melanie is a social media evangelist, tweeting as @in_house_lawyer and ruminating on how lawyers can use social media to its best effect on her In-house lawyer blog. She was included in Legal Week’s “Tech Savvy Lawyer” round-up (November 2010) and The Times Law’s “Top 10 Legal Tweeter” list (January 2011).
Tracy BichenoTracey is a general commercial solicitor with over 20 years of experience. Trained in the City, she has worked as a solicitor, legal director and company secretary for both large and small businesses in the financial services and IT sectors, for Anglian Water and as General Counsel to Price Waterhouse. In addition, she has had her own legal practice and carried out a variety of consultancy assignments for start-ups, other organisations and individuals, as well as running training programmes. Her experience is wide ranging.
Lawrence MilnerLawrence specialises in data protection, information security and IT contracts. He also has extensive wider knowledge of intellectual property, contract and commercial law. After training as a solicitor Lawrence worked at Allen & Overy before spending 5 years at Clifford Chance. Lawrence then became a partner at Penningtons Solicitors before joining LexisNexis.
Katherine EyresKatherine specialises in IT contracts, outsourcing, publishing and data protection. Educated at the University of Western Australia and admitted in Western Australia, Katherine worked at DLA Phillips Fox and at niche firm Downings Legal in Perth, before moving to London. Katherine’s UK experience includes working for Williams Lea and CMS Cameron McKenna.
Jessica StretchJessica is an experienced intellectual property litigator specialising in trade marks, copyright and digital media. She has also run non-contentious projects for clients, including IP audits and brand protection strategies. Jessica trained at Osborne Clarke and later moved to Kemp Little, a niche technology and digital media law firm.
Anthony TaylorAnthony is an intellectual property and information technology law specialist. He has good experience of information security, data protection and freedom of information. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Anthony trained and qualified at Penningtons Solicitors, a highly regarded commercial and private client law firm, and later moved to Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Sydney.
Joshy ThomasJoshy specialises in intellectual property and has a wide range of experience of IP litigation. Joshy trained at Eversheds, qualifying in 2000. After 6 years she moved to Thomas Eggar, where she spent 3 years advising on a diverse range of IP issues, writing for IP and technology sector-focused publications and dealing with complex litigation.
Laura ThompsonLaura has extensive experience conducting IP litigation, particularly over patents in the high-tech and pharmaceutical sectors. After graduating from Cambridge University, she qualified as a solicitor in 2001, and spent over 6 years at Bristows, followed by over 5 years at Wragge & Co. in London as a senior associate.
Consulting Editorial BoardChristian Bartsch, PartnerBird & Bird Andrew Bowler, Partner BristowsSimon Briskman, PartnerField Fisher WaterhouseEmma Burnett, PartnerCMS Cameron McKennaAnna Frankum, PartnerPenningtons SolicitorsDon Hughes, Vice-President & EMEA General CounselHitachi Data SystemsIan Karet, PartnerLinklatersRoland Mallinson, PartnerTaylor WessingTom Moody-Stuart, Barrister 8 New SquareRachel Tregear, Professional Support LawyerAddleshaw Goddard Thalia Walters, Senior Legal CounselPearson International
Rouse LegalDiana Sternfield, PartnerJason Rutt, Head of PatentsCatriona Smith, Consultant
Bal Dhillon Bal has broad ranging competition law experience. He started his career as a barrister before moving in-house at Tesco. He was at Tesco for 10 years where he worked on cartel investigations, compliance training and other major competition projects. On leaving, he worked as a consultant delivering competition compliance training for companies.
Competition
Competition
Consulting Editorial BoardWilliam Allan, Member, Competition Appeal TribunalRosemary Choueka, Partner, Head of Competition and RegulationLawrence Graham
David Foster, ManagerFrontier Economics
Nicholas Gibson, BarristerMatrix Chambers
Simon Holmes, Partner, Head of EU & CompetitionSJ Berwin
Simon DoddSimon specialises in all areas of EU and UK competition law and has worked for Lawrence Graham, O’Melveny & Myers and Mayer Brown, in London and Brussels. He has considerable experience advising a range of clients across the whole range of competition law, including merger control rules, antitrust investigations, the application of competition law to commercial agreements, competition compliance and the application of State aid rules.
Janna PurdieJanna specialises in international commercial litigation and arbitration. Having trained at Herbert Smith she worked there before moving to Denton Wilde Sapte (now SNR Denton) dealing with complex international disputes (litigation and arbitrations) and technical cross border issues. Janna has a Masters in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, has an interest in adjudication and is a member of Adjudication Society. Janna heads up the LexisNexis costs team bringing together expertise from across the business to address costs issues, most noticeably at the moment the Jackson Reforms. Janna is a frequent contributor to the legal and professional press, including the New Law Journal.
Neil SmithNeil is a commercial and corporate dispute resolution specialist having qualified at Linklaters. He has experience of a broad range of disputes representing individuals, owner managed businesses and multi-national corporates during fee earning roles in the commercial litigation departments of Charles Russell, Travers Smith Braithwaite and Denton Wilde Sapte. Neil’s expertise includes high value breach of contract claims, complex aviation disputes, breach of trust/fiduciary claims, breach of warranty claims, unfair prejudice, injunctive relief and international arbitrations. Neil has also taught Civil Litigation at BPP Law School. Neil joined LexisPSL as the head of Dispute Resolution from Clyde & Co where he was responsible for the firm’s national legal training programme.
Ruth PrattRuth specialises in general corporate and commercial dispute resolution with particular experience in shareholder disputes, fraud and warranty claims. Ruth trained and qualified at Berwin Leighton Paisner where she remained in practice for ten years. Her work has involved project managing large-scale cases to trial in the chancery and commercial courts.
Catherine ReevesCatherine specialises in domestic and international arbitration and has expertise in commercial litigation. Catherine trained at Linklaters and practiced litigation and arbitration at Howes Percival and Nabarro.
Liz Wilde Liz specialises in dispute resolution. Liz trained and subsequently practised litigation at Lovells for over 15 years, where she focused on large-scale international disputes. Liz is also a CEDR-qualified mediator.
Virginia Jones Virginia specialises in general domestic and international commercial litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Virginia trained and qualified with Pinsent Masons, where she remained in practice for two years, before moving to Marriott Harrison where she continued in practice for a further seven years.
Morag Rea Morag is a senior criminal fraud solicitor with experience of SFO, HMRC, BIS, FSA and other investigations as well as CPS prosecutions.Her early career was with Simons Muirhead & Burton, then Irwin Mitchell where Morag helped establish the firm’s white collar crime department. Latterly, she was with the Criminal Fraud team at Byrne and Partners.Morag is widely published on criminal matters and she was the Editor of The Advocate Magazine 2000- 2006 and a member of the LCCSA committee.
Samantha MoramSamantha is a specialist in corporate crime. She has wide ranging experience, having worked on a number of high profile and high value SFO, FSA and HMRC investigations and prosecutions together with associated restraint and confiscation proceedings. Sam qualified as a solicitor with Victor, Lissack, Roscoe & Coleman, then later worked for BCL Burton Copeland, a leading niche corporate crime firm before joining LexisNexis.
Corporate Crime
Corporate Crime
Corporate Crime Consulting Editorial BoardSteven Bird, DirectorBirds Solicitors Patrick Gibbs QC, Barrister 3 Raymond Buildings
Louise Hodges, PartnerKingsley Napley
David Huw Williams QC, Barrister and Senior Partner Fulcrum Chambers
Helen McDowell, ConsultantPeters & Peters
Tim Owen QC, BarristerMatrix Chambers
Richard Sallybanks, PartnerBCL Burton Copeland
Judith Seddon, Director, Business Crime & Regulatory EnforcementClifford Chance
Lenz & Staehelin Mark Barmes, SolicitorJulien Perrin, Solicitor
Mervin Messias AttorneysMervin Messias , Head of Mervin MessiasJodene Cilliers, Solicitor
Nishith Desai AssociatesHanisha Amesur, Associate
William FryNora Lillis, Head of William Fry’s Private Client GroupElaine Rogers, Associate
Lisa CarkeekLisa’s experience covers all aspects of traditional private client law, including wills and probate at every level, the creation, administration and termination of trusts and mitigating tax exposure. Lisa has a particular interest in sophisticated international tax planning. Lisa started her legal career as a trainee at Palmer Cowen in Mayfair and went on to qualify into the Tax Department of SJ Berwin.
Malcolm SkinnerMalcolm specialises in private client work with particular emphasis on wills and probate. He also has experience of the contentious side of wills and trusts. He has been involved in the law since 1972, training and qualifying in private practice where he remained for all but the two years he spent qualifying as a teacher and gaining practical experience of lecturing to and teaching lawyers.
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Melanie Ashworth Melanie is a solicitor with 12 year’s PQE specialising in general commercial, IP/IT and digital media law. Her career has included private-practice experience at Eversheds and Addleshaw Goddard, however her main expertise has been in the in-house environment, notching up experience at GEC Alsthom, British Aerospace, Vertex, MyTravel Group plc and more recently as General Counsel for Latitude Digital marketing. Melanie is a social media evangelist, tweeting as @in_house_lawyer and ruminating on how lawyers can use social media to its best effect on her In-house lawyer blog. She was included in Legal Week’s “Tech Savvy Lawyer” round-up (November 2010) and The Times Law’s “Top 10 Legal Tweeter” list (January 2011).
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IndexAbbas, Nigel – IP & IT 29Adam, Conrad – Family 38Adams, Melanie – Employment 14Adams, Sally – Immigration 19Agnello QC, Raquel – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Ahern, John - Financial ServicesAhluwalia, Navtej Singh – Immigration 19Aitken, Carol – Banking & Finance 9Akinbolu, Sarah - ImmigrationAlbertini, Anthony – Construction 25Alderson, Frances – Construction 24Aldohni, Dr Abdul Karim – Commercial 27Ali, Shahjahan – Immigration 19Allan, William – Competition 31Allen, Frances – Immigration 19Allen, Paul – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Allum, Laura – Corporate 5Als, Andrea – Immigration 19Amesur, Hanisha 36, 37 – Private Client/Wills & ProbateAnderson, Mark – Commercial 27Anderson, Rebecca – Commercial 27Andrews, Mark – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Arlin, Catherine – Banking & Finance 9Arthur, Carly – Property 21Ashworth, Melanie – In-house 42Ashworth, Suzy – Family 38Aspinall, Jonathan – Personal Injury 39Attwood, Ben – Family 38Austin, Mark – Corporate 5
Bahra, Jatinder – IP & IT 29Bailey, His Honour Judge Edward Restructuring & Insolvency 12Baillie, Kirstene – Financial Services 11Baird, Jim – Financial Services 11Baister, Dr. Stephen – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Baker, Mark - PensionsBakatina, Ekaterina D. – Competition 31Baker QC, Philip –Tax 7Baldock, Anne – Banking & Finance 9Ball, Melanie – Financial Services 11Ball, Nick – IP & IT 29Banking & Finance 8Barham, Richard – Corporate 5Barber, Andrew - Financial Services Barlow, Rachel - EnvironmentBarmes, Mark – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Bartsch, Christian – Commercial 27 – IP & IT 28, 29Batchelor, Duncan – Banking & Finance 9Battersby, Karen – Practice Area Director 2Baumgartner, Anna Maria – Competitor 31
Baylis, David – Corporate 5Baylis, Neil – Competition 31 – IP & IT 29Bayliss, Jonathan – Financial Services 11Beck, Jochen – Competition 31Becker, Darren – Pensions 16Beeley, Mark – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Benson, Chris – IP & IT 29Bentham, Jayne 33 – Dispute Resolution & ArbitrationBerard, Marie – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33 Beverly-Smith, Huw – IP & IT 29Bewick, Samantha – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Bhatia, Joanna – Property 20Bickerstaff, Roger – Commercial 27Bird, Steven – Crime 35Blair QC, Michael – Financial Services 11Blair, David - IP & IT 29Bliss, Nicholas – Banking & Finance 9Blood, Alison – Crime/Corporate Crime 34Blundell, Robert – Construction 24Boardman, Chris – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Bond, David – Commercial 27Bonner, Stephen – Financial Services 11Booth, Claire – Local Government 43Bor, Harris – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Boswell, Margaret – Banking & Finance 9Bowler, Andrew - IP & IT 28Bowling, James – Construction 24Bowtell, Alex – IP & IT 29Bracken, Greg – Financial Services 11Bradey, Lynne - Private Client 37Brander, Ruth – Crime 35Brannigan QC, Sean 33 – Dispute Resolution & ArbitrationBridge, David – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Brierley, Chris – Banking & Finance 9Bierley, Chris - Corporate ??Bright, Andrew - Environment 23Briggs, Sally – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Brimelow QC, Kirsty – Crime 35Briskman, Simon – IP & IT 28, 29Brockman, Christopher 13 – Restructuring & Insolvency Brooks, Charles – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Brown, Adrian – Financial Services 11Brown, Cameron – Corporate Crime 35Brown, Chris – Pensions 16Brown, Susan – Personal Injury 39Browne, Oliver – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Brunning, John – IP & IT 29Bryant, Keith – Employment 15Buckingham, James – IP & IT 29Buckley, Professor Richard 33 – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Bulger, Lianne – IP & IT 29Bull, Alison – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Bullock, James –Tax 7Bunting, Jude - Crime 25Burbridge, Carloyn – IP & IT 29 – Commercial 27Burnett, Emma – IP & IT 28Bushby, Adam – Pensions 17Busuttil, Godwin – IP & IT 29Buxton, Olly – Banking & Finance 11Byrne, Ruth - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Bystrom, Caroline – Financial Services 10 Cade Davis, Lynsey – Family 38 Campbell, Master Colin 33 – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration Campbell, Miranda – Banking & Finance 8 Campbell, Neil – Banking & Finance 8 Cardale, Mark – Corporate 5 Carkeek, Lisa – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36 Carl, Tom – IP & IT 29 Carney, Joseph – Restructuring & Insolvency 13 Carter, Julie – Environment 23 Carter, Olivia – Construction 25 Cartwright, Tom –Tax 7 Cashman, Mike – Commercial 27 Catchpole, Mark – Pensions 17 Chadwick, Matthew – Restructuring & Insolvency 13 Charlton, Sarah – Practice Compliance 41 Charnley, Patrick – IP & IT 29 Chaudhuri, Sakya – Competition 31 Chehi, Mark – Restructuring & Insolvency 13 Cheng, Venna – Construction 24 Chew, Amber – Construction 24 Chilton, Michael – Construction 24 Choueka, Rosemary – Competition 31 Choyce, Greg – Financial Services 11 Cilliers, Jodene 36, 37 – Private Client/Wills & Probate Clare, Tim – Environment 23 Clark, Elinor – Property 20 Clark, Paul – Property 21 Clarke, Sarah – Financial Services 11 Clarke, Sarah – Restructuring & Insolvency 13 Clay, Andrew – IP & IT 29 Claydon, Anne-Marie – Corporate 4 Clements, Anna – IP & IT 29 Clifford, Philip – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33 Clutton, Owen– Private Client/Wills & Probate 36 Cohen, Laurence J. – IP & IT 29 Collinson, Matthew - Environment 23 Commercial 26 Competition 30 Connerty, Anthony – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33
Construction 24 Cook, Mark – Local Government 43 Coope, Natalie –Tax 6 Cooper, Ben – Corporate Crime 35 Cooper, William - Construction 25 Coppola, Anna – IP & IT 29 Cornick, Timothy – Financial Services 11 Corporate 4 Corporate Crime 34 Corrigan, Suzanna – Banking & Finance 8 Cotton, Jonathan – Commercial 27 Cowell, Liz – Family 38 Craft, Edward – Corporate 5 Craig, Nyree – Private Client/Wills & Probate 37 Crayford, Gabriel - Private Client 36 Crick, Toby – Commercial 27 Crookford, Peter - IP & IT 29 Crooks, Simon - Private Client 36 Crossley, Katrina – International 40 Crow QC, Jonathan – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33 Crowe, Amanda – Property 21 Crowther, Peter - Competition 31 Culshaw, Heather – Banking & Finance 9 Cutts, Alistair – Construction 24 Daniel, Carlton – IP & IT 29 Darwent, Beverley – Family 38 Dawson, His Honour Judge – Crime 35 De Montaignac, Marisa – Financial Services 10 Deacock, Adam – Restructuring & Insolvency 13 Dedman, Robert – Financial Services 11 Delderfield, Gary – Pensions 17 Dell, Alex – Banking & Finance 9 Dennis, Gillian – IP & IT 29 Denyer, Kathryn – Immigration 18 Derbyshire, Wyn – Pensions 17 Dew, Richard - Private Client 36 Dhillon, Bal – Competition 30 Dhillon, Sukhraj – Commercial 26 Dickin, Emma – Practice Compliance 41 Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32 Dockrell, Hayes – Financial Services 11 Dodd, Simon – Competition 30 Donovan, Catherine – Private Client/Wills & Probate 37 Doobay, Anand – Corporate Crime 35 Dooks, Kathryn – Commercial 27 Doolittle, Ian – Local Government 43 Doran, Chris – Construction 24 Dowden, Malcolm – Property 20 Drake, Ivor – Commercial 27 Drakes, Gordon – Commercial 27 Drury, Michael – Corporate Crime 35 Du Feu, Ben - Environment 23 Dumbrell, Alex – Practice Area Director 2
Duncan, Tom – Construction 24Dunstan, Sally – Commercial 27Durrer, Van – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Dyer QC, Nigel – Family 38Eames, Daniel – Family 38Edge, Charlotte – Pensions 17Edwards, Anthony – Crime 35Edwards, Ian – Commercial 27– IP & IT 29Edwards, Lucy – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Elliott, Marian – Pensions 17Ellison, Robin – Pensions 17Emerson, Edward – Banking & Finance 9Employment 14Endacott, John –Tax 7Enderby, William – Financial Services 11Environment 22Etherton, Joanne – Pensions 17Evans, Bethan – Local Government 43Evers, Angus – Environment 23Ewing, Simon – Property 21Eyres, Katherine – IP & IT 28Fairpo, Anne – IP & IT 29– Tax 7Fallon, Daniel - Pensions 16 Family 38Farbey QC, Judith – Immigration 19Faulkner, Lisa – Property 21Feeney, Emma – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Feibusch, Philip –Tax 7Fellowes, Christopher – Construction 24Filgueira, Begonia - Environment 23Financial Services 10Finlayson, Tessa – IP & IT 29Fixter, Katy - Property 20Flannery, Louis – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Fleming, Alison – Pensions 17Fletcher, Harriet – Pensions 17Folsom, Richard – Commercial 27Foreman, Stuart - Pensions 16Foster, David – Competition 31Foster, Jonathan – Financial Services 11Fox, Nicholas – IP & IT 29France, Isabel – Pensions 17Frankum, Anna – IP & IT 28, 29Fraser, Graeme – Family 38Freely, Helen - Private Client 36Freeman, Edward – Construction 25Freeman, Michael – Environment 23Frew, Lucy – Financial Services 11Furlong, Ben – Environment 23Furlong, Richard – Corporate Crime 35– Local Government 43Gallagher, David –Pensions 17Gardiner, Celia – Banking & Finance 9
Garel, Benjamin – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Gattegno, Julie – Property 21Gauke, Rachel –Tax 6Geiss, Oliver – Competition 31George, Sara – Financial Services 11Gibbs QC, Patrick – Corporate Crime 35Gibson, Ben - Environment 23Gibson, Nicholas – Competition 31Giddings, Emma – Banking & Finance 9Gilbert, Paul – In-house 42Gill, Mandeep – Family 38Gillert, Adam – IP & IT 29Gillies, Jennie – Construction 24– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Gilmore, David – Practice Compliance 41Gkoutzinis, Apostolos – Banking & Finance 9Glover, Jeremy – Construction 24Glover, Serena – Property 21Goddard, Charles – Tax 7Goffman, Jay – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Golden, Jeffrey – Banking & Finance 9Gordon, Christopher H. – Competition 31Gordon, Keith –Tax 7Gould, Sophie – In-house 42Gould, Tony – Employment 14Graham, Elizabeth – Pensions 17Graham, Richard – IP & IT 29Grandage, Nicholas – Banking & Finance 9Gray, Joanna – IP & IT 29Gray, Kenneth – Banking & Finance 9Green, Richard – Banking & Finance 9Griffin, Sarah - Property 21Grogan, Victoria – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Gulabkhan, Ahsan – Banking & Finance 9Gwillim, David – Construction 24Hackett, Samuel – Environment 23Hadland, Sarah – IP & IT 29Haffner, Alex - Financial Services 11Hale, Chris – Corporate 5Hamer, Charlotte – Employment 14Hamilton, John – Pensions 17Hancox, Nicholas – Local Government 43Hannaford, Matt – Banking & Finance 9Hantusch, Robert – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Hardy, Sean – Construction 24Hardy, Tim – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Hart, Simon – Property 21Harvie, Sarah – Construction 24Harwood, Anita – Practice Area Director 3Hawkey, Jake – Environment 23Hawkins, Jen – Property 20Hayden, James – Corporate 4Hayley, Emma – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Heley, Susanna – Practice Compliance 41
Helmer, Stewart – IP & IT 29Helps, Dominic – Construction 24Hendrikx, Ronald – IP & IT 29Hennessy, Clare – Crime 35Henwood, Julian – Banking & Finance 9– Corporate 5Hertz, Philip – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Hill, Alastair – Pensions 17Hill, Chris – Commercial 27Hilliard QC, Lexa – Restructuring & Insolvency 12, 13Hilton, Oliver – Pensions 17Hinchliffe, Susan – Competition 31Hinks, Philip – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Hirst, David – IP & IT 29Hirst, Leonie - Crime 35Hitchcock QC, Patricia – Personal Injury 39Ho, Look Chan – Commercial 27Hobley, Anthony – Environment 23Hobson, George – Environment 23– Property 21Hockman QC, Stephen – Environment 23Hodges, Louise – Corporate Crime 35Hogg, Tara – Corporate 4Holland, Quentin - Private Client 36Holland, Samantha – Construction 24Holmes, Simon – Competition 31Holmes, Steve – IP & IT 29Hordern, Victoria – IP & IT 29Horn, Charles M. – Financial Services 11Hosie, Jonathan – Construction 24Houghton, Janice – Banking & Finance 9Howard, Louise - Pensions 16Hubbard, Mark – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Hubbard, Rachel – Crime 35Hughes-Jones, Ellen - IP & IT 29Hughes, Don – IP & IT 28Hughes, John – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Hughes, Kate – Banking & Finance 8Hunter, Robert – Personal Injury 39Hunter, Simon – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Huw Williams QC, David – Corporate Crime 35Hynes QC, Paul – Corporate Crime 35Ikram, Dsitrict Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) – Crime 35Illes, Steve – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Immigration 18In-house 42Ingham, Judith – Personal Injury 39Innes, Stephen – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33– Personal Injury 39International 40IP & IT 28Iqbal, Samina – Immigration 19Jackson, Jacqui – Family 38Jackson, Nellie – Commercial 27
Jaggard, Kelly – Environment 23Jakovich, Vanessa – Environment 23James, Lucy – Construction 24Jansen, Peter – Construction 24Jennings-Mares, Jeremy – Financial Services 11Jervis, Mike – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Jia, Weiheng – Competition 31Jinadu, Abdul – Construction 24Joffe, Natasha – Employment 15Johnson, Robin – Corporate 5Johnston, Catherine – Construction 25Joint, Andrew – Commercial 27Jones, Michael – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Jones, Virginia – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32Jordan, Paul – Commercial 27Karet, Ian – IP & IT 28Kasseean, Anita - Property 21Katz, Tony – Financial Services 11Kaye, Natasha –Tax 7Keepin, Alexander – Corporate 5Keith-Lucas, Peter – Local Government 43Kellett, Peter – Environment 23Kelly, Eleanor – Corporate 4Kerrigan, Charles – Banking & FinanceIP & IT 9Kilshaw, David - Private Client 36Kilshaw, Lucy – IP & IT 29King, Edmund – Banking & Finance 9King, Mark – Construction 25Kingham, Jonathan – Immigration 18Kinsella, Stephen – Competition 31Kirk-Gasteen, Deborah – IP & IT 29Kitt, Kirsten – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Klass, David – Banking & Finance 9Korzhevskaya, Angela Y. – Competition 31Kreser, Jennie – Pensions 17Kyriakides, Tina – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Lai, Tina - IP & IT 29Lakha QC, Abbas – Crime 35Lal, Hamish – Construction 24Lam, Antonio – Immigration 19Lamb, Adrian – Pensions 17Lawson, Rebecca – Environment 23Layton, John – Local Government 43Leadercromer, Adam - Œ IP & IT Œ 29Lecchi, Emanuela – Competition 31Lee, Lydia – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Lee, Phil – IP & IT 29Lee, Professor Robert – Environment 23Leigh, Matthew – Banking & Finance 9Levene, Keith – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Lewis, Sarah – Crime 35Liddell, Grant – Financial Services 11Lillis, Nora – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Lintott, Lesley – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36
Local Government 43Loewenthal, Merran – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36 Logendra, Jason – Competition 31Logizidis, Dimitrios – Banking & Finance 9Lonergan, Catherine – Pensions 17Loose, Helen – Environment 23Lou, Helen – Commercial 27Lowe, David – In-house 42IP & ITLucas, Andrew – IP & IT 29Ludlow, David – Commercial 27Lundin, Dolly – Local Government 43Lynch, Anne-Marie – Crime/Corporate Crime 34Lyons, Deirdre – Environment 23– Property 21Lyons, Hugh – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Lyons, John – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Macdonald, Ben – Corporate 4macLachlan, James –Tax 7Mahal, Ravinder – In-house 42Maher, Martha – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Maidment, Katerine - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Majumdar, Shantanu – Commercial 27, 33– Dispute Resolution & ArbitrationMallinson, Roland – IP & IT 28, 29Mallon, Christopher – Restructuring & Insolvency 12, 13Marken, Ruth - IP & IT 9, 29Marks QC, David – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Marsaglia, Antonia – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Martin-Clark, David – Commercial 27Martin, Eleanor – Banking & Finance 9Mash, Jeremy - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Mather, James – Corporate 5Maton, Anthony - Competition 31Matthams, Paul – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Maxwell, Andrew – Competition 31Mayfield, Jane – Corporate 4McCambley, Dawn – Restructuring & Insolvency 13McCarthy, Imogen – IP & IT 29McCracken, Ken – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36McDermott, Paul – Local Government 43McDonald, George – Personal Injury 39– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33McDowell, Helen – Corporate Crime 35McFarlane, Gayle – In-house 42McGill, Nessa – IP & IT 29McGregor, Abigail –Tax 6McGrigor, Alistair – Construction 24McIndoe, Gary – Immigration 19McLynn, Vicki – Family 38
McPherson, George– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33McPhie, Iain R. – Competition 31McQueen, Peter– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Mehta, Pria – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Messias, Mervin– Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Metcalf, Andrew - Banking 9Michel, Keith – Commercial 27Miles, Gareth –Tax 7Millar, Sam – Financial Services 11Miller, Dee – IP & IT 29Miller, Iain – Practice Compliance 41Milmoe, Greg – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Milne QC, David –Tax 7Milner, Lawrence – IP & IT 28Mitchell, Abigail – Property 21Monastiriotis, Emily – Construction 24Montagu, Gerald –Tax 7Moody-Stuart, Tom – IP & IT 28Moorhouse, Ailsa – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Moram, Samantha – Crime/Corporate Crime 34Morris, Geraldine – Family 38Morris, James – Construction 24Muir, Graham – Corporate 5Mulholland, Gerry – Banking & Finance 9Myles, Doris – IP & IT 29Mynott, Ed – Immigration 19Nagpal, Deepak – Family 38Nattrass, Roland – Financial Services 11Negyal, Jessica – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Neumayr, Florian – Competition 31Newbury, Andrew – Family 38Newman, Alex – IP & IT 29Newton QC, Clive – Family 38Newton, Laura – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Nicholls, David – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Nicholls, Jesse - Crime 13Ninos, Emmanuel – Construction 25Norman, Christiana – Banking & Finance 9Norman, Stewart –Tax 7Nucara, Alessandro – Competition 31O’Sullivan, Carolyn - Private Client 36O’Hare, Paul – Commercial 27O’Hare, Robert –Tax 6O’Sullivan, Karen – Personal Injury 39Odby, Anna – Corporate Crime 35Okewale, Tunde – Corporate Crime 35Oliver, Matthew – IP & IT 29Oliver, Rosie – Environment 23Onslow-Cole, Julia – Immigration 19Ovey, Elizabeth – Pensions 17Owen QC, Tim – Corporate Crime 35Owens, David – Construction 25
Owens, Elspeth – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Oyesanya, Lara - Financial Services 11Pacey, Tom – Personal Injury 39Packman, Claire– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Padmore, Sarah – Personal Injury 39Palmi, Richard – Construction 24Pansadoro, Barbara – Banking & Finance 9Papaefstratiou, Dimitri 9Patel, Sonal – Commercial 27Paterson, Georgina - Pensions 16 Patient, Julie – Commercial 27Patrikios, Antonis – IP & IT 29Patten, Andrew – Pensions 17Peckett, Victoria – Construction 24Pensions 16Pepperall, EdwardDispute Resolution & Arbitration 33 Perrin, Julien – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Perry, Felicity – Banking & Finance 9Perry, Stewart – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Personal Injury 39Pester, Iain – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Phillips, Bradley –Tax 7Phillips, Helen – Pensions 16Phillips, James - Environment 23Phillips, Jeremy – Commercial 27Piercy, Catherine – Construction 24Pinder, Sarah – Immigration 19Pinedo, Anna T. – Financial Services 11Pinto, Timothy – IP & IT 29Playle, Sarah – IP & IT 29Poole, Kate – Banking & Finance 9Poots, Laura - Private Client 36Popple, Louise – IP & IT 29Porter, John – Construction 24Potter, Martin – Construction 24Practice Compliance 41Pratt, Ruth – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32Pretorius, Rosali – Financial Services 11Price, Shona – Property 21Pring, Mark – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Property 20Prowse, Philip – Banking & Finance 9Purdie, Janna – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32Quenby, Richard – Property 21Quinlan, Michael –Tax 7Quirk, Geraldine – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Rada, Christine – Banking & Finance 9Radmore, Emma – Financial Services 11Rainey, Michael - Banking 9Ramzan, Asia – Personal Injury 39Randall, Helen – Local Government 43Ransom, Christopher - Pensions 16
Rea, Morag – Crime/Corporate Crime 34Reeder, Stephen – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Rees Smith, David – Construction 24Rees, Lowri – IP & IT 29Reeves, Catherine– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32Regan, Professor Dominic – Personal Injury 39Regnart, Clare – Environment 23Reid, Tom – IP & IT 29Renshaw, Jo – Immigration 19Requena, Stephen – Crime 35Restructuring & Insolvency 12Reynolds, Piers - Construction 25Reynolds, Richard - Crime 23Rhee, Paul S. – Competition 31Rhodes, Phillip – Family 38Rice, Bradley – Financial Services 11Richards, Benn – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Riches, John – Construction 24Rickards, Jo – Corporate Crime 35Ridgway, Philip –Tax 7Ridley, Howard – Pensions 16Ridsdale, Michael –Tax 7Rimmington, Sarah - Immigration 19Ritchie QC, Andrew – Personal Injury 39Roberts, Kristen – Banking & Finance 9Robertson QC, Aidan – Competition 31Robinson, Sam – Financial Services 11Robinson, Thomas – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Rogers, Elaine – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37Rohsler, Carl – IP & IT 29Room, Stewart – Commercial 27Roscoe, Robert – Crime 35Rudd, Michael – IP & IT 29Rudgard, Sian – IP & IT 29Rudolf, Nathaniel – Corporate Crime 35– Local Government 43Rushworth, Fiona – In-house 42Rutt, Jason – IP & IT 29Ryan, Diarmuid – Competition 31Rybynok, Marianna - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Ryden, David – Local Government 43Ryu, Song – Competition 31Saeedi, Terry – Pensions 17Sallybanks, Richard – Corporate Crime 35Salmon, Vicki – IP & IT 29Salter, Ian – Environment 23Sanders, Claire – Family 38Sands, Mark – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Sanitt, Adam – Banking & Finance 9Sartin, Leon - Private Client 36Sato, Ikumi – Competition 31Schrire, Jeremy – Commercial 27Scourfield, Tom – IP & IT 29
Scriven, Jonathan – Practice Area Director 3Seal, Paul – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Seaman, Jennifer – Pensions 17Seddon, Judith – Corporate Crime 35Sharman, Amber – Banking & Finance 9Sharpe, Andrew – Commercial 26Shaw, James – Construction 24Sheldrick, Ben – Immigration 19Shepherd, Tom – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Shindler, Andrew – Commercial 27Shorthose, Sally - IP & IT 29Sibson, Clare – Financial Services 11Sim, Adrian – Commercial 27Simic, Igor - Competition 31Simms, Sue – Property 21Sinclair, Michael – Commercial 26Singh, Rahul – Competition 31Singleton, Susan - Competition 31Sirhan, Wislam – Construction 24Skinner, Malcolm – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Skipper, Richard – Banking & Finance 9Smailes, Robert – Commercial 27– Restructuring & Insolvency 13Smethurst, James - Financial Services ??Smith III, Dwight C. – Financial Services 11Smith, Catriona – IP & IT 29Smith, Dan - IP & IT 29Smith, Graham – IP & IT 29Smith, Lawrence – In-house 42Smith, Louise – Construction 24Smith, Mark – Pensions 17Smith, Mark –Practice Area Director 3Smith, Neil - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32Smith, Stephanie – Environment 23Smith, Stephen – Competition 31Smith, Timothy J. – Competition 31Sokolv, Natalia - Construction 25Sottie, Frank - Banking ??Southey QC, Hugh - Crime 25Sparks, Fraser - Pensions ??Speight, Benadette – Pensions 17Spooner, Laura – Practice Compliance 41Spragge, CharlesDispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Srettel, Julia – Construction 24Staheli, John – Property 21Stanton, Ali – Environment 23Starey, Tina - Construction 25Stephens, Eleanor – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Sternfield, Diana – IP & IT 29Stockley, Sarah – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Stone, Paul – Competition 31Stones, Kathy – Restructuring & Insolvency 12Straw, Adam - Crime 35Stretch, Jessica – IP & IT 28
Stricklin-Coutinho, Kelly –Tax 7Sullivan, James – Personal Injury 39Surguy, Mark – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Tall, Nicholas – IP & IT 29Tam, Hayley – Environment 22Target, Laurence – Commercial 27Tart, Alana – IP & IT 29Tax 6Taylor, Andy – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Taylor, Anthony – IP & IT 28Taylor, Chris – Environment 23Taylor, Janet – Practice Compliance 41Taylor, Mark – Environment 23Tegally, Suraya – Banking & Finance 9Temple, Adam – Construction 24– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Thain, Charles – Banking & Finance 9Theophile, Didier - Competition 31Theron, Colleen – Environment 22Thomas, Joshy – IP & IT 28Thomas, Rhys – Private Client/Wills & Probate 37Thompson, Laura – IP & IT 28Thomson, Louise – Personal Injury 39Thorne, Clive - IP & IT 29Thorne, James – Corporate 5Thornton, Philip – Employment 14Timan, Annabel – Corporate Crime 35Tingley, Andrew – Immigration 19Tirado, Joseph – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Tolley, Louise – Commercial 27Topcagic, Aida – Banking & Finance 9Tredgold, Jamie – Banking & Finance 9Tregear, Rachel – IP & IT 28Treshchev, Sergey – Competition 31Trott, Philip – Immigration 19Truman, Ian – Environment 23Tsirlina, Elena - Immigration ??Tucker, Tristram – Construction 24Turetsky, David – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Turpin, Philip – Immigration 19Tym, Roger – Commercial 27Tymczyszyn, Irina - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Underwood, Richard– Private Client/Wills & Probate 37Urtseva, Maria – Banking & Finance 9van Tonder, Gerard– Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Vengadesan, Joanne – IP & IT 29Vernon, Kate – Competition 31Vestey, Jenny – Environment 23Vozila, Meghan – Immigration 19Walker, Amelia – Construction 24Walker, Charlotte - Property 22Walker, Eloise –Tax 7
Walker, Stephanie – Immigration 19Wallis, Neil – IP & IT 29Walsh, Stuart –Tax 7Walter, Glenn – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Walters, Thalia – IP & IT 28Wardlaw, Stuart – Restructuring & Insolvency 13Warner, Victor – Commercial 27Warr, Nick Private Client/Wills & Probate 37Waters, Charlotte – Construction 24Watson, Eluned - Environment 23Weber, Clive – Pensions 17Wells, Clive – Banking & Finance 9Wentworth-May, Matthew –Tax 7West, Nick - Director of Legal Markets 2West, Robert J. – Pensions 17Wheater, Michael – Construction 24Whelan, Nicola – Commercial 27Whibley, David – Competition 31Whitaker, G. Warren– Private Client/Wills & Probate 36, 37White, Helena – Construction 24Whitehead, Susan – Banking & Finance 9Whitfield, Kirsten – In-house 42Wildblood QC, His Honour Judge Stephen– Family 38Wilde, Liz – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 32Wilding, Lara – In-house 42Williams, David – Commercial 27Williams, Peter J G – Property 21Williamson, Ian – Commercial 27Willson, William – Restructuring & Insolvency 13 – IP & IT 29Wilson, Martin –Tax 7Wilson, Sacha – Commercial 27Winton, Anne-Marie – Pensions 17Witty, Simon – Corporate 5Wolfson, Louise – Corporate 5Wood, Bill - Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Wood, Fiona – Family 38Wood, Philip – Banking & Finance 9Woodd-Walker, Basil – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Wooddisse, Allison – Practice Compliance 41Woods, Stephen - Pensions 16Wright, Alex – Dispute Resolution & Arbitration 33Wright, James – Practice Compliance 41Wygas, Luke – Construction 24Yeo, Colin – Immigration 19Zaman, Sami – Construction 24Zambartas, Louise – Private Client/Wills & Probate 36Zhao, Rachel – Banking & Finance 9Ziman, Kenneth S. – Restructuring & Insolvency 13
