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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Legal space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Marie Manley
Partner, Head of the UK Life Sciences Practice of Sidley Austin
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About Sidley Austin: Sidley is a law firm providing legal advising services for businesses.
Mateja Maher
Partner of Sidley Austin
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About Sidley Austin: Sidley is a law firm providing legal advising services for businesses.
Simon Fulbrook
Partner of Goodwin Procter
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About Goodwin Procter: Goodwin Procter provides corporate law and litigation services.
Richard Lever
Partner of Goodwin Procter
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About Goodwin Procter: Goodwin Procter provides corporate law and litigation services.
Amanda Pilkington
Partner of DLA Piper
Amanda Pilkington is a partner in DLA Piper’s telecoms practice having joined the firm in 2005. She regularly advises telecoms operators on both regulatory and contracting issues. She has worked on some of the largest network outsourcing agreements in the UK and Europe. Her diverse experience includes advising international telecoms providers on terrestrial and subsea cable infrastructure projects; MVNO arrangements; and cable capacity agreements. She also regularly advising supplier and customer on managed services arrangements with a particularly focus on new technologies.
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About DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
Bryony Widdup
Partner of DLA Piper
Bryony Widdup has over ten years’ experience in the financial markets sector and has spent time working in-house at a major European bank as well as in private practice. Bryony has lived and worked in London and the Cayman Islands. She has experience in fund finance, securitisation and leveraged debt, international lending platforms, crowdfunding and token based fundraising activities. She has particular expertise with financing aspects of offshore fund and issuer structures and managed accounts.
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About DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
Martin Bartlam
Partner, specialising in Structured Finance and Securities and Global Co-chair Fintech of DLA Piper
Martin Bartlam is the International Group Head of Finance and Projects at DLA Piper. He advises on international structured deals and in particular the application of FinTech and new financing techniques to businesses, including, ICO’s, securitisation, capital markets products and derivatives. Martin Bartlam is recognised as one of the world’s leading FinTech lawyers applying technology solutions to traditional funding structures. Martin is at the forefront of alternative investment strategies and products including applying new financing techniques to suit the development of smart infrastructure and real estate development. Martin has helped clients to build and fund many new platforms involving digital solutions for real estate infrastructure, in the UK and cross-border. Martin is advising a number of businesses on Initial Coin Offerings and related financial structures including addressing regulatory and practical issues in raising funding and issuing tokens and presents a masterclass on blockchain and ICO issues and has presented to industry bodies such as the LMA, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies, Insurance industry groups, the Global ABS conference and at various other finance industry events.
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About DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
Alan Cunningham
Partner of DLA Piper
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About DLA Piper: DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
Srinivas Krishna
Partner, UK & EMEA of Avasant
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Ashley Steel
Partner of KPMG International Limited
Ashley Steel is a former Vice Chairman at KPMG and was Global Chair for its transport, leisure and logistics practice until her retirement from the firm in September 2014. Ashley Steel has significant international experience and has advised numerous FTSE and Fortune 500 boards. Her other sector experience includes professional services, technology, media, business services and healthcare. Ashley Steel is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Civil Aviation Authority and serves on the International Business Advisory Board at British Airways. She is also Special Adviser to a global aviation technology company owned by Warburg Pincus and an Independent Non-Executive Director to global law firm, Ince & Co. Ashley has a PhD in Management from Henley Business School.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Joe Cassidy
Partner of KPMG International Limited
Joe Cassidy is the Partner at KPMG
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Murray Raisbeck
Partner of KPMG International Limited
Murray is a Partner within KPMG’s FS practice. He has extensive FS audit and advisory experience. An auditor by background, Murray joined KPMG in 1999 and became a partner in 2011. Murray works with global financial services clients in the insurance, asset management and wealth management industries. As a result of all of the change underway in the sector Murray has been involved in working with clients that are dealing with evolving financial regulation (Solvency II and RDR being examples), changing technology (move to cloud based solutions and telematics being examples), societal changes (demands of an ageing population being an example), and more recently the impact of political risk on firms within the sector (recent pension reforms being an example). One current area of focus for Murray is the UK Motor insurance market. Murray is the audit partner for three of the UK’s market leading motor insurers and leading ‘usage based insurance’ (UBI) businesses. He is also frequently involved in discussions with industry bodies and a variety of firms developing their UBI strategy. He frequently comments on UBI developments in the press. Murray’s advisory experience includes finance change and regulatory programmes, Sarbanes Oxley implementation projects, accounting advice on group reconstructions, Part VII transfers, and a variety of transactions. His transaction experience includes ‘buy-side’ deal evaluation, due diligence, transaction regulatory and accounting support, IPO readiness services and synergies work.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Ben Rodham
Private Equity Partner of Linklaters LLP
Ben’s principal area of focus is advising private equity houses and other financial sponsors across all forms of leveraged M&A, co-investments, disposals, restructurings and portfolio company issues. Ben also advises corporate and institutional clients. He has undertaken a broad range of UK and cross-border transactional work for both listed and private companies based in the UK and overseas, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and shareholder arrangements, takeovers and reorganisations.
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About Linklaters LLP: Linklaters LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Iain Fenn
Partner of Linklaters LLP
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About Linklaters LLP: Linklaters LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
James Connor
Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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About Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Shawn Atkinson
Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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About Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Daniel Wayte
Partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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About Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Orrick is a global law firm that focuses on serving technology, energy, infrastructure, and finance sectors.
Oliver Rochman
Partner of Morrison & Foerster
Oliver Rochman is a partner of Morrison & Foerster (International) LLP, based in the London office. His practice focuses on international private investment funds, in particular buy-out funds, infrastructure funds and funds of funds. Oliver has wide-ranging private investment fund experience, which includes providing counsel on carried interest arrangements and co-investment schemes, as well as fund restructuring, secondary transactions, and structured co-investments. He also has experience with private equity, venture capital, mezzanine, special situations, international structuring, investor negotiation, advising on regulatory and tax issues and coinvestment arrangements. Prior to joining Morrison & Foerster in 2016, Oliver practiced at an international law firm’s office in London. During that appointment Oliver’s notable transactions included advising a European banking group on the sale of a portfolio of over US$1 billion of various fund interests in the private equity, energy, and venture capital space; acting for a sophisticated fund of funds manager in its participation in a large complex secondary transaction valued at over £1 billion; advising two Northern European focused fund managers on the establishment of respectively, a growth equity fund and a €1.1 billion buy-out fund; leading a team advising a multinational institutional investor on its private equity investment program, including analysis of terms against market and negotiation of investment documents; and advising on the establishment of a new European management entity and raising a first European debt fund for a traditionally U.S. focused private debt manager.
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About Morrison & Foerster: Morrison & Foerster is an international law firm that provides legal services across a range of industries and practices.
Thomas M. Budd
Partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Tom Budd is an English qualified partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Finance Group. Mr. Budd has more than 20 years of experience in a wide range of banking, capital markets and restructuring transactions, with particular expertise in corporate lending and syndications, acquisition finance, structured finance, trade finance, real estate finance, securitisation, capital markets transactions and debt restructuring transactions. He has represented borrowers, sponsors and banks and financial institutions. Mr. Budd also has substantial experience in the establishment and financing of real estate investment funds and other co-investment vehicles (including limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint venture companies, unit trusts and FCPs), representing investors, sponsors, management and debt finance providers. Mr. Budd’s practice also includes representation of companies and creditors in debt restructurings and workouts. Representative clients include The British Land Company PLC, Barilla Holdings S.p.A., Hagemeyer N.V., London & Stamford Investments Limited, Hercules Unit Trust, Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust and Schroder Property Investment Management Limited. Representative recent matters include representation of: – Barilla Holdings S.p.A., in connection with €1,750,000,000 committed term and revolving loan facilities arranged by Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG – Milan Branch, BNP Paribas Succursale Italia, Citigroup Global Financial Markets Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Milan Branch; – Hagemeyer N.V. in connection with €545,000,000 committed term, revolving and letter of credit facilities arranged by ABN AMRO Bank, Rabobank, Fortis Bank, ING Bank and NIBC Bank; CTF Holding, Inc. in relation to the intra-group acquisition and financing of Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel; – Schroder Exempt Property Unit Trust in relation to its investment in City Point Master Unit Trust, a Jersey unit trust managed by Tishman Speyer, and the acquisition and subsequent disposal of City Point in the City of London; – Hercules Unit Trust in relation to a £1,000,000,000 securitisation of 16 of its retail park properties arranged by NM Rothschild & Sons Limited; – Hercules Unit Trust in relation to the establishment of The Gibraltar Limited Partnership with The Crown Estate and the acquisition of its initial £680,000,000 portfolio of retail parks; – Gibraltar General Partner Limited (as general partner of The Gibraltar Limited Partnership) in relation to a £200,000,000 CMBS securitisation of its English and Scottish retail park properties; – One Plantation Place Unit Trust in relation to a £460,000,000 securitisation of One Plantation Place in the City of London. Mr. Budd is a regular speaker at conferences on banking and finance topics. He is widely recognised by the professional press as one of the leading lawyers in his fields of practice, for example UK Legal Experts 2012 recommended Mr. Budd as an expert in the area of bank lending, Chambers UK have ranked him as a leading lawyer for real estate finance in their 2005-2015 editions (noting that he is “a highly regarded finance lawyer”), Best Lawyers International recommend Mr. Budd in the field of real estate finance (2009-2015), and he is recommended for property finance, and mentioned for commercial property and commercial property (hotels and leisure) in the 2014 edition of Legal 500 UK. He is a member of the City of London Solicitors’ Company and the International Bar Association.
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Nick Collins
Partner of Baker Botts
Nick Collins is a partner in the Global Projects department at Baker Botts and specializes in the project development and project financing of energy and natural resources projects. Nick has extensive experience advising borrowers, sponsors, export credit agencies, commercial banks, multilateral lending agencies and Islamic finance institutions on complex, large-scale energy and natural resources projects around the world (including LNG projects) – principally in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Russian Federation. In addition to his project development and project finance experience, Nick also advises clients on banking and finance, debt capital markets and Islamic finance transactions.
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About Baker Botts: Baker Botts is a full-service international law firm in the energy, technology, and life sciences sectors.
Nick Collins
Partner of Baker Botts
Nick Collins is a partner in the Global Projects department at Baker Botts and specializes in the project development and project financing of energy and natural resources projects. Nick has extensive experience advising borrowers, sponsors, export credit agencies, commercial banks, multilateral lending agencies and Islamic finance institutions on complex, large-scale energy and natural resources projects around the world (including LNG projects) – principally in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Russian Federation. In addition to his project development and project finance experience, Nick also advises clients on banking and finance, debt capital markets and Islamic finance transactions.
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About Baker Botts: Baker Botts is a full-service international law firm in the energy, technology, and life sciences sectors.
Simon Toms
Partner of Skadden Arps
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Ben Spiers
Partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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About Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Simpson Thacher is a world renown law firm that caters to the fortune 500 companies.
Amy Mahon
Partner of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Amy Mahon specialises in domestic and cross border M&A, domestic and international leverage buyouts, private equity, infrastructure and consortium transactions acting for financial sponsors including private eAmy Mahon specialises in domestic and cross border M&A, domestic and international leverage buyouts, private equity, infrastructure and consortium transactions acting for financial sponsors including private equity houses, infrastructure funds and investment banks. quity houses, infrastructure funds and investment banks.
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About Simpson Thacher & Bartlett: Simpson Thacher is a world renown law firm that caters to the fortune 500 companies.
Neel Sachdev
Partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Neel Sachdev is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Neel represents financial sponsors and their affiliates on the financing of multi-jurisdictional leveraged buyouts and other complex financing transactions in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Neel advises on a wide range of complex financing transactions including sponsor led leveraged financings, asset backed lending and securitisations, commercial paper and capital markets deals and derivatives.
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About Kirkland & Ellis LLP: Kirkland & Ellis LLP provides financial support to non-profit, charitable, and law-related organizations.
James Learner
Partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
James Learner is Partner at Kirkland & Ellis International. He is also a member of HGGC’s Policy and Investment Committee. HGGC is a middle, market private equity fund based in Palo Alto, CA. Prior to joining HGGC, Learner was a partner with the international law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. During his 25-year career at K&E, Learner principally represented private equity funds in connection with their acquisition, divestiture, financing and fund formation activities. Based in London the last 12 years, he was in charge of the firm’s European operations and was a member of Kirkland & Ellis’ 15-person Firmwide Management Committee. Learner graduated with a JD from Harvard Law School in 1987.
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About Kirkland & Ellis LLP: Kirkland & Ellis LLP provides financial support to non-profit, charitable, and law-related organizations.
Stephen Rosen
Partner of Cooley
Stephen Rosen is a partner in our London office. Stephen’s experience is in acting for high growth companies, investors, entrepreneurs and management teams on corporate transactions with particular expertise on company sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital financings across a range of industry sectors. Stephen also regularly acts for spin outs, VC funded companies and well known investors in the life sciences sector. Clients have said that Stephen is “incredibly smart and switched on” and “can be tough when required but is also calm and fair” and “he stands out for his tenacity and ability to deliver practical solutions when problems arise.” Further comments include “Stephen was acting on the other side to us and we were so impressed we asked him to help us on our next deal.” Stephen is recognised by UK Chambers & Partners in its Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market; Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment; and Life Sciences: Transactional categories. Sources comment on his “well-calibrated” advice and “very user-friendly and commercial” approach. Prior to joining Cooley in 2016, Stephen was at Olswang where he was previously Head of Corporate, London and Head of Private Equity and Venture Capital and a partner for 14 years.
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About Cooley: Cooley is a legal services company that solves legal issues for entrepreneurs, investors, and established companies.
Stephen Rosen
Partner of Cooley
Stephen Rosen is a partner in our London office. Stephen’s experience is in acting for high growth companies, investors, entrepreneurs and management teams on corporate transactions with particular expertise on company sales and purchases, mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital financings across a range of industry sectors. Stephen also regularly acts for spin outs, VC funded companies and well known investors in the life sciences sector. Clients have said that Stephen is “incredibly smart and switched on” and “can be tough when required but is also calm and fair” and “he stands out for his tenacity and ability to deliver practical solutions when problems arise.” Further comments include “Stephen was acting on the other side to us and we were so impressed we asked him to help us on our next deal.” Stephen is recognised by UK Chambers & Partners in its Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market; Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment; and Life Sciences: Transactional categories. Sources comment on his “well-calibrated” advice and “very user-friendly and commercial” approach. Prior to joining Cooley in 2016, Stephen was at Olswang where he was previously Head of Corporate, London and Head of Private Equity and Venture Capital and a partner for 14 years.
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About Cooley: Cooley is a legal services company that solves legal issues for entrepreneurs, investors, and established companies.
Lars Dittrich
Partner of Gauly Advisors
Lars Dittrich is responsible for the “Investments & Investments Management” unit and head of the Berlin office. He has extensive business experience as a founder and investor of successful start-up businesses. In 1997 Lars Dittrich founded dug telecom AG (today part of freenet AG) and served as its Chairman & CEO. In 2007 the company was sold to Permira, which merged it with debitel AG. Lars Dittrich was chairman of the Sales division of debitel AG until 2010. In 2008 Lars Dittrich became Chairman and Business Angel of tape.tv, besides pursuing other investments in various industries.
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About Gauly Advisors: Gauly Advisors operates as an independent consulting and investment company.
Anthony Lee
Partner of Rosenblatt
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Christopher Rose
Partner, Head of Europe Venture Technology Group of Dentons
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About Dentons: Dentons is a global law firm driven to provide you with the competitive edge in an increasingly complex
Christopher Rose
Partner, Head of Europe Venture Technology Group of Dentons
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Rod Carlton
Partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Rod Carlton is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.
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About Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, founded in 1743 is a multinational law firm headquartered in London
Mikhail Sharonov
Managing Partner of Immigram.io
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About Immigram.io: Immigram is a B2B/B2C platform that enables users to prepare and relocate with low refusal rate and time/money losses, adapt and settle in.
Judith Rinearson
Partner; Payment Group leader; co-chair of global fintech and blockchain groups of K&L Gates LLP
Judith Rinearson is a partner in the firm’s New York and London offices. Ms. Rinearson concentrates her practice in prepaid and emerging payment systems, electronic payments, crypto/virtual currencies, reward programs, ACH and check processing. She has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including 18 years at American Express’s General Counsel’s Office. Her expertise focuses particularly in the areas of emerging payments and compliance with state and federal consumer protection laws, anti-money laundering laws, state money transmitter licensing laws and abandoned property laws.
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About K&L Gates LLP: K&L Gates LLP is an international law firm with offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the United States.
Jeremiah Wagner
Partner of Latham & Watkins
Jeremiah Wagner is a partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Structured Finance & Securitization Practice. He has extensive experience across a range of structured finance, securitization (cash flow and synthetic), derivative, and asset-based lending transactions involving a wide array of asset classes, including secured and unsecured consumer loans, corporate loans (including SME and middle-market), residential mortgage loans, commercial mortgage loans, credit card receivables, small and big ticket equipment leases, auto loans and leases, dealer floorplan loans, insurance products, trade receivables, and many different types of inventory.
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Shing Yuin Lo
Partner of Latham & Watkins
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Thomas Forschbach
Partner of Latham & Watkins
Thomas Forschbach has been advising international clients on mergers and acquisitions and private equity for more than 25 years and is one of Europe’s most experienced and renowned lawyers in his field.
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Gail Crawford
Partner of Latham & Watkins
Gail Crawford is a partner in the London office and Chair of the Data Privacy Committee and Co-chair of the Technology Transactions Group and the Internet and Digital Media Industry Group. Her practice focuses primarily on technology, intellectual property and commercial law and includes technology and Intellectual Property licensing agreements, joint ventures, technology procurement, outsourcing and advising on data protection, e-commerce and consumer protection legislation. Ms. Crawford is an editor of the Latham & Watkins Global Privacy & Security Compliance Law Blog (www.globalprivacyblog.com) and has contributed to a number of publications and conferences in the area of data privacy and security. Ms. Crawford has previously spent time working in-house on secondment to Diageo where she created the information technology and outsourcing legal function and was the legal lead on the project to transform and outsource Diageo’s finance and accounting processes on the back of the company’s SAP roll-out in more than 45 countries. She has also worked on secondment with the information technology and operations function of the Lloyds Banking Group. Ms. Crawford is ranked as a notable practitioner for Information Technology and Data Protection by Chambers UK 2016. She is also recommended for Data Protection and Intellectual Property by The Legal 500 UK 2015.
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About Latham & Watkins: Latham & Watkins is a global law firm that offers legal advisory services.
Elle Todd
Partner of Reed Smith
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About Reed Smith: Reed Smith is a law firm, representing many companies in complex litigation and other high-stakes disputes and more.
Marcus Dodds
Partner of Reed Smith
Marcus is an English solicitor and partner in the international law firm of Reed Smith LLP. He is both a litigator and a transactional lawyer who specialises in maritime and energy matters, with a particular focus on LNG. Before becoming a lawyer, he served in the Merchant Marine, as deck officer and ultimately Captain on a variety of ship types, including gas carriers. He is also a member of Lloyd’s Register’s Classification Committee the only body that is entitled to assign, suspend or withdraw class from entered ships.
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About Reed Smith: Reed Smith is a law firm, representing many companies in complex litigation and other high-stakes disputes and more.
Shaun Lascelles
Partner, M&A and Private Equity of Vinson & Elkins
Shaun’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A and private equity work. He has extensive experience advising a broad range of private equity firms, hedge funds, state-owned investment funds and other investment funds.
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About Vinson & Elkins: Vinson & Elkins offers clients renowned legal excellence as well as efficiency and deep market intelligence
Alexander Dobrovinsky
Partner of Alexander Dobrovinsky & Partners
Alexander Dobrovinsky is the firm’s senior and founding partner. His wide-ranging experience advising clients in various jurisdictions covers private and commercial litigation matters, corporate finance including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, criminal law, family law, defamation and protection of reputation. Born in Moscow, and educated in Russia, France and the United States, Dr Dobrovinsky has gained a law degree, an MBA and a PhD. Having practised law in France, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Russia, Dr Dobrovinsky’s clients’ demands lead him to open the firm’s London offices March 2011, which he has done in addition to heading up his busy practice in Moscow that was established in 1992. Dr Dobrovinsky is a member of the Moscow City Bar and is an approved Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the United Kindgom. Having published numerous works on jurisdiction in Russia, Dr Dobrovinsky also regularly lectures as a Professor in the Department of Advocacy and Practice at the Moscow State Classic Academy. In addition, Dr Dobrovinsky publishes regular columns in Russia’s Robb Report, Tattler and Domovoy magazines and hosts a weekly radio show called “Yoga for the Brain” on Russia’s Silver Rain radio station. He is fluent in English, Russian, French and Italian.
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About Alexander Dobrovinsky & Partners: Alexander Dobrovinsky & Partners experienced team of corporate and commercial lawyers advise clients in all business and commercial matters.
Gavin Orpin
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
I am Head of LCP Trustee Investment Consulting, our specialist practice focusing on investment issues from a Trustee perspective. I advise the pension schemes of several high-profile companies on all aspects of their investment arrangements, including setting strategy and selecting fund managers. My specialist area is advising on innovative risk management solutions utilising interest rate swaps and equity derivatives which have successfully helped protect schemes over the long term. I also lead LCP’s research into alternative asset classes. I am a regular contributor to pensions and other financial publications and often speak at high-profile industry conferences.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Kevin Frisby
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Kevin Frisby joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner in 2008.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
James Trask
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Hishendhra Ravindra
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
I’m Hish and I have been at LCP for over 8 years. I am a member of LCP’s Investment Strategy team and use my expertise to advise clients on their investments and help them find ways to achieve their objectives while managing risk. I am also a member of LCP’s de-risking team, and have been involved in some of the largest buy-in transactions. I’m also one of LCP’s senior fixed income researchers and work with fund managers to design customised solutions that will help my clients improve their investment portfolios. I am a technology enthusiast and am keen on developing innovative solutions for our clients. I am currently leading LCP’s work on automated investment advice and see many interesting possibilities within this area in the future.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Mark Nicoll
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Lee Dodds
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Lee Dodds joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner in 2005.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Matt Mandelbaum
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Joel Hartley
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Philip Boyle
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Matthew Gibson
Partner, Head of Investment Research of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Matt Gibson joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner, Head of Investment Research in 2015.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
James Fermont
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Ken Willis
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Paul Gibney
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Paul Gibney joined Lane Clark & Peacock LLP as Investment Partner in 1991.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Matthew Thomas
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
Matthew Thomas joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Partner in 2007.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Stuart McKinnon
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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Rob Guthrie
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
David Wrigley
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Chris Helyar
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
John Clements
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
John Clements joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Investment Partner in 2004.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Chris Helyar
Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
John Clements
Investment Partner of Lane Clark & Peacock LLP
John Clements joined Lane Clark & Peacock as Investment Partner in 2004.
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About Lane Clark & Peacock LLP: LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.
Bruno Bertrand-Delfau
Partner of Proskauer Rose
Bruno Bertrand-Delfau is a partner in the Private Investment Funds Group. He has extensive experience in private equity secondaries, and has worked on many of the landmark transactions in this area, both in Europe and in the U.S. He also advises institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds in their primary investments in private equity funds and other private equity transactions.
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Ben Davis
Partner of Proskauer Rose
Ben Davis is a partner in the Corporate Department and a member of The Private Credit and Finance Groups. Ben’s practice focuses on advising on acquisition and leveraged finance facilities, corporate facilities and debt restructurings in the middle market and upper market. He represents a variety of clients including private credit funds, alternative lenders, private equity sponsors and corporates on unitranche loans, second-lien financings, first out / last out structures, holdco PIK and other subordinated facilities, preferred equity investments, investment grade facilities, high yield bonds, real estate financings, litigation funding and distressed situations among other innovative, first-in-kind transactions involving private sources of capital. In Legal 500 UK, Ben has been noted as “understanding the requirements of alternative lenders” and “having significant traction with alternative capital providers.” Ben is a member of the LMA working party developing the new precedent unitranche intercreditor agreement.
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Steven Davis
Partner of Proskauer Rose
Steven Davis is a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of our global Private Equity and M&A Group. Steven’s practice focuses on buyouts, buy-ins, and strategic mergers & acquisitions. He has considerable industry knowledge in the consumer, retail, financial, business services and healthcare sectors, and has advised a broad range of clients, including private equity sponsors, management teams, financial institutions and public and private companies. Steven is consistently recognized by Chambers UK and Legal 500.
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Leith Moghli
Partner of Proskauer Rose
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Kirsten Lapham
Partner of Proskauer Rose
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Sean Donovan-Smith
Partner of Locke Lord
Sean Donovan-Smith is a Partner in the London office of Locke Lord LLP and a member of the Investment Adviser and Alternative Funds section of the Private Equity and Venture Capital practice. Sean is a financial services lawyer with almost 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry, having acted for a range of clients including funds, managers, advisers, and institutional investors. Sean focuses his practice in financial services and markets regulatory advice, regulatory enforcement and investigations, advising on regulated and unregulated funds and the international marketing of funds, and other financial products. Sean has developed a broad range of experience dealing with complex financial services matters including regulatory interventions/transactions, derivative and futures products, regulatory compliance, risk management, FSMA/FCA requirements and cross-border regulatory issues. Prior to entering into private practice, Sean was Associate Director of Business & Legal Affairs for INVESCO Asset Management Limited’s offshore division, and a management consultant at a specialist financial services consultancy firm. Sean is recognised in the Legal 500 for Investment Funds and speaks frequently on financial services regulatory and compliance issues. He recently served as Commissioner and Counsel for an independent commission established by the UK Cabinet Office and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to examine expanding the UK’s regime for dormant assets.
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Bernardine Adkins
Partner of Gowling WLG
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Jeremy Mobbs
Founding Partner of Wilton & Bain
Jeremy Co-founded Wilton & Bain in 2001. He created the business with the ambition of becoming the number one human capital advisory business dedicated to the technology and professional services industries. During his time as Co-CEO he grew the business from a two person start up to the independently rated number one human capital advisory business in its dedicated sectors, with global offices and frequent appearances in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 of fastest growing UK Private firms. In 2017 the company secured a private equity investment and the associated MBO, Jeremy moved from Co- CEO to leadership of the new board. Jeremy still operates as a partner and advises clients within the technology and professional services segment on the full range of human capital and leadership advisory services.
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Francois Feuillat
Corporate Partner of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
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Melissa Fogarty
Partner & Co-head of Corporate, London of Clifford Chance
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Simon Gleeson
Partner of Clifford Chance
Simon Gleeson specialises in banking and financial markets law and regulation, clearing, settlement and derivatives. Simon’s experience includes advising governments, regulators and public bodies as well as banks, investment firms, fund managers and other financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory issues. He is described by all of the major legal directories as one of the world’s leading experts in financial services and banking regulation, capital markets and derivatives. He is one of the lead legal advisors to the main UK banking and financial services industry bodies regarding Brexit. In addition to his private practice, Simon is heavily engaged in the development of law and policy in finance. He chairs the Institute for International Finance’s cross-border resolution committee, and is generally regarded as one of the intellectual leaders in the post-crisis reform of financial regulatory and resolution law, having worked with national and international bodies to develop the “bail-in” concept. He has been called to give evidence to UK and EU parliamentary committees, and has worked closely with other legislators around the world (including G-20 governments). He advised the World Economic Forum on its 2009 Report on The New Global Financial Architecture, and was involved in the establishment of the UK’s Banking Standards Board. Simon has lectured at Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities, and at King’s College London, the LSE and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary Westfield London. He is currently a visiting Professor at Edinburgh University, a member of the bank resolution project of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and has been elected a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College Oxford.
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Julia Onslow-Cole
Partner, Global Government strategies and Compliance of Fragomen
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John Salmon
Financial Services Technology Partner of Hogan Lovells
John is a highly experienced IT lawyer with a market leading reputation in the financial services sector. His main focus is advising financial institutions on their strategic IT projects and he supports his clients in implementing innovative digital and technology solutions whilst managing legal and regulatory risk. John has a reputation as a lawyer in the FinTech area and has been heavily involved with leading edge developments. He has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating both customer and supplier IT services contracts, including for development projects, software licensing, cloud, and systems integration.
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Rachel Kent
Partner, Head of Financial Institutions Group of Hogan Lovells
Rachel leads the firm’s Global Financial Institutions Sector, advising banks, insurers, asset managers and clearing houses and exchanges. She has been recognized as a leading individual in her field by industry commentators and legal directories for nearly two decades. Her vast experience at the heart of the sector allows her to make instinctive judgements in tackling structural and regulatory issues. Chambers UK’s 2016 guide praises her “pretty encyclopaedic knowledge of financial services broadly,” which she can call on in the context of commercial and corporate transactions as well as regulatory matters. This mix has given her valuable experience of the regulations applying to how institutions must be organised, how they sell their products and services, and how they contract with others. Rachel is known for being tenacious in defending her clients’ interests, attracting widespread admiration as a formidable negotiator. Clients have said “you feel confident you won’t lose any battles unnecessarily” with her at your side (Chambers UK, 2015).
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James Doyle
Partner and Head of International Debt Capital Markets of Hogan Lovells
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Eduardo Ustaran
Partner of Hogan Lovells
Eduardo is a partner in the global Privacy and Information Management practice of Hogan Lovells and an internationally recognised expert in privacy and data protection law. He is a dually qualified English Solicitor and Spanish Abogado based in London. Eduardo is a member of the Board of Directors of the IAPP, co-founder and editor of Data Protection Law & Policy, and a member of the panel of experts of DataGuidance. Eduardo is executive editor of European Privacy: Law and Practice for Data Protection Professionals (IAPP, 2011), and co-author of Beyond Data Protection (Springer, 2013), E-Privacy and Online Data Protection (Tottel Publishing, 2007) and of the Law Society’s Data Protection Handbook (2004). Eduardo has lectured at the University of Cambridge on data protection as part of its Masters of Bioscience Enterprise, and regularly speaks at international conferences.
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Emily Reid
Partner of Hogan Lovells
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Eduardo Ustaran
Partner of Hogan Lovells
Eduardo is a partner in the global Privacy and Information Management practice of Hogan Lovells and an internationally recognised expert in privacy and data protection law. He is a dually qualified English Solicitor and Spanish Abogado based in London. Eduardo is a member of the Board of Directors of the IAPP, co-founder and editor of Data Protection Law & Policy, and a member of the panel of experts of DataGuidance. Eduardo is executive editor of European Privacy: Law and Practice for Data Protection Professionals (IAPP, 2011), and co-author of Beyond Data Protection (Springer, 2013), E-Privacy and Online Data Protection (Tottel Publishing, 2007) and of the Law Society’s Data Protection Handbook (2004). Eduardo has lectured at the University of Cambridge on data protection as part of its Masters of Bioscience Enterprise, and regularly speaks at international conferences.
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Shruti Ajitsaria
Partner and Head of Fuse of Allen & Overy
Shruti is Partner and the Head of Fuse, Allen & Overy’s tech innovation space which opened in September 2017. Prior to launching Fuse, Shruti was a Counsel in the Derivatives and Structured Finance group based in London, specialising in credit derivatives (involving drafting almost all of the standard documentation in this area over the last decade). Shruti is now the first person to have directly been promoted to partner into A&O’s Advanced Delivery offering and is on A&O’s i2 panel and Advanced Delivery Board (tasked with authorising funding for pilots and larger projects, respectively). Outside of Allen & Overy, Shruti has three children (aged 9, 7, and 3) and used her most recent maternity leave to undertake the FT Diploma in Non-Executive Directorships and a 3 month course for entrepreneurs at Google Campus, as well as being selected to partake in the Judicial Support Scheme (aimed at increasing diversity in the judiciary). She is a governor at the Haberdashers’ Aske’s Schools in Elstree, a member of the Fundraising Committee of Noah’s Ark Hospice and a TEDx speaker. She also manages a sector-agnostic portfolio of private investments and appeared on BBC 2’s “Million Pound Menu” as a restaurant investor.
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Phil Thompson
Partner of White & Black Legal
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Phil Thompson
Partner of White & Black Legal
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About White & Black Legal: Specialist PE/VC and technology lawyers: Buy-outs, M&A, technology contracts and disputes
Joseph Hancock
Partner and Head of Cyber of Mishcon de Reya
Joe a Partner and the Head of Cyber at MDR Cyber. He focuses on providing strategic cyber advice, helping organisations to develop and optimise their investments in cyber risk management, and protect their reputation and stakeholders. Joe has a wide range of expertise in cyber risk and security, data protection and resilience, with first-hand experience of some of the UK’s largest cyber incidents. Through a variety of consulting roles he has helped organisations prepare for cyber breaches and data loss events across global sectors including: Energy, Retail, Defence and Financial Services as well as for government. Joe is a recognised industry expert in emerging areas such as Operational Technology Security and Cyber Insurance. He began his career in the Defence and National Security sector and was one of the first cyber specialists in the Lloyds insurance market, supporting the underwriting of cyber risks.
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Susan Breen
Partner of Mishcon de Reya
Susan Breen is a Partner at Mishcon de Reya LLP and leads the firm’s top ranked Betting and Gaming group. Based in London, Susan has forged a particular reputation in the industry having been involved in many of the sector’s high profile and innovative transactions over the past 16 years. Much of Susan’s work is international with a particular focus on helping clients buy or build businesses in an environment that has become increasingly complex from a legal, regulatory and tax perspective. Clients include major operators, Regulators, Governments and service providers. Susan has built an integrated group of leading industry specialists within the firm who can provide the full range of legal services to gambling industry clients including advice on regulatory and compliance issues (including the interplay between ethics, business and sports), IP protection programmes and M&A. Susan has moderated and spoken at several industry Masterclasses in recent years including “The New EU Directives: How the Money Laundering and VAT Rules Affect Your Business”, “Financing the Consolidation Boom” and “Riding the Wave: M&A Activity in the Gambling & Betting Sector”.
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Thomas Jameson
Partner of CMS
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Brian Sher
Partner, Co-head of Competition and Trade, UK of CMS
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Gary Green
Corporate Partner & Head of Global Equity Capital Markets of CMS
Gary Green is a Corporate partner and Head of Equity Capital Markets. He has extensive experience of a wide range of corporate law matters including corporate finance, domestic and cross-border M&A, restructurings and joint ventures and has often been involved in the largest and most complex transactions. Gary advises a large number of quoted companies both on the main market and on AIM. Gary also advises unquoted companies on a variety of corporate transactions. He has advised many of these companies over a long period and is regarded as a trusted business adviser. Gary is recommended in legal directory Chambers for M&A and in Legal 500 for IPOs and equity capital markets.
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Quentin Adam
Operating Partner of Tioga Capital Partners
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Helen Abrams
Partner of Brodies LLP
Helen recently joined Brodies as a strategic lateral hire from a top international and UK firm. Helen has over 14 years’ experience in commercial property work and has been involved in almost every aspect of commercial real estate. Helen now has particular emphasis on investment acquisition and disposals, hotel and leisure, real estate finance, property development and its funding and financing, from large mixed use commercial developments, student developers and operators to representing residential house builders and housing associations. The development work includes all aspects of site acquisition and assembly, financing site acquisition and subsequent development, as well as negotiating agreements for lease or forward sale agreements and the refinancing or sale of the completed and let development. Helen also works closely with Brodies’ planning, construction and banking teams.
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David Gallagher
Partner of Brodies LLP
David Gallagher is the High Growth Commercial Services Partner at Brodies LLP.
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Andrew Akintewe
Partner of Brodies LLP
Andrew specialises in corporate finance and investment funds work. He has extensive experience advising a diverse client base of corporates, investment managers and banks on corporate transactions; the formation and operation of investment fund structures; financial regulation and other advisory work. His expertise covers limited partnerships and other private fund vehicles, as well as London Stock Exchange quoted investment companies. Andrew has worked in-house with a major financial institution and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (Corporate Finance).
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Alan Barr
Partner of Brodies LLP
Alan is one of Scotland’s best-known tax practitioners and his practice covers the full range of taxes. He has particular experience of property tax issues including VAT and stamp duty land tax. He advises clients on corporate tax and he has contributed widely to authoritative publications in relation to wills, tax planning and trusts. He is also a highly respected specialist in wills, trusts and estate planning matters and is a co-author of the leading book “Drafting Wills in Scotland”. Alan has written and researched about a great many tax matters. He brings a broad depth of legal knowledge and experience to transactions and planning for a wide range of clients from the largest corporates to individuals. Alan is recognised as a ranked individual in Chambers & Partners for both Private Client and Tax, and was recently identified by Citywire Wealth Manager as one of ‘The top ten lawyers every wealth manager needs to know’.
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Susanne Beveridge
Partner of Brodies LLP
Susanne was assumed as a partner in May 2009 having joined Brodies as an Associate in January 2008. Since qualifying as a solicitor in August 1999, Susanne has specialised in private client work, an area to which she is dedicated and thoroughly enjoys. Susanne advises on a variety of asset protection matters including wills, estate and succession planning, inheritance tax advice, formation, management and termination of trusts, charity law, powers of attorney, guardianship and intervention orders, planning for nursing home care costs and the administration of executries. Susanne is accredited by The Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Trust Law (re-accredited June 2015). Susanne is also a recognised specialist throughout the UK in setting up Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs). FLPs are an alternative tax planning vehicle to trusts and Susanne has been responsible for completing a large number of these for our clients, ranging from £1m to £45m in value. She has also contributed a number of articles in various publications on FLPs, as well as regularly speaking on the subject. In addition to being a qualified lawyer, Susanne is also a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and of the Securities Institute. Susanne also tutored on the Diploma in Legal Practice at Edinburgh University for a number of years. She is a regular speaker at Central Law Training Conferences and is a frequent contributor to articles published in journals and in the press. Susanne prides herself on delivering excellent client service. Working with the fantastic team at Brodies, Susanne ensures that clients are clear on all aspects of costs and timescales as well as ensuring updates on progress.
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Juliet Bayne
Partner of Brodies LLP
Juliet is a Partner specialising in pensions law. Her knowledge of pensions legal matters is wide-ranging and relates to both final salary and money purchase arrangements. Juliet’s experience includes: advising on the pensions aspects of corporate transactions/restructuring (including liaising with and submitting reports to the Pensions Regulator), advising on the Employer Debt legislation (“Section 75”), scheme wind ups and mergers, funding past service deficits on cessation of accrual, providing trustee training, compliance with the requirements of the Auto Enrolment regulations, advising on the legal aspects of pension scheme investment and on compliance with pensions-related legislation (e.g. in relation to part-time workers, sex and age discrimination, etc), and advising on Pension Protection Fund matters and litigation cases. As well as advising companies she acts for several pension scheme trustees (including trustees of schemes with plc employers). In terms of the public and third sectors, Juliet advises admission bodies and other scheme employers as well as some local authorities. Juliet is qualified as a solicitor in both Scotland and England & Wales, and is a full member of the Association of Pension Lawyers. She spent almost a decade working in the City of London, returning to Edinburgh in 2012.
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David Arnott
Partner of Brodies LLP
David has 25 years’ experience resolving construction, infrastructure and engineering disputes. He is an accredited specialist in Construction Law and a band 1 ranked Construction Lawyer in Chambers & Partners in which he is described as “very level-headed, practical and he understands his clients”. In recent years he has been involved in some of Scotland’s largest construction disputes including issues arising from the Edinburgh Trams Project, the Edinburgh Schools PFI Project and the new Forth Crossing. He has been involved in excess of 200 adjudications and lectures regularly on construction issues to clients and the wider construction industry.
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Martin Sloan
Partner of Brodies LLP
A member of Brodies’ Technology, Information and Outsourcing Group, Martin specialises in advising clients on technology procurement and IT and business process outsourcing projects.Martin is recognised by The Legal 500 for his work on IT contracts, and he advises clients in both the public and private sector, in particular the financial services industry. Martin’s recent outsourcing and IT procurement experience includes advising on the outsourcing of ATM and debit card transaction processing, and ATM estate management, advising on the off-shoring of application development and maintenance, advising on a second generation end-to-end IT outsourcing, and advising on the outsourcing of fund and back office administration services. Martin also advises on data protection, intellectual property and general technology law matters, and has a particular interest in the laws applying to social media and new technology such as mobile apps, contactless/mobile payments, smart ticketing and smart metering. Martin’s experience includes advising on a number of projects utilising the ITSO standard for transport smart cards. Martin is also widely respected for his knowledge and expertise in relation to the interaction between technology and disability equality legislation, in particular the accessibility of websites, ICT and mobile apps. Martin is recommended by Chambers & Partners in relation to data protection law. Martin is a regular blogger on Brodies’ technology, data protection and IP law blog,TechBlog.
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David Arnott
Partner of Brodies LLP
David has 25 years’ experience resolving construction, infrastructure and engineering disputes. He is an accredited specialist in Construction Law and a band 1 ranked Construction Lawyer in Chambers & Partners in which he is described as “very level-headed, practical and he understands his clients”. In recent years he has been involved in some of Scotland’s largest construction disputes including issues arising from the Edinburgh Trams Project, the Edinburgh Schools PFI Project and the new Forth Crossing. He has been involved in excess of 200 adjudications and lectures regularly on construction issues to clients and the wider construction industry.
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Martin Sloan
Partner of Brodies LLP
A member of Brodies’ Technology, Information and Outsourcing Group, Martin specialises in advising clients on technology procurement and IT and business process outsourcing projects.Martin is recognised by The Legal 500 for his work on IT contracts, and he advises clients in both the public and private sector, in particular the financial services industry. Martin’s recent outsourcing and IT procurement experience includes advising on the outsourcing of ATM and debit card transaction processing, and ATM estate management, advising on the off-shoring of application development and maintenance, advising on a second generation end-to-end IT outsourcing, and advising on the outsourcing of fund and back office administration services. Martin also advises on data protection, intellectual property and general technology law matters, and has a particular interest in the laws applying to social media and new technology such as mobile apps, contactless/mobile payments, smart ticketing and smart metering. Martin’s experience includes advising on a number of projects utilising the ITSO standard for transport smart cards. Martin is also widely respected for his knowledge and expertise in relation to the interaction between technology and disability equality legislation, in particular the accessibility of websites, ICT and mobile apps. Martin is recommended by Chambers & Partners in relation to data protection law. Martin is a regular blogger on Brodies’ technology, data protection and IP law blog,TechBlog.
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