Edwin Coe LLP

Alexandre provides legal and strategic advice to French companies of all sizes, entrepreneurs and investors willing to invest in the UK. He has acquired significant experience in M&A work, the acquisition and the disposal of assets (often property related), the negotiation of numerous commercial agreements involving cross-border parties such as agency, distribution and the supply of goods and services contracts. Alexandre is a frequent speaker at seminars and events organised in the UK and abroad. He has been frequently reported in the national and French press such as Le Monde, Le Point and Le Figaro on subjects relating to property and investment in the UK. Alexandre’s clients range from governmental organisations to small and medium-sized companies and private individuals.Dual qualified in French and English Law

Ali Zaidi

Ali Zaidi is the Head of Litigation and of the Restructuring & Insolvency team. He has worked on several high profile Insolvency cases including multi-million pound bankruptcy and corporate Ponzi frauds.He has experience in asset tracing abroad, pursuing and defending claims of misfeasance by directors, conducting Insolvency Act examinations, advising on asset avoidance schemes, pursuing directors personally for deceit and defending directors in disqualification proceedings.He also has extensive experience of commercial litigation matters ranging from fraud investigations to partnership and shareholder disputes.He is a past member of the Disciplinary and Regulatory Committee of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He regularly lectures to groups of Insolvency Practitioners and Chartered Accountants and is a past Law Society Committee Member.

Alison Broadberry

Alison became the Managing Partner of Edwin Coe in April 2023, having joined as Head of Private Client in 2016. Alison acts for high-net-worth UK and non-UK domiciled clients on a wide range of tax, trust and estate planning matters. She advises on and creates solutions to hold, protect and pass on the wealth of her clients to minimise tax and maximise the protection against non-tax threats such as remarriage of the survivor, divorce of beneficiaries, family disputes, financially vulnerable or immature heirs, or simply “too much, too soon”. She has particular experience of relating the solutions to clients’ financial and investment planning situations and for business owners, of dovetailing personal and business succession planning. Her experience includes: - Advising on implementing practical estate plans to reduce inheritance tax and preserve wealth for individuals, couples and families; and ensuring that their wealth is preserved to support the surviving heirs and successive generations. - Implementing sensitive, practical and tax efficient estate planning for families where there are children or other heirs from more than one marriage or prior relationship; balancing the needs of the surviving spouse and all the children, minimising the risk of future conflict. - Advising clients owning and acquiring properties (in particular to assist their children on to the property ladder or those wishing to hold “buy to let” properties) on opportunities to save tax and protect the value from non-tax threats. - Advising high net worth clients on creating family trusts and family investment vehicles. - Ensuring assets will pass under tax-efficient and wealth protecting Wills and dovetailing this planning with asset protection trusts for life policies and pensions. - Advising business owners on maximising the availability of entrepreneurs’ relief for capital gains tax and business property relief for inheritance tax; dovetailing personal and business succession planning including advising on business protection strategies often involving the use of life assurance and trusts.

Brendan O'Shea

Brendan has extensive experience of dealing with a high volume of Intestacy cases. The estates can be complicated and involve issues not normally encountered in a standard probate practice. In almost all cases, the deceased did not leave a Will or have any known relatives. Brendan joined Edwin Coe in 2005 and has been instructed in estates requiring the re-sealing of foreign grants in the UK, MANX Letters of Administration, Inheritance (Provisions for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 disputes and Financial Ombudsman Services claims. As a result, he has a significant range of experience in Intestate Estates.

Brenna Baye

Specialising in construction law, Brenna advises individuals and companies from a wide array of sectors on various aspects of both non-contentious and contentious construction matters. Brenna is regularly instructed by employers, contractors, funders, developers and consultants in relation to the myriad of issues arising throughout the lifecycle of a construction project. She advises on and drafts all manner of construction documentation including standard and bespoke building contracts, appointments, pre-construction service agreements, guarantees, bonds, collateral warranties, development agreements, fit-out contracts and agreements for lease. Brenna also assists clients in relation to various types of construction disputes such as payment issues, design defects, or contractor insolvency, brought either through adjudication or litigation proceedings.

Claire Lehr

Claire is a solicitor and has over 20 years’ experience in the trade mark field advising clients in their branding and trade mark matters. Claire qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and has worked both in house (Dalgety PLC and adidas) and in private practice. Her experience is international, working in The Netherlands (adidas 1998) and Germany (Bardehle and Jonas 1999 – 2007). When she returned to the UK, she joined FieldFisher as an associate, before gaining valuable experience in the London Offices of US law firms, Edwards Wildman and Cooley between 2013 – 2017. In 2018, she moved to boutique IP firm EIP LLP as a partner and joined Edwin Coe LLP as a partner in 2021. She has significant experience in advising start up companies, from their initial searches to trade mark filings. Claire’s client portfolio also includes established large entities, including clients in the financial services, gaming, restaurant and clothing sectors. She is a member of INTA and currently serves as a Project Team Leader on its Leadership Development Committee. Claire is also an active member of MARQUES, being Vice Chair of the Programming Team.

Claire Gilroy-Scott

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Daniel Bellau

Daniel is a Corporate finance partner and joined Edwin Coe in January 2021.Daniel advises on all aspects of corporate law, specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity and VC investments and fundraisings and equity capital markets transactions including flotations and secondary offerings on the official list and AIM. Daniel also specialises in partnership matters, debt finance transactions and restructurings. He has particular expertise in the real estate, TMT leisure and hotel sectors and his clients including entrepreneurs, SMEs, funds, Nomads and brokers.

David Goepel

David joined the Private Client department of Edwin Coe as a partner in January 2009 from Withers LLP, where he qualified as a solicitor in 2000. He heads Edwin Coe’s Charity Group and acts for a wide range of private clients, including high-net-worth individuals and trustees and deals with a broad range of private client trust and tax work, both onshore and offshore. Much of David’s time is spent in advising private clients on cross-border issues, including the co-ordination of advice in a number of different jurisdictions.David is particularly interested in the field of charities and philanthropy. He has advised a number of UK charities both national and local on a variety of legal issues, including the powers and duties of charity trustees, tax issues affecting charities and dealings with the Charity Commission and other regulators. David also has extensive experience of advising charitable donors, often in a cross-border context, in establishing and registering family charitable foundations and facilitating cross-border charitable gifts tax efficiently. He also works with colleagues in other practice areas across the firm to meet the full range of legal services which charities require.

David Greene

David was articled with Edwin Coe and qualified in 1980, becoming a partner in 1984. He was appointed Senior Partner of the Firm in April 2011. David specialises in commercial litigation including competition claims and claims on behalf of shareholders, and is Head of the Group Action Litigation department.He has developed a strong following in contentious competition work being involved in cases in front of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), High Court and Competition Commission. He has for many years advised sovereign states on disputes in international tribunals and particularly specialises in work involving governments in sub-Saharan Africa.David was appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Civil Procedure Rules Committee in 1997. He was then appointed in 2002 as a member of the Civil Justice Council. He is the author of “Civil Procedure Rules”, an associate editor of “Civil Practice Manual”, on the editorial board of Butterworths’ “The Civil Court Practice” (“the Green Book”), a contributor to the Law Society’s “Civil Litigation Manual”, and the author of two titles for Atkins Court Forms.

Emma Sangeelee

Emma is a Partner in the Employment Department with significant experience providing strategic and commercial advice to businesses and individuals across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Her clients are from a variety of industry sectors including financial services, media and entertainment, real estate, hospitality, charity, manufacturing, education, and local authorities.Emma regularly handles complex and high profile discrimination claims with a particular specialism in disability discrimination. Her clients praise her for being an “outstanding lawyer providing clear, honest and pragmatic advice coupled with an empathetic and measured approach”, “incredibly supportive” and having an “excellent grasp of strategy and tactics”.

Hetal Sanghvi

Hetal is a Partner within the Tax team. She is a qualified Chartered Tax Advisor and achieved distinctions in her ATT qualification.Hetal has substantial experience in dealing with HMRC investigations, offshore disclosures and providing tax advice to private clients. She has prepared, submitted and negotiated the settlement of numerous cases via the New Disclosure Opportunity, the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and other targeted industry or income specific Voluntary Disclosure Facilities, such as the Let Property Campaign.Hetal’s technical skills and experience allow her to identify tax-efficient planning opportunities for clients as part of the process of assisting clients to regularise their tax affairs. She takes time to get to know clients, their needs and objectives, and ensures they receive high-quality, tailored advice. Clients appreciate her ability to explain complex issues with clarity and she is frequently introduced to clients via offshore financial institutions.Hetal has a substantial Indian (both resident and non-resident) client base and has worked with many families with multi-jurisdictional investments to review their domicile status, plan for Inheritance Tax and advise on tax-efficient structures that preserve asset bases for future generations.Hetal works closely to support the services offered by various specialisms within Edwin Coe’s legal divisions. She has been involved in providing comprehensive tax advice on complex transactions by owner managed businesses, employment settlements, property transactions and individuals using the investor visa route to move to the UK. The holistic approach of specialist tax advice in conjunction with legal advice provided by Edwin Coe colleagues is an area Hetal specialises in.Hetal works with other members of the tax team to provide an extensive range of services, including the preparation of complex tax returns, disclosures under HMRC initiatives, personal tax advice, and tax dispute and investigation services.

Ian Gilmour

Ian qualified as a solicitor in 1986 and joined Edwin Coe’s Property team in 2001 from McGrigors, having previously worked at Simmons & Simmons and in-house as Group Legal Adviser for Property at Saint-Gobain Solaglas.Ian deals with a broad range of property work, including: landlord and tenant site acquisitions and disposals investments portfolio sales and purchases secured lending He is also experienced in dealing with property aspects of corporate transactions

Jamal Saleh

Jamal advises on a wide variety of cross-border corporate and commercial transactions under the laws of England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands, including private mergers and acquisitions, scale-up investments and fundraises, joint ventures, partnership and LLP matters and restructurings, in addition to advising on asset sales out of administration alongside our Restructuring and Insolvency team. Jamal has particular focuses on private capital investments often involving family offices, and also high growth companies, while his sector expertise includes sport, automotive, technology and hotels and hospitality. He has advised on commercial contracts including sponsorship, supply and agency agreements.

Joanna Osborne

Joanna qualified as a solicitor in 1989 and joined Edwin Coe’s Commercial Litigation team as a partner at the beginning of 2000, when the Property Litigation team was established.Joanna deals with all types of property disputes including joint venture and conveyancing disputes, trespass, party wall and developer claims, professional negligence and rectification claims, the full range of landlord and tenant disputes encompassing breaches of covenant, forfeiture, insolvency, rent arrears, possession and service charge issues, business lease renewals and dilapidations claims. She advises on commercial, residential and mixed use schemes. Before joining Edwin Coe Joanna was a partner in a niche litigation practice called Maislish and Co which specialised in high-profile and heavyweight general commercial disputes. She has acted in company and partnership disputes, construction claims, libel, professional negligence and general contract claims, all of which arise regularly in the property context. She therefore has an impressive breadth of experience to draw upon when advising property clients on their matters, which tend to be more technical and specialised than general commercial disputes.Whilst being assertive and tenacious, Joanna understands that the primary objective of a property client is usually to achieve the most commercially acceptable outcome given the practical requirements of their business and also the risks of litigation. This means that dispute avoidance is an important factor in initial advice. Where that does not resolve a dispute, then Joanna has considerable experience in alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediation, PACT, single expert determination and arbitration.

Joanne McIvor

Joanne specialises in all aspects of real estate but with particular focus on development work (mixed-use projects), structured property investments, commercial leasing, large scale acquisitions and disposal of commercial and retail sites.She also has a deep understanding of the Property Finance market.Her approach is typified by working hard to understand her clients’ business, adding value with strategic thinking and delivering first class advice.Jo is dual qualified - England & Wales and Scotland

Karen Lee

Karen deals with all aspects of intellectual property law, both contentious (including acting for parties in the High Court, IPEC, UKIPO and EUIPO) and non-contentious matters (including drafting assignments, licences and non-disclosure agreements) in the fields of trade marks, passing off, copyright and design rights. In addition, Karen regularly prosecutes trade mark and registered design applications at UK, EU and international level. She manages, co-ordinates and deals with the enforcement aspects (including dealing with counterfeits, intellectual property right recordals with custom authorities, oppositions, invalidity and revocation actions) concerning the clients’ trade mark and registered design portfolios. Her clients include individuals, companies, charities and international organisations in the fields of media and entertainment, advertising and sport, fashion and beauty, restaurants, electronics and education. Karen is a qualified Chartered Trade Mark Attorney.

Katherine Simpson

Katherine joined Edwin Coe as a partner in 2018.She is a recognised expert in the specialist field of leasehold enfranchisement and is particularly renowned for her expertise in the Leasehold Reform Act 1967. She has acted for several of the London landed estates as well as for property developers, investors, trusts, charities and private individuals in all aspects of this field. Katherine has been involved in many of the most high profile enfranchisement cases on behalf of several major landlords.Katherine regularly gives lectures and seminars on aspects of the legislation and has written for both the legal and general press in this niche area.

Linky Trott

Linky has a wealth of experience and advises on a full range of employment issues for established corporate clients and senior executives in both regulated and non regulated industries. She has provided strategic advice on a number of successful team moves within the communications and financial sector acting for both the poaching competitor and the individuals being approached.Linky understands that when a business or a senior executive has an employment related issue, it frequently requires immediate and urgent attention and Linky is consistently praised by clients for her speed of response and turn around time. Her client base encompasses a broad range of industry sectors including financial services (from senior executives in substantial financial institutions to owner managed hedge funds), professional services (including legal, architectural, accounting, recruitment, consultancies), local authorities, PR and advertising, manufacturing and retail companies.Linky has both Employment Tribunal and High Court experience and has obtained and resisted a number of High Court injunctions to enforce or resist post termination restraints and to protect confidential information. She also advises on data protection, commercial agents and the Conduct of Employment Businesses and Employment Agency issues.

Maggie Ramage

Maggie is a Trade Mark Attorney on the UK register of Trade Mark Attorneys, and a European Trade Mark Attorney practising before OHIM (the European trade marks office based in Alicante, Spain). She is a fellow of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, and is a past President of that body. Maggie continues to take an active role on the governing council of the Institute and currently serves as Chair of the Events Committee and is a member of various committees including the Executive Committee.Maggie studied trade mark law while working in patent administration and in 1982 became head of European Trade Marks for the California-based Raychem Corporation. She was seconded in 1987 to the Corporation’s Head Office near San Francisco, where she took responsibility for world-wide trade mark affairs.Upon returning to the UK, she became Assistant Trade Marks Manager of the then Beecham Group (now part of GlaxoSmithKline) before moving to British Telecommunications as Trade Marks Manager. Maggie became a partner in Alexander Ramage Associates in 1991. Her clients include start-up firms and multinationals and range from medical practitioners to financial institutions, bath and beauty care specialists, and mobile telecom providers.

Matthew Barnett

Matthew joined the Private Client team as a Partner in 2019 from Harbottle & Lewis. Matthew acts for high-net-worth individuals on a wide range of estate and succession planning issues. He has extensive experience in advising high-net-worth clients on lifetime gifting and on the use of wills and trusts for the protection of wealth for future generations. He regularly advises trustees on their duties, responsibilities and specific aspects of tax and trust planning. Matthew also advises business owners and entrepreneurs on business succession planning. Matthew has vast experience in probate and estate administration and has dealt with many high value, complex and multi-jurisdictional estates throughout his career. He often advises beneficiaries of estates on succession planning involving post-death variations. Matthew also has particular experience in advising clients on mental capacity issues such as Lasting Powers of Attorney and Deputyship applications to the Court of Protection.

Morag Ofili

Morag is a Barrister and Partner in the Tax team, specialising in litigation and the settlement of disputes. She is experienced in helping clients find bespoke legal solutions to the most complex tax problems, and acts for clients from all over the world – including household names in sport, film and TV; international families; and other prominent individuals. Prior to entering private practice, Morag spent time at the independent Bar, the Big Four and in-house at an investment management firm. Her deep understanding of tax and litigation procedure, coupled with her extensive experience in advising on the lawfulness of HMRC’s decisions ensures that she is able to develop strategic solutions that both assist and protect clients. Morag offers a wide range of private client litigation and contentious tax services ranging from tribunal litigation and complex tax investigations, to cases of suspected fraud, settlement of marketed tax avoidance schemes, conduct/fairness proceedings against HMRC, and claims where incorrect tax advice has been given. She is known for her inter-disciplinary approach to tax, which often includes working with other experts and specialists, leveraging insights from different areas of law – securing good outcomes for clients both in and out of the courtroom. In addition to contentious work, Morag is also able to advise clients on their business interests and any possible tax risks when structuring their affairs around the world and regularly advises on the tax consequences of living or working abroad, the purchase and movement of luxury assets, and the tax implications of divorce for international couples.

Nick Phillips

Nick specialises in Intellectual Property and IT. Nick qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and joined Edwin Coe as a partner in 2013. Prior to joining Edwin Coe Nick co-founded and subsequently headed the IT/IP department in a large regional firm.Nick has considerable experience in advising clients on data protection, e-commerce, domain names and internet related issues as well as on a wide variety of IT contacts. Nick also regularly advises on the protection, exploitation and enforcement of the full range of intellectual property rights. His clients include individual inventors, SMEs, larger companies, charities and international organisations. He has advised manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, ISPs, re-sellers, distributors and agents in a wide range of industries.

Nick Giles

Nick is a consultant in the Private Client team and was Managing Partner of the firm from 2013 to 2019.Since qualifying as a solicitor in 1978, he has acted for family and owner managed businesses and the people who run them, as well as acting for a wide range of individuals, unincorporated businesses and charities. Nick’s clients are involved in such diverse areas as genealogy, nuclear insurance, property investment, accountancy, chartered surveying, property development and construction, transport, publishing, public relations and retailing.The trend towards philanthropic giving in recent years has led to an increase in Nick’s involvement in establishing charities and foundations.In addition, Nick is the partner responsible for the Intestacy team within the Private Client department. This team deals with intestate estates that would otherwise pass to the Crown. Specialised computer programmes have been developed to deal with these frequently complex cases. The Edwin Coe Intestacy team is believed to deal with a higher number of unclaimed estates than any other firm in the UK.

Nicola Maher

Nicola joined Edwin Coe in 2010 and became a partner in April 2013. Her practice covers advice to Claimants and Defendants in a wide range of commercial and insurance matters, including insurance policy interpretation and coverage issues, professional negligence, product liability, fraud, cyber risks, jeweller’s block, fine art and antique disputes, and disputes arising out of critical illness and permanent health insurance policies.Nicola has particular expertise advising policyholders on substantial property damage claims arising as a result of fires, thefts or floods and advising in respect of material damage, under-insurance and business interruption claims, assisting businesses to secure efficient resolution of claims and to maximise recoveries, if necessary, through litigation, mediation or arbitration.Nicola is also able to review policy wordings assisting policyholders to identify potential gaps and to improve coverage; providing advice on the interpretation of policy wordings, the duty of disclosure and the consequences of breaches of policy terms and conditions. She speaks regularly to corporate audiences and SME’s about insurance, and health and safety related issues.

Nik Haria

Nik specialises in construction law and dispute resolution and handles both contentious and non-contentious construction work. He has a wealth of experience in providing strategic advice to clients involved in construction disputes. He is regularly instructed to act in adjudications for both the paying party and the payee to a construction contract and has been involved in a number of reported decisions in the adjudication arena. Nik also acts for a number of property developers and advises on the construction aspects of property development work and is regularly instructed on high-value and complex construction projects. Nik’s broad spectrum of clients means that he has experience in drafting bespoke and standard form construction documentation for all types of transactions involving construction operations.

Oliver Pannell

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Rachel Harrap

Rachel a consultant in the Employment Team. She qualified as a Solicitor in 1980 and spent 7 years as an Assistant Solicitor with Wilde Sapte and Simmons & Simmons before joining Fox & Gibbons where she was made a Partner in 1989. At Fox & Gibbons, Rachel was head of Employment and Insolvency services. Rachel joined Edwin Coe as a Partner in 1998.Rachel’s clients include international public and private companies, charitable organisations, senior executives and insolvency practitioners. Working in close connection with the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Team, Rachel advises on employee issues arising from mergers and acquisitions and corporate re-organisations. Rachel also works with insolvency practitioners providing advice on dealing with employees of insolvent companies. Rachel represents clients in Employment Tribunals in respect of statutory and breach of contract claims and in the High Court dealing particularly with the enforcement of post-termination and confidentiality obligations.Rachel advises a diverse group of employers, large and small, on restructuring, outsourcing and supports the Corporate Team on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, to acting for both employers and senior executives in all types of Tribunal Claims (particularly whistleblowing claims) to High Court actions, dealing with breaches of fiduciary duties, shareholder disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants and bonus claims. She also advise on partnership disputes.

Roger Franklin

Roger practises in Commercial Litigation, specialising in Insurance law and heads up the Insurance Litigation Group. He qualified in 1999 and became a partner in 2005. He has acted on disputes in the UK, Europe and the United States. He has represented both claimants and defendants in a wide variety of commercial insurance matters, including professional negligence, directors’ and officers’ liability, shareholder claims and general liability and coverage disputes. Roger also represents financial services professionals on discrete aspects of the regulatory regime, and acts for firms and individuals in the course of FCA investigations and enforcement proceedings.

Rosie McCormick Paice

Rosie joined Edwin Coe in 2018 from Pemberton Greenish where she had been a partner in the Residential Property department.Rosie specialises in transactional work involving high value residential properties in Prime Central London as well as country houses, equestrian properties, farms and estates for a mix of high-net-worth individuals plus developers and investors.She has acted on some of the highest value and complex residential transactions in Prime Central London in recent years, many of which have involved enfranchisement issues.She deals with all aspects of financing, including Sharia compliant financing for borrowers.Rosie also advises on general residential landlord and tenant issues and has particular expertise in advising on both landlords and tenants on rights of first refusal under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. She has also advised on Build to Rent schemes and on Care Home Studios investments.Her approach is to give accessible, pragmatic and commercial advice to clients so that their objectives and needs can be met as swiftly, and with as minimal fuss, as possible.

Russel Shear

Russel is Head of the Corporate & Commercial team. His expertise encompasses mergers and acquisitions for both public and private companies, corporate finance, particularly public offerings, private equity, joint ventures and general commercial work.Russel’s clients include public companies active in both the UK and international markets. Russel is regularly involved in complex cross-border transactions. He has also advised on a number of IPO’s and is particularly active in the AIM and ISDX markets.His sector expertise includes natural resources and technology.

Sean Bannister

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Shams Rahman

Shams joined Edwin Coe as a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team in September 2014, specialising in commercial and property related litigation.Before joining Edwin Coe, he previously worked at Bishop & Sewell LLP as a partner in their Dispute Resolution team, and at Payne Hicks Beach.Shams’ expertise extends to all forms of property contracts, partnership, company, shareholders and building disputes, consumer law regulation, and all aspects of commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes.Shams has extensive experience in acting for commercial and private clients both here and abroad, and is experienced in using alternative dispute resolution methods where appropriate to achieve the best results for his clients, including commercial mediation and arbitration.

Simeon Gilchrist

With both contentious and transactional insolvency expertise, Simeon advises insolvency practitioners, banks, distressed companies and individuals in a wide range of both corporate and personal insolvency matters. His corporate transactional work has an administration bias with the preparation of business sales being a particular specialism. In personal insolvency matters, Simeon has a specialist European Regulation practice, advising individuals, practitioners and creditors on the application of the European Regulation and what is known as COMI shifting or bankruptcy tourism. Simeon has edited and written works on Company Meetings in insolvency proceedings and the disqualification legislation for directors. He also lectures to insolvency practitioners and lawyers both in England and abroad on procedural and substantive elements of insolvency law and practice.Publications of note include Tolley’s ‘Company Meetings’ (editor, ‘Insolvency Meetings’) and Tolley’s ‘Director’s Duties’ (author, ‘Disqualification’).

Simon Miles

Simon joined Edwin Coe in February 2009 and heads up the Intellectual Property team which operates within the Corporate & Commercial department. Simon is a solicitor and a UK and European trade mark attorney. He advises on all aspects of intellectual property, and has a wealth of experience advising in relation to trade marks, copyright (including software), designs, database rights, patents and breach of confidence. He works with clients across a range of sectors including: media and entertainment, advertising and sport, fashion, cosmetics, restaurants and foodstuffs, and electronics.Simon has worked with a number of major global companies in creating, exploiting and protecting their brands. He also has considerable experience in sports law, having advised governing bodies, clubs and individuals on rights protection, sponsorship and database rights.Simon has been involved in numerous significant reported cases in relation to trade mark, copyright and database right infringement and is regularly recommended by clients for his contentious expertise. He has worked with a number of major global companies in creating, exploiting and protecting their brands. He also has considerable experience in sports law, having advised governing bodies, clubs and individuals on rights protection, sponsorship and database rights. Simon sits on the Council of the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (ITMA), he is on the ITMA’s Law and Practice Committee, the OHIM Working Group and the Designs Working Group.

Sophia Bompas

Sophia is an insolvency and restructuring specialist with extensive experience advising on contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvencies. Her broad insolvency practice sees her acting for clients across a range of industries and sectors, including insolvency practitioners, creditors, debtors, banks, directors of financially distressed companies, as well as individuals in financial difficulty. She also advises clients on a variety of commercial litigation matters, including shareholder, corporate and contractual disputes. Sophia is a member of R3 (the trade association for the insolvency and restructuring profession in the UK) and IWIRC, and sits on the R3 New Professionals committee. Sophia has lectured insolvency practitioners and lawyers at R3 conferences and regularly delivers legal update seminars direct to client firms.

Stephen Brower

Stephen is head of the Property Group and also Heads up the firm’s Hotel and Hospitality Group. He qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and joined Edwin Coe’s Property Team in 1997. Stephen was previously with Wilde Sapte, where he was also a partner. He has wide experience of commercial property transactions and the financing of property both for lenders and borrowers, including development finance as well as certain types of specialist structured finance.Stephen also has experience of insolvency and restructuring and banking recovery transactions acting for mortgagees recovering loan monies, LPA and Administrative Receivers, Liquidators and Administrators. Stephen’s clients are a wide variety of investors, developers, occupiers and financiers based in the UK and overseas.Stephen has undertaken financing and hotel and hospitality work for clients in Malaysia and other parts of the Far East.

Sundeep Rathod

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Thomas Johnson

Thomas is a Barrister in the Commercial Disputes & Class Actions team. He was Called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn and became a Partner in April 2023. His practice spans all aspects of commercial disputes (arbitration and litigation) with a particular focus in high value fraud cases, finance, and company law. He has appeared in the County Court, High Court (KBD/ChD), Chancery Appeals, and the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Thomas is ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ for litigation in the Legal 500 UK directory. Thomas read law at undergraduate continuing his studies at King’s College London (distinction and top of year, receiving the Dickson Poon School of Law Prize) and Keble College, University of Oxford (SEC Advanced International Advocacy).

William Edwards

William advises on UK tax and succession planning and administers substantial estates with assets in a variety of jurisdictions. He enjoys acting as a ‘family’ lawyer for a wide range of families and individuals in London and the home counties’. Expertise includes: Wills: advice leading to, and preparation of, English wills for UK and non-UK domiciled clients Agricultural property: advice in connection with agricultural property ownership and inheritance tax UK tax planning: advice on inheritance tax, capital gains tax and other taxes relevant to UK individuals and trustees International tax planning: advice on residence and domicile International succession planning: advice on succession planning for clients domiciled outside the UK and for UK and foreign clients in relation to assets located in foreign jurisdictions Business assets: advice in connection with the ownership and taxation of businesses or assets used in businesses Probate: administration of UK and international estates and advice to executors Trusts: advice to trustees and to beneficiaries on their rights, powers and duties Family business: tax and succession advice to families and trustees owning family businesses Powers of attorney and Court of Protection: preparation and registration of powers of attorney, advice to attorneys, and advice on applications to the Court of Protection for deputyship, statutory wills and gifts. William speaks French and often assists families with assets in France.

Zahira Hussain

Zahira has experience of advising Claimants as well as Defendants. She primarily deals with contractual disputes but also has experience of advising clients in professional negligence and judicial review cases.

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