Abigail is a Partner in the Film and TV Group providing advice on all aspects of development, finance, production and distribution of feature films and television programmes and exploitation of ancillary rights. Particular expertise is in advising film funds, EIS schemes and structuring international co-productions and providing advice on tax incentives (including the film and high-end TV and animation production tax credits), and international subsidies for a wide international client base of producers, distributors, broadcasters, exhibitors, agents, insurance companies and artists.Her recent highlights include: Advising Marv Studios on the production and financing of the film Tetris, starring Taron Egerton, directed by Jon Baird, which will be available on Apple TV, including the arrangements between Marv and Access Industries, Union Bank, the completion guarantor and Apple. Acting for Sir Terry Pratchett’s estate on the co-production arrangements with BBC Studios for the television series The Watch based on the Discworld novels written by Sir Terry Pratchett produced in 2020.
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Andrew is an Intellectual Property partner with more than 20 years’ experience of trade mark, copyright and design right disputes and strategic IP advice, who also regularly handles advertising, media and content related matters.He is a trusted advisor to his clients, co-ordinating their needs and facilitating wider work. To that end, he also advises on broader matters with a ‘brand’ focus, such as sponsorship, advertising and merchandising agreements and reputation management issues.Andrew regularly clears advertising and marketing campaigns, and advises on all aspects of advertising regulation and compliance.As well as acting for household name brands across many sectors, Andrew has worked with high profile talent in media and entertainment for many years, including major artists in the music industry.Andrew has extensive litigation experience, including high profile trials, and urgent injunctive relief involving the enforcement of IP and privacy rights.
Bob has been a dedicated sports lawyer and head of the firm’s Sports Group for more than 20 years. He has significant expertise and experience in advising sports focussed clients on both commercial and regulatory issues.Bob has particular experience in negotiating and providing advice on the terms of commercial sports agreements including sponsorship, participation, staging, promoter and venue agreements, and advising on sports regulatory and disciplinary issues. He advises a cross-section of sports-related clients on a comprehensive range of legal issues. Bob’s clients include governing bodies, national and international sports rights owners, sports marketing and management agencies and some of the leading international brands that regularly acquire sports marketing rights. His experience also includes advising a number of leading sportsmen on the exploitation and protection of both their commercial and playing rights. Bob is also well known for advising national and international player associations.
Catherine is well-known in the field of family law, leading the Family Group at Harbottle & Lewis which has gained significant respect within the industry.Under Catherine’s leadership, the Family team has gone from strength to strength and she has gained a formidable reputation within the industry where it is said she is now 'at the top of the table of London divorce solicitors'.Since early 2020, Catherine has been running an unprecedented, high-value case over numerous hearings in the High Court and Court of Appeal. The case draws on multiple areas of law extending well beyond family and raising important legal questions.Catherine’s client base includes individuals from UHNW families, often with a public profile to protect. Her clients range from royalty to entrepreneurs, business and finance leaders and those in the creative industries. Catherine works closely with the firm’s top-tier defamation/reputation group to protect privacy in the event of invasive media attention.Catherine’s practice encompasses all areas of private family law in the wake of relationship breakdown as well as advising on pre-emptive nuptial agreements.Catherine has particular expertise in handling complex finances and representing international clients with interests under corporate and trust structures across jurisdictions, often working with family offices and trusted advisors.Catherine’s approach to each client is tailor-made – whether low-key negotiation outside of the court process or skilled litigation within it, always thinking expansively and finding inventive ways to cut through a dispute.
Charles is Head of the Corporate Group at Harbottle & Lewis. He advises on corporate finance transactions (including public and private mergers and acquisitions and fundraisings) shareholder arrangements and IPOs for clients principally operating in the technology, hospitality, leisure, media and entertainment sectors. He has advised technology services group The Panoply Holdings plc on its IPO on the AIM Market and on multiple subsequent acquisitions, All3Media on its acquisition of NENT Studios UK and has advised Eiffel eCapital on its provision of debt finance to a number of alternative finance platforms. He also frequently advises SMEs on debt and/or equity fundraisings (including using the Enterprise Investment Scheme).
Chris Moorcroft advises individuals and families on the structuring of wealth and estates. This includes the use of vehicles such as companies, trusts and foundations to help manage the passing of wealth between generations, to protect wealth from hostile third parties, to cater for death or incapacity, and to manage complex cross-border tax issues involving multiple jurisdictions.He advises on will planning and probate, particularly those which involve multiple jurisdictions, and acts as executor and administrator of estates. He has a particular interest in intestate estates and conducting the administration of estates which are the subject of dispute.He represents wealthy individuals and families from around the world, as well as their family offices and trustees. He has a particular focus on US-connected clients and counts a number of clients from South America, the Middle East and Africa.He has an interest in the ‘next gen’ of wealth owners and speaks extensively on the topic of transitioning wealth to millennials and Gen Z. He has expertise in ESG and social impact investing, and advises trustees on associated issues of fiduciary risk.
Colin is a partner who works in both the Corporate and Commercial Group and the Philanthropy and Charity Group.His recent corporate work includes investment and M&A work involving a number of companies in the hospitality industries, including the owners of the Bounce and Puttshack social hospitality businesses, and for companies in the television industry including Sargent Disc, Hat Trick and Bossanova which recently secured investment from European PE-backed TV production and distribution aggregator Night Train Media.Recent work for charities and philanthropic organisations includes mergers and reorganisations including The Centre for Entrepreneurs/New Entrepreneurs Foundation; advising a number of charities and a Royal Charter company on governance questions; registering new charities including The Screen Academy Foundation; and acting as Board Adviser to The Virgin Foundation and The Talent Fund.
Dalton advises on all aspects of the commercial exploitation of rights in the sports industry, ranging from sponsorship, endorsements, licensing, broadcasting, ticketing and hospitality through to the digital/new media aspects of such rights. He advises rights holders, sports governing bodies, teams, sportspersons, sponsors, brands and other commercial entities on the exploitation of their rights in a sporting context. Dalton has specialist knowledge of all the legal aspects involved in hosting sports and entertainment events.
Daniel is a Litigation partner who advises on all aspects of personal injury and sports law-related claims. He also specialises in high value clinical negligence claims. He has experience in media, defamation, phone hacking and privacy matters for both individuals and corporates, and also deals with reputation management advice.Daniel is recognised as an expert in sports law and has acted for clients including Darrell Hair, Mike Tyson, Sam Allardyce and a number of Premiership footballers and other high profile individuals.He frequently advises on high-value employer liability and public liability claims (and often multi-party actions) involving many jurisdictions, with particular emphasis in the Construction industry and the Close Protection industry.
David provides personal and corporate tax advice to the full range of the firm’s clients and his core practice involves tax advice for entrepreneurs and their businesses.He has considerable experience advising on share and business acquisitions and disposals and expertise in all aspects of share incentive arrangements, ranging from the adoption of employee share schemes to highly tailored share-based arrangements for senior management and the use of employee benefit trusts. He also advises on the tax aspects of fundraising through EIS and SEIS for both investors and investee companies.As the Head of the Charities and Philanthropy Group, he advises not-for-profit organisations and individual philanthropists on all charity law issues, including commercial arrangements and corporate governance issues, as well on specific charity tax issues.
Emma Wright is a partner and leads the Technology, Data & Digital team at Harbottle & Lewis, where she works with clients from all parts of the tech ecosystem solving their regulatory issues, helping them achieve their commercial objectives or deliver their digital transformation goals. Emma is also co-founder and director at the not-for-profit Interparliamentary Forum on Emerging Technologies, which has built a global network of legislators considering the regulation of AI and other emerging technologies in countries from all parts of the world. She sits on the Unesco Women4EthicalAI forum of global experts on AI and is working with UNESCO on the global implementation of its Recommendation on Ethics in AI. She was listed by Computer Weekly as one of the Top 20 Most Influential Women in Tech for the last two years.
Gary is a highly experienced International Tax Partner and is an expert on tax disputes and investigations. He handles very high-profile disclosures, disputes and tax investigations, building a reputation as a leading offshore tax risk and investigation tax expert in the Private Client arena.Gary is a leading expert on the developing taxation of the digital economy. He is also an expert on the OECD Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS), and the development of the international taxation of cross border matters, particularly technology linked.He is an expert on International Exchange of Information matters and increasing transparency in Tax matters. He is an expert on the UK Offences associated with the Failure to Prevent the Facilitation of Tax Evasion.He is also an author for Serious Tax Investigations and International Tax Investigations Chapters in the Bloomsbury HMRC Investigations Handbook.
Gerrard is Senior partner and head of media and information group; specialising in IP, defamation, confidence, and media sport and commercial litigation; legal counsel for numerous global household names. He is acknowledged as a leading lawyer in the field of litigation with particular reference to the work that he carries out in the fields of information protection, privacy and defamation.
Howard acts for both employers and senior executives in relation to contentious and non-contentious employment law issues and has a wide breadth of experience across a range of sectors, including the Professional Services, Financial services, Sports and the NHS.Howard has developed one of the leading practices acting for individuals in conducting high-value personal injury stress claims in the High Court, as well as bullying and discrimination cases in the Employment Tribunal.He regularly advises on senior executive terminations, director/shareholder disputes, Team Moves, TUPE matters and provides strategic input to HR departments.He is a regular contributor to national broad sheet newspapers and the HR trade press, commentating upon work place stress legal issues and developments, most recently upon the impact of long hours work culture and home working in the context of the COVID -19 pandemic
John Kelly is recognised as a leading litigator who specialises in the area of reputation protection, privacy and defamation.Having been involved in many of the most high profile cases and developments in this area, John is recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers UK, Chambers HNW, The Legal 500 and The Spear’s 500. John works with clients to protect their rights and reputations. Whilst much of John’s work is confidential he represents a number of high-profile individuals, well-known brands, and FTSE 100 companies. Personal clients include High Net Worth individuals, successful entrepreneurs, as well as leading individuals in the entertainment industry, music and sport. John has represented a host of well-known clients including Angelina Jolie, Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Steve Coogan, Russell Brand and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. John has developed Personal Protection Principles which are used to protect clients reputations, their family and their security. Corporate clients include leading consumer brands, as well as companies in the financial services and charity sector. Work for corporate clients includes corporate brand protection, advising on the media law aspects of complex litigation, and the protection of private and confidential information in such cases. In addition to this John has extensive experience of dealing with consumer affairs television programmes. John is well-known in the area of sports law and acts for premiership and international football clubs, players, owners, managers, agents as well as governing bodies. John is a regular speaker on Reputation Protection and Personal Protection rights both in the UK and internationally including in the US and Australia.
Jonathan is Head of the firm's Film and TV Group. He acts for a number of Hollywood studios, broadcasters, networks and platforms, and major independent producers, distributers and financiers.Jonathan's recent highlights have included: Heading up the Group’s representation of Matthew Vaughn’s MARV Studios, including their new films The King’s Man and Silent Night, co-porduced with Maven Pictures (Trudie Styler’s) production company. Acting for John Battsek, producer of the Oscar-winning One Day In September and Searching For Sugar Man on the launch of Ventureland, with Prettybird partners Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown and Paul Hunter, a multi-platform film and TV company that will produce a diverse range of content across the documentary and scripted spaces Acting for The Royal Household in respect of the broadcast agreements for various programmes and other media agreements, including A Planet for Us All with HRH The Duke of Cambridge. Acting for the multi award winning Magic Light Pictures on their recent BBC Christmas animated special Zog and the Flying Doctors based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and also their 52 episode pre-school animated series Pip & Posey for SKY Television and Channel 5, based on the books by Axel Scheffler
Jonathan has spent 25 years advising international entrepreneurs and wealth owners. His clients typically have a connection with the UK through tax residency or domicile, or invest in UK businesses or real estate. His clients invariably have interests in trusts or companies, often outside the UK, which hold businesses or investments.He is an expert adviser on UK resident non-domiciled individuals, their assets in and outside the UK and their trust structures. He does a great deal of cross-border estate planning for international families who hold assets in different countries. He often advises on people moving countries and the tax and immigration issues which those people must consider.Jonathan often advises on the key issue of how assets should be properly controlled through the ‘life cycle’ of a family and its businesses. In doing this, Jonathan typically addresses the ‘milestones’ a person may go through including marriage, children, divorce, incapacity and death, and analyses the impact of these events on the assets in which that person has an interest.
Kieran represents leading artists, song-writers, producers and mixers as well as independent management, record and publishing companies, and has some of the UK’s most successful artists – both new and established – as clients.He advises on all types of music related agreements from label joint ventures, distribution, artist/label services, recording, publishing, management, merchandise, tour sponsorship, live performance and brand/endorsement agreements.Kieran also represents a growing number of leading UK music industry executives in respect of their employment arrangements and entrepreneurial activities as founder/owners of new label and publishing businesses.He also has significant experience in sports law, in particular in football and player/athlete endorsement arrangements.
Kostyantyn advises on all matters involving intellectual property, dispute resolution, regulatory and commercial issues. Being from a litigation background, he is able to represent clients at all stages of a dispute, from pre-action advisory and clearance work, to litigation in the High Court and beyond. Kostyantyn has a particular focus on the video games and esports sectors, but his broader client includes other members of the creative industries, brand owners, streamers and content creators, software and engineering companies, importers and distributors. They range in size from one-person start-ups to global companies with large in-house legal teams. As part of his regulatory practice, Kostyantyn advises on advertising laws, self-regulatory codes, and related consumer protection issues, including dealing with regulators such as the ASA, Clearcast, CMA and Trading Standards in the context of complaints, investigations and pre-clearance discussions.
Leo is a Partner in the firm's Commercial Property group, advising on a broad range of commercial property matters, including acquisitions and disposals of investment property; acting for companies and individuals on the acquisition and disposal of business premises; and acting for landlords and tenants on business leases and lease renewals.
Louis is a litigation partner and undertakes a broad range of commercial litigation with experience that includes acting in cases in the High Court, the appellate courts, the Copyright Tribunal public inquiries. Investigations, as well as cases under various arbitration rules. His clients include international businesses and private offices from a wide variety of industries and countries for whom he also acts in an advisory capacity on managing risk and avoiding litigation. Louis also advises the firm’s sports clients on disciplinary and arbitration proceedings, as well as on regulatory issues. Case highlights include: BNP Paribas v AHAB v Maan Al-Sanea; Saad Investments Company Ltd (in liquidation) v Maan Al-Sanea (Court of Appeal); The Litvinenko Inquest and Inquiry; Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth (Supreme Court); Experience Hendrix LLC v Times Newspapers Ltd; PRS for Music v Festival Republic Ltd and LiveNation Music (UK) Ltd v Gaming International Ltd.
Marian is a Partner in the firm's Employment group acting for employers, Directors and Senior Executives.She has developed particular expertise acting for senior executives at the highest levels particular in the creative/media/technology industries including television, film, theatre, advertising/PR, fashion/retail, telecoms and publishing. Marian also acts for senior executives in banking and professional services.Marian acts for employers from a wide range of industries particularly in media and entertainment fashion and retail. She has a recognised expertise in advising theatres and producers on their employment issues and disputes.Marian’s corporate clients include Marv Studios, Sargent Disc, Red Arrow Studios, Nimax Theatres, LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts), SOLT (Society of London Theatres), UK Theatre, Wolford London, International Car Wash Group and family offices for high net worth/high profile individuals in the media and entertainment industries. Marian’s specialist areas include: Providing pragmatic and strategic advice on Board level and Senior Executive appointments and terminations, Settlement Agreements and restrictive covenants; Complex employee-relation issues, particularly in relation to sexual harassment, and complex disciplinaries and grievances; Restructures and reorganisations including, individual and collective redundancies; Complex issues relating to employees on long-term sick leave and disabled employees; Drafting and Enforceability of restrictive covenants; Bonuses and remuneration, including share and equity related structures; and Employment aspects of corporate transactions.
Mark is a Partner within the firm's Family department. He handles all aspects of private family law with a particular emphasis on complex financial and children cases, and those with an international dimension. Mark has considerable experience advising clients in relation to financial claims upon the breakdown of marriage and other relationships. He is often instructed to advise on the care and living arrangements for children, including international relocation cases, and advises regularly on pre and post nuptial agreements as well as cohabitation agreements. Mark advises clients from all walks of life. Many have substantial assets, offshore and corporate asset-holding structures, are in the public eye or have reputation management concerns. Mark’s particular skill is in providing clients with smart strategies and solutions, simplifying complex legal issues and communicating in a down to earth and collegiate manner. Mark has been described by Patrick Chamberlayne QC as “an outstanding family lawyer with an exceptional strategic brain” and by Alex Verdan QC as a lawyer with “excellent judgment” who “knows when to litigate and fight a case hard, and yet also is astute and reasonable and knows when to compromise”. In addition to Mark’s client work, he holds a number of management positions within the firm.
Mark is Partner in the firm's Corporate & Commercial group, Publishing group, Technology Group and Head of Interactive Entertainment. He specialises in commercial, corporate, investment and copyright work for media, technology and communications, particularly digital media, video games and publishing.
Matthew is a Partner with wide-ranging litigation and dispute resolution experience. He is routinely instructed on high value commercial disputes acting for clients operating in a variety of sectors, including technology, engineering, financial services, entertainment, sport, fashion and retail. He has significant experience in representing private individuals (including ultra-high net worth individuals) in connection with contentious issues of all kinds, acting to protect those individuals’ assets, property, information and personal interests. Matthew also has extensive contentious property experience, representing clients of all kinds in respect of their property interests and disputes.He also advises companies, individuals, and office holders on contentious insolvency issues and co-heads the firm’s Restructuring and Insolvency group.
Melanie leads the Property Group and deals with all aspects of real estate specialising in high end residential for both resident and offshore clients. She acts for a number of well-known individuals and family offices, often working closely with the firm’s Private Capital and Reputation Protection teams.Melanie deals with Landlord and Tenant matters, acting mainly for occupiers in the retail and fashion/luxury brands, restaurants, cinema, theatre, media and digital/tech sectors. The matters are often complex involving multiple parties and commercial elements.She also Co-Heads the firm's Retail & Fashion Group where she advises clients on all aspects of their bricks and mortar property requirements from acquisitions of flagship stores to management of store portfolios country wide and including within centres and outlets such as Westfield and Bicester Village. She also acquires head office premises for retail/fashion and Tech clients and has assisted in major architecture designed fit outs of both retail and office premises.Her clients include LW Theatres/Really Useful Group, Gordon Ramsay. Victoria Beckham Limited, Roland Mouret, Wolford, Network Homes Ltd, Kobalt Music Group, Empire Holding/Arch Light Cinemas (at Battersea Power Station) and ultra-high net worth individuals.
Neil is Head of the firm's Theater Group. He advises clients in the theatre and live performance industries, particularly on securing rights, production arrangements, financing and related issues.
Nicholas is an experienced family barrister. He previously practised at Queen Elizabeth Building and draws on his experience at the Bar to provide clients with a unique perspective. However, he has been a partner since April 2013.Nicholas specialises in complex matrimonial matters. He is particularly experienced in protecting family wealth, drafting nuptial agreements and advising in cases involving complex asset-holding structures. In the last year, Nicholas has represented a wide variety of clients in the public-eye, including: several well-known artists in the music industry and Premier League footballers. Nicholas has also advised the trustees of a Guernsey trust who have been joined as parties to financial remedy proceedings in the High Court. He has advised in relation to multiple pre-nuptial agreements where the assets exceed £100m. Nicholas also just obtained permission to pursue an application under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, seeking provision from a husband worth in excess of £100m+. Stewart Leech QC describes Nicholas as follows:“He is an exceptionally gifted family lawyer and his experience on both sides of the legal profession gives him the cutting edge. He is easily one of the best, if not the best, of his generation.”
Peter is a Partner in the firm's Film & Television Group, specialising in production and financing of major Hollywood films. Recent productions include 1917 and Distant for Amblin Partners, Mamma Mia 2, Jurassic World 3 and Dolittle for Universal Studios and Yesterday and Cats for Working Title Films. In addition, he acts for a number of independent film and television producers both in the UK and US and he is the legal adviser to the British Film Commission and Film London.
Rhys is a Corporate partner specialising in private company and business sales and acquisitions, start-up, joint venture and shareholder arrangements and arrangements relating to limited liability partnerships, predominantly in the media and entertainment industries.
Sacha is a partner working across the firm’s Media & Entertainment and Technology & Data teams. He is also joint head of the firm’s cross-departmental Advertising Group.He is a commercial and regulatory lawyer with particular expertise in advertising, tech/digital, and data privacy. He has advised clients from a variety of sectors including some of the world’s best known brands, agencies, platforms and media companies.Sacha advises on a range of commercial transactions and has particular expertise in advertising and marketing related agreements (such as creative agency, media buying, and brand partnerships) as well as more tech focused deals (including software development/licensing, cloud services and adtech).He also has expertise in general advertising compliance (including prize promotions, native advertising and product placement) as well as ecommerce and online consumer regulations.In relation to data privacy, Sacha has advised on all the key compliance areas and has worked with a large number of clients on their GDPR compliance programmes. Sacha has particular expertise in the data privacy aspects of marketing, adtech and digital media – he frequently advises on adtech vendor arrangements, programmatic advertising, mobile apps, and innovative digital marketing projects.
Sandi has been a dispute resolution specialist for over 25 years. She is a Partner and Head of the firm's Commercial Litigation group and Co-Head of the multi-disciplinary Retail and Fashion group. She undertakes a wide variety of commercial litigation , providing key strategic and commercial advice from the outset of any dispute. Sandi has extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of the media and entertainment industry and advises a number of the firm’s retail, fashion, interactive entertainment, music, publishing, theatre, film and television clients.As well as having wide-ranging experience in taking cases to trial, she also has significant experience in both bringing and defending applications for injunctive relief. She is also experienced in resolving disputes through alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.
Sarah is a Partner in the firm's Film & Television Group, specialising in development, production, financing and distribution work for major Hollywood movies, independent UK feature films and scripted and non-scripted television productions. Her recent film work incudes Universal’s Jurassic World Dominion, the first film to resume shooting in the UK following the outbreak of Covid-19, as well as Disney’s live action The Little Mermaid, Cats for Working Title and the Netflix film Rebecca starring Lily James and Armie Hammer. Sarah's recent TV credits include production work on the NBCU series Masters of None and advice on the HBO and Plan B series The Third Day starring Jude Law, as well as non-scripted Amazon show I Bought the Farm. Sarah also advises Jax Media, makers of Russian Doll, on all their UK developments. Sarah’s work for indies has included acting for Complete Fiction, Working Title, Neal Street and Big Talk As well as producers, Sarah frequently advises rights holders on their deals with production companies for film and television projects. This includes work for Michaela Coel, the real life Mangrove 9, Rebellion (owners of Judge Dredd and other titles), DC Thomson (owners of the Beano brand) and Middle Temple, which was a major location in the Netflix series Jack Ryan. Sarah also has extensive expertise in theatre and live events and has assisted on production legal aspects of various West End theatrical productions, including Wicked and War Horse.
Sarah is a private client lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in a broad spectrum of UK immigration work. She acts for a wide range of clients from every part of the globe – household names and other prominent individuals, international families, UHNW and HNW individuals, professionals and business people, and stars recognised in the global entertainment industry.Her work covers immigration applications under the Investor and Business categories of the UK immigration rules. This includes applications for partners and children including adoption and surrogacy. She also advises on Indefinite Leave to Remain/Settlement and British Nationality applications. She has vast experience in helping clients to find innovative legal solutions in the most complex immigration situations.In addition, Sarah has a wide breadth of experience in contentious litigation cases for high profile individuals who are facing challenging circumstances and often require international protection. She has significant experience in advising high net worth individuals with regards to complex, politically sensitive protection cases involving political persecution as well as human rights-based applications.Sarah’s clients often regard her as their trusted advisor and call upon her for advice on all of their personal and business interests.
Shireen is a Partner advising on intellectual property and publishing. She specialises in the resolution of disputes relating to brands, content and technology, as well as advising on their protection and exploitation. She also advises clients on publishing related agreements and disputes. She acts for clients in a diverse range of industries including publishing, theatre, film, TV, music, advertising, interactive entertainment, automotive, retail and leisure and fashion.
Partner advising individuals, family offices, trustees and the financial institutions representing them on personal asset holding structures, cross-border tax, succession planning, family governance, and philanthropy. In addition to UK based clients, much of her work has an international element and she is a particular specialist in issues concerning offshore trusts.
Sofie Hoffman acts on a number of international contentious trust and probate matters, frequently involving allegations of fraud and dishonesty.She also represents victims of fraud, both companies and individuals, in assisting them to recover the proceeds of fraud through the Civil Courts.
Tim is a Partner in Corporate Finance, advising both private and public companies on a wide range of corporate and corporate finance work; in particular M&A and AIM-related transactions and flotations.He provides strategic, legal advice to a wide range of clients in entrepreneurial and talent-led businesses. His clients principally operate and invest in the media and technology sectors and range from early stage companies to a number of listed companies.Tim also co-heads the Firm’s cross-departmental Restructuring and Insolvency Group.
Tony is a Corporate Partner and Head of the firm's Venture Capital group. He is a trusted adviser to entrepreneurial businesses, and to the investors in those businesses, with a particular focus on the technology sector. He advises on a wide range of corporate transactions, including investments and venture capital deals, buying and selling businesses and shareholder arrangements.
Yvonne specialises in employment law, acting for employers and senior executives. She also advises on partnership and LLP issues, including membership rights and disputes.. Yvonne covers all aspects of employment law, with a particular interest and expertise in complex TUPE issues, employment status issues and fiduciary duties and protection of confidential information, particularly in relation to team moves. Notable cases include successful defence of a claim for employment status by a self-employed agent of an insurance companies, a number of team move projects in the financial services sector, and advice for many organisations including on managing TUPE obligations in the context of significant commercial transactions.She advises senior executives in relation to contractual terms, exits and disputes of all kinds.
Zoë is a private client lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience. She advises on wealth and succession planning and provides UK tax and trust advice to families based both within and outside of the UK.She has particular expertise in dealing with business owning families and those with UK/US connections. Her approach to wealth and succession planning is to provide a solution that is not only efficient but is workable when taking into account the personalities, resources and skills of the family members and advisors who will be instrumental in running the family enterprises going forward.Zoë is a trust expert and also advises on the use of companies and partnerships as alternative family wealth and business holding structures. For many of her client families, philanthropy and responsible business practices are an integral part of their planning and in response to this demand, she has been developing the knowledge and contact base to help families with their philanthropic and social goals.