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Andrew Cannon

Andrew Cannon

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Andrew is the Global Co-Head of our International Arbitration practice, and of our Public International Law practice. He is head of our India Disputes group and co-head of our Nordic group. He is also Deputy Chair of the firm's Global Pro Bono and Responsible Business Council.

Clive Cunningham

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Clive is a leading financial services law and regulation lawyer. With extensive City experience, including time as a banking regulator with the Bank of England and in-house, Clive advises banks, asset managers, insurers and other financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters across the financial services, banking and funds sectors.  Areas of special sector expertise are banking, asset management (including private wealth management) and securities regulation. 

Gareth Keillor

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Gareth acts for a wide variety of international clients, from major companies to ultra-high net worth individuals and has a particular interest in fraud cases, shareholder disputes and disputes involving injunctive relief. Gareth is also part of Herbert Smith Freehills' private wealth disputes team and regularly advises trustees and beneficiaries in relation to contentious trusts matters.Gareth has considerable experience in disputes arising out of Russia, Ukraine and the CIS and is a member of the firm's Ukraine Group.      

John Whiteoak

John Whiteoak

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

John is a disputes and restructuring Partner and co-leads the firm's global Restructuring, Turnaround and Insolvency practice. He advises on a broad range of general commercial litigation and contentious insolvency matters.

Mark Newbery

Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Former head of the firm's Global Energy practice, Mark is a consultant and advises clients on privatisations, mergers and acquisitions, project development and financings. Mark has over 30 years' experience in the energy sector and has advised in more than 50 jurisdictions around the world acting in both developed and emerging markets. He is continually recognised by many of the independent publications as a leading individual within the energy and natural resources sector.

Michael Poulton

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Michael focuses on all types of securitisation and structured finance work. He brings a deep commercial understanding to transactions, advising arrangers, lead managers, originators, issuers, private equity, hedge funds, trustees, rating agencies and other market participants, often on complex and first-of-a-kind financings. Since 2009 Michael has been consistently recognised for his expertise and is currently ranked highly in all of the major legal directories.

Nigel Farr

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Nigel specialises in investment fund work. Acting for asset managers, the funds they manage and investment banks and brokers, he has been involved in numerous London and Euronext listed public fund launches, secondary capital raisings, takeovers, proxy battles, capital reorganisations and reconstructions. He also handles private fund formation work. Nigel has extensive experience of a wide variety of fund structures and asset classes, including real estate, infrastructure, private equity, hedge fund and other investment strategies. His practice also includes regulatory and other advisory work for asset managers, the funds under their management and their boards of directors and institutional investors.

Paula Hodges

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Paula is the head of the global arbitration practice and has over 25 years' experience advising clients in international disputes, particularly in the energy, telecommunications and technology sectors.

TIM WEST

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Tim specialises in investment funds work and has been involved in numerous fund launches, secondary capital raisings and fund reconstructions, primarily in relation to closed ended investment vehicles (across multiple asset classes and including structured and alternative investment products) where he has led in relation to some of the largest and most complex and innovative structures both in the UK and globally. His practice also includes regulatory and similar own account work for asset managers and their funds.